October 14, 2021
Sweden Should Press China to Release Swedish Book Publisher
Fresh Action Needed Six Years After Gui Minhai’s Kidnapping
![Protesters stick photos of Gui Minhai, left, and other missing booksellers outside the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong on January 3, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110china_publisher_jailed.jpg?h=78aab1d8&itok=JPCPwHTM)
October 14, 2021
Canada: Stop Incarcerating Immigration Detainees in Provincial Jails
National Campaign Urges Provinces to Cancel Contracts Enabling Abuses
![Red and black illustration of people in detention](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106drd_canada_detention_main.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=BkJrCYVX)
October 14, 2021
French Minister’s Denial of Police Abuses Against Migrants Flies in the Face of the Facts
French Government Should Renounce Its Inhumane Approach to Migration
![Gerald Darmanin addresses police about their work in the area of irregular immigration on October 9, 2021 near Calais, France.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110france_refugees_migrant.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=lExiSMjA)
October 14, 2021
Kuwait: Quash Conviction Against Transgender Woman
Free Expression, Privacy Rights Violated
![Maha al-Mutairi, a 40-year-old Kuwaiti transgender woman. © 2021 Maha al-Mutairi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110lgbt_maha_kuwait.jpeg?h=197109ae&itok=FAaFi16s)
October 13, 2021
As Australia Reopens, Vaccine Equity Should Be a Priority
Disparities in Vaccination Rates Leaves Communities at Risk
![People wait outside a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in the Bankstown suburb during a lockdown in Sydney, Australia, August 25, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110australia_vaccine_equality.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=6StifwEw)
October 13, 2021
Singapore: Withdraw Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill
October 13, 2021
Singapore: Withdraw Foreign Interference Bill
Broad Law Threatens Freedom of Expression, Association
![Reporters record a speech by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as it is streamed on Facebook live during vote counting in the general election in Singapore, July 11, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110asia_singapore_press.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=ljJnG3v1)
October 13, 2021
Q & A: Uzbekistan’s 2021 Presidential Election
![Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaking in Qingdao, China on June 9, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/08/202108lgbt_Uzbeki_President.jpg?h=6f98d453&itok=GYiwu-0O)
October 13, 2021
Uzbekistan: Opponents Barred from Presidential Ballot
Restrictions on Media Freedoms, Political Participation in Upcoming Vote
![Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev receives Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (not pictured) in Tashkent.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110eca_uzbekistan_mirziyoyev.jpg?h=9c2fe7cc&itok=z84lgC50)
October 13, 2021
Poland’s Compromised Court Threatens Rule of Law in Europe
Decision Shows Need for Decisive Action to Defend EU Founding Values
![Cover for Poland Report](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201710europe_poland_main_0.jpg?itok=Dr_RtG5B)
October 12, 2021
Philippines Loses Staunch Rights Defender
Chito Gascon Led Commission on Human Rights During Trying Years
![Commission on Human Rights Chair Chito Gascon, center, leads families of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings in the "war on drugs" in a march calling for an investigation by the UN Human Rights Council in Manila, Philippines, July 9, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110philippines_gascon_obit.jpg?h=f3f0a9e5&itok=zdqlzXyp)
October 12, 2021
UN Rights Bodies Take Strong Stance on Climate Crisis
Governments at COP26 Should Follow Suit
![Dry climate and wildfires create a residual layer of thick pollutants that cover the city of São Paulo, Brazil on September 17, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110un_climate_change_COP.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=wp1fFK_o)
October 12, 2021
Trans Man Fights Japan’s Sterilization Requirement
Revise Regressive Law Compelling Irreversible Surgery
![People take part in a rally to support the LGBT legislation in Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan on June 6, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202110japan_lgbt_trans_rights.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=CtQmkZM3)