![Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks next to first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo during the inauguration ceremony for a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/072019americas_nicaragua_ortega.jpg?h=325bcf50&itok=Tgx25uWw)
![Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks next to first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo during the inauguration ceremony for a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/072019americas_nicaragua_ortega.jpg?h=325bcf50&itok=Tgx25uWw)
November 3, 2021
Three Climate Commitments HRW Is Focusing on at COP26
![A view of the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, November 1, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111environment_climate_COP26.jpeg?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=f4Eue_V9)
November 3, 2021
UN Should Create New Yemen War-Crimes Investigation
Saudi Arabia and UAE Fight for Impunity in Yemen Conflict
![People stand in front of a damaged building](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111mena_yemen_airstrike.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=ICbadPdF)
November 3, 2021
COP26 States Should Agree to Cut Military Emissions
Governments Should Recognize Militaries as Greenhouse Gas Emitters
![Soldiers in military tanks](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_china_militaryparade.jpg?h=0b348775&itok=_S6rVr1J)
November 3, 2021
In Serbia, Justice Gets an Early Release
![Unmarked graves in Djakovca (Gjakove) cemetery, July 1999. Witnesses said that Serbian forces exhumed and moved at least 70 bodies from here in May of that year.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111eca_serbia_kosovo_warcrimes.jpg?h=8f9a6c95&itok=kL3Lzl0G)
November 3, 2021
Thailand: Police Torture Political Activists
Investigate, Prosecute Officers Responsible
![202111asia_thailand_dindaeng_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_thailand_dindaeng_protest.jpg?h=af97b938&itok=6nhStY8i)
November 3, 2021
Satellite Data Raise Fears Myanmar’s Army Setting Towns Ablaze
![202111asia_myanmar_thantlang_fire](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111asia_myanmar_thantlang_fire.jpg?h=2fb1553c&itok=yHSdj052)
November 3, 2021
New Hypocrisy in US Immigration Policy
Administration Ends One Abusive Program, Keeps Title 42 Expulsions in Place
![A man stands in front of a podium with the White House emblem behind him](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111us_dhs_mayorkas.jpg?h=e213cd2a&itok=K7UqTlpL)
November 3, 2021
Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Two Members of Human Rights Group Viasna in Belarus
Rights Organizations Call on Belarusian Authorities to End Politically Motivated Prosecutions
![The head of Viasna’s Homieĺ office Leanid Sudalenka and Viasna’s volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111eca_belarus_viasna.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=LkFpZcyb)
November 3, 2021
COP26 Needs to Proclaim End of Coal
Still Major Emitter Despite Coal Phase Out Announcements
![Steam billows out of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Huai'an in east China's Jiangsu province, July 20, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111ehr_china_coal.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=5Qb5haGf)
November 3, 2021
Alternatives to Immigration Detention
Pilot Programs Point Way to Rights-Respecting Models
![Illustration of a man hugging his family outside of a detention center](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/10/202111global_detention_illustration.jpg?h=a1dd1271&itok=7XC-WODO)
November 3, 2021
Libya: Asylum Seekers, Refugees Need Crisis Response
Ensure Safety, Basic Needs, Restart Evacuations
![Asylum seekers and refugees camped in front of a shuttered facility managed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Tripoli,](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/11/202111mena_libya_migrants_refugees.jpeg?h=f2fcf546&itok=BYdmSeCt)
November 2, 2021
Pressure on Turkmen Nationals in Turkey Must Be Stopped.
Their Rights and Freedoms Must Be Secured.
November 2, 2021
COP26: Don’t Be Fooled by Bolsonaro’s Pledges
Brazil Still Lacks Credible Plan to Save Rainforest as Amazon Crisis Persists
![Presidente Jair Messias Bolsonaro](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202004americas_brazil_bolsonaro.jpg?itok=_otjpSAK)
November 2, 2021
What’s Next for the COP26 Forest Deal?
COP 26 Forest Deal Signatories Need to Align Policies with Agreement’s Goals to Deliver Results