![The charred remains of Radio Publique Africaine in Bujumbura, Burundi, which was attacked and vandalized in May 2015 following an attempted coup.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105africa_Burundi_Bujumbura.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=onw5TGE1)
![The charred remains of Radio Publique Africaine in Bujumbura, Burundi, which was attacked and vandalized in May 2015 following an attempted coup.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105africa_Burundi_Bujumbura.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=onw5TGE1)
June 21, 2021
Justice is Unfinished Business in Rwanda
![French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Rwanda President Paul Kagame at a dinner for leaders of African states, at the Elysee Palace, Paris, May 17, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106africa_rwanda_kagamemacron.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=v-dBqlmD)
June 19, 2021
Iran: Overseer of Mass Executions Elected President
Further Erosion of Political Rights, Accountability
![Ebrahim Raeesi, a candidate in the 2017 presidential elections, addresses his supporters during a campaign rally at Imam Khomeini Mosque in the capital, Tehran, on May 16, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201812mena_iran_raeesi.jpg?itok=byhac1aw)
June 19, 2021
'Hugs Not Walls' an Inspiration for US Immigration Policy
Annual Event Underscores the Need for Racial Justice, Family Unity
![Immigrant families separated by immigration status, lack of visas, or deportations, are briefly reunited in the dry Rio Grande riverbed](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105us_hugs_borders_event.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=E-XXbkA6)
June 19, 2021
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![Thousands protest the anti-LGBT law in Budapest, Hungary, June 14, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105hungary_voting_lgbtq.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=IcpSYao1)
June 18, 2021
Egypt: Commute Death Sentences for Rab’a Protestors
Leading Opposition Figures Convicted in Unfair Mass Trial
![A volunteer tends to an injured demonstrator in front of a police armored personnel carrier (APC) in Rab’a Square in Cairo, Egypt on August 14, 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/201308mena_egypt_rabasquare.jpg?h=73545cb6&itok=9AXacIYG)
June 18, 2021
How Countries Can Do Better on World Refugee Day
70th Anniversary of Refugee Convention an Opportunity to Commit to Nonrefoulement
![People took the streets of Athens, Greece to protest fascism and racism on World Refugees Day, 20 June 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105greece_world_refugee_day.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=ssEJo8Bs)
June 18, 2021
Liberia: Landmark Swiss Conviction for Wartime Atrocities
Switzerland and Liberia Should Build on Important Progress
June 18, 2021
Interview: Reforms, Not Gestures, Are Needed to Solve Burundi’s Human Rights Crisis
President Évariste Ndayishimiye Has Yet to Deliver Change
![Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye, right, attends the inauguration of the new Kisumu port with an oil loading jetty at Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya, on May 31, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105burundi_one_year_after.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=opYDXIAr)
June 18, 2021
IMF: Make Cameroon Loan Contingent on Anti-Corruption
Lack of Transparency, Corruption Allegations Mar Covid-19 Spending
![CDC Cameroon Associate Director for Program and Science, Dr. Clement Ndongmo, observes Covid-19 testing procedures for passengers arriving at Nsimalen International Airport in Yaoundé.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202106africa_cameroon_covid.jpg?h=3deee927&itok=aWeiGJVX)
June 18, 2021
EU: Use Article 7 Now to Protect European Values
Concerted Action Needed to Counter Rule of Law Threats in Poland and Hungary
![European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/2017-03-eu-flag-brussels-eca.jpg?itok=2OnNne7e)
June 17, 2021
US Supreme Court Avoids Sweeping License to Discriminate
Lawmakers Should Expand Nondiscrimination Guarantees
![Human Rights Campaign Legal Director Sarah Warbelow speaks at a rally on the steps of the Supreme Court on Thursday, June 17, 2021 in Washington, D.C. following the Fulton decision.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105US_supreme_court_fulton.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=l14k69Oe)
June 17, 2021
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the CEDAW Committee on the rights of Indigenous women and girls
Committee’s Day of General Discussion, June 2021
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