![Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, standing in front of a world map and a US flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103us_state_blinken.jpg?h=8dbd495b&itok=25-r6eiG)
![Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, standing in front of a world map and a US flag.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103us_state_blinken.jpg?h=8dbd495b&itok=25-r6eiG)
Biden Tells Central American Asylum Seekers to Stay Home
When Lives Are Threatened, Waiting for Protection May Not Be an Option
![President Joe Biden speaks at a CNN town hall at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, OH on July 21, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107us_biden_migrants_borders.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=nCft9WMJ)
Europe’s Lack of Vision on Rule of Law
Reporting Not Matched by Action to Protect Democratic Institutions
![European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders delivers the opening statements during a plenary session on the Commissions 2020 Rule of law report at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium on June 23, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107eu_rule_of_law_commission.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=OwHQT04k)
China Restarts Forced Returns of Refugees to North Korea
At Least 1,170 North Koreans Face Torture, Sexual Abuse if Sent Back
![Photos of the North Korean refugees helped by the North Korea Refugees Human Rights Association of Korea are displayed in Seoul, South Korea on June 11, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107china_north_korea_refugees.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=qfPGTX4U)
Iran: Deadly Response to Water Protests
3 Protesters Reported Killed in Southwestern Khuzestan Province
![Map of Iran with Khuzestan Province Highlighted](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107mena_iran_khuzestan_map.jpeg?h=4d76a4b6&itok=mPwP-jbE)
Argentina Recognizes Non-Binary Identities
Decree Allows for Third Gender Option in Identification Documents
![President Alberto Fernández (center) with other authorities and members of social organizations, form an 'X', at the Bicentennial Museum in Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 21, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107argentina_non_binary.jpg?h=f89ea7c3&itok=isq5Obie)
Hasty, Harsh Sentence for Congo Critic
Rising Opposition to Discriminatory Nationality Bill
![Jacky Ndala.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107drc_ndala_congo.jpg?h=e0d60013&itok=6X8L0QfL)
UK Leaves Out Pregnant People from Heat Health Warnings
Government Should Include Pregnant People in Heat Action and Climate Adaptation Plans
![A woman walks under a parasol to shelter from the sun in Birmingham, U.K., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The U.K.'s Met Office has issued its first-ever Extreme Heat weather warning, stating that continuing high temperatures will lead to public health impacts.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107uk_heat_pregnancy.jpg?h=e27dfcf5&itok=do7KykTC)
End Athlete Abuse in Pursuit of Olympic Medals in Japan
Join #AthletesAgainstAbuse Campaign to Stand with Survivors
![Athlete Abuse Japan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107japan_athlete_abuse_olympics.jpg?h=f36f5bad&itok=DqWJzpCk)
France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling
Civil Society Organizations File Case with Council of State over Systemic Racial Discrimination
![Police agents check identity documents of passerby during the lockdown in Rennes, France. April 11, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107eca_France_Profiling.jpg?h=72a344a8&itok=wAgYCTNG)
Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry
Car Companies Should Drive Up Standards at Mines, Refineries, Smelters
![Women from Hamdallaye village, in Guinea’s Boké region, in 2018. In 2020, Hamdallaye was relocated to a new site by La Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, a mining company backed by mining giants Alcoa, Rio Tinto, and Dadco. The new site lacks adequate farmland, housing, water and sanitation.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107africa_guinea_aluminium.jpg?h=491a2f5b&itok=jGEEat-z)
Tanzanian Opposition Leader, Supporters Arrested
Authorities Backsliding on Rights Reforms
![Tanzania Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe (center) arrives at the party's headquarters after being released from Segerea prison in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on March 13, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107Tanzania_Mbowe_arrested_opposition.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=T8yoEC8P)
Greek Authorities Target NGOs Reporting Abuses against Migrants
Criminal Investigations Risk Chilling Civil Society
![A dinghy with migrants, left, with Turkish ships in the background, in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek island of Lesbos and the Turkish coast on April 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/07/202107greece_ngo_migrants.jpg?h=6084a76b&itok=K53x469S)