Joint Letter to the European Union Ahead of Meeting With Bahraini Delegation
EU-Bahrain Cooperation Agreement Must Depend on Human Rights Improvements
![Bahraini political opposition leaders, activists, bloggers, and human rights defenders imprisoned for their roles in the 2011 pro-democracy protests.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101mena_bahrain_collage.jpg?h=cbf371aa&itok=ktkkADPF)
Russia: Social Media Pressured to Censor Posts
Fines, Smear Campaigns, Potential Blocking for Noncompliance
![A man wearing a face mask to protect against Covid-19 uses his smartphone among Moscow City skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia, January 11, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102eca_russia_skyscraper.jpg?h=edf3b768&itok=WAFGeE1S)
Tunisia: Police Use Violent Tactics to Quash Protests
1 Dead, Arrests for Facebook Posts and ‘Insulting Police’
![A protester holds up a sign saying “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere” during nation-wide protests calling for social justice and government reform on January 23, 2021, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Tunis, Tunisia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102mena_tunisia_protest3.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=z4cXz1wE)
Russia Authorities Target Journalists in Protest Crackdown
Detention of Editor-in-Chief Highlights the Attacks on Journalism
![The Editor-in-Chief of Mediazona, Sergey Smirnov, in front of Pskov Regional Court, after the trial of Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, Pskov, Russia, July 6 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102europe_russia_smirnov.jpg?h=8fe3b20d&itok=pYJuiKS_)
What Sweden Needs to Say About Democracy and Human Rights in Russia
Foreign Minister Should Raise Issue of Attacks on Civil Society
![Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in Moscow, February 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102advocacy_Sweden_Russia.jpg?h=b6e5b7ff&itok=bbBwoFqG)
Biden Should Defend the Right to Call for a Boycott
Repudiate Trump Slurs against Activists Critical of Israel and its Settlements
![Outside the office of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, demonstrators protest against a law that bars the state from investing in companies that support boycotts of Israel, New York City, June 9, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904men_isrpal_righttoboycott.jpg?itok=eV3vm8S_)
Russian Authorities’ Treatment of Navalny is Escalating the Protests
![Police officers detain a protester during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 23, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_russia_protest2.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=UwRfIPuP)
Detained and Prosecuted for Defending Protesters in Russia
A Story of Two Lawyers Highlights a Bigger Problem with Russia’s Justice System
![Mikhail Benyash and Mansur Gilmanov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_russia_benyash_gilmanov.jpg?h=d8ee95f5&itok=ZGT5sFb9)
Proposed Pakistan Law Seeks Greater Control of Media
Government Should Protect Journalists, Not Suppress Free Speech
![Pakistani journalists hold nationwide protests to denounce rampant censorship, and hold a banner that reads: "black day," in Karachi, Pakistan, July 16, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101asia_pakistan_media.jpg?h=1205af70&itok=CR4zNdmm)
Kazakhstan: Independent Union Under Threat of Suspension
Drop Lawsuit; Cease Interference in Trade Union Activities
![Kuspan Kosshygulov (center) is one of the workers at an oil construction company who went on a hunger strike demanding that Kazakhstan not liquidate the independent confederation of trade unions.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202001eca_kazakhstan_kuspan.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=EAb1VZdK)
Brazil: Crackdown on Critics of Covid-19 Response
Bolsonaro Administration Uses Dictatorship-Era Law to Repress Dissent
![Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, without a mask, attends a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Brasilia, along with ministers and other authorities, most of whom are wearing mask, on September 7, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101america_brazil_covid_0.jpg?h=f22457f2&itok=JuvYFzdT)
UAE: Persecution of Rights Defender
For Mansoor, Unfair Court Proceedings, Inhumane Detention Conditions
![A man in a white gutra](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101mena_uae_mansoor_main.jpg?h=5ca7da88&itok=Nxc2JL-_)
China's Covid Success Story is Also a Human Rights Tragedy
China's Official Covid Rates Are Down. But Has That Come at the Cost of Human Rights?
![Chinese paramilitary police wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus stand guard near the portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, January 9, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101asia_china_covid.jpg?h=1c9b88c9&itok=53zy0VUW)
Russia: Police Detain Thousands in Pro-Navalny Protests
Mass Arbitrary Detentions, Police Brutality, Criminal Prosecutions
![Police officers clash with people during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202001eca_russia_protestpolice.jpg?h=d0ba6ea2&itok=oKMQhEBP)