![Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_iraq_protests_0.jpg?itok=m9tSEUsX)
![Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910mena_iraq_protests_0.jpg?itok=m9tSEUsX)
Abandoned Corpses in Rural India Indicate Surge in Covid-19 Deaths
Authorities Should Focus on Solutions, Not Misguided, Abusive Policies
![Policeman stand bodies Ganges River India Covid](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105india_covid_ganges_river_rural.jpg?h=d17d278b&itok=CDNq_2_1)
European Parliament Freezes Trade Deal with China
Beijing’s Bullying Backfires on Prospects for Closer Ties with EU
![EU Commision Trade discussion December 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105europe_china_eu_trade.jpg?h=78aab1d8&itok=UaQZH2BP)
Spain: Missed Opportunity on Gender Recognition
Proposal Would Have Upheld Trans, Non-Binary People’s Rights
![The president of the Trans Platform Federation, Mar Cambrollé seen during a rally to pass the so-called 'Trans Law' in the Congress of Deputies in Madrid.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/052021LGBT_Spain_MarCambrolle.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=cMVqQJ3r)
Authorities in Kazakhstan Can’t Take a Joke
Instagrammer Faces Criminal Prosecution for Satirical News
![Temirlan Ensebek Kazakhstan Free Speech Detained](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105europe_kazakhstan_free_speech.jpg?h=87f4987b&itok=WnvNWHtY)
Uganda: Drop Charges Against Law Student
Michael Muhima Faces Prison Over a Tweet; End Criminalization of Free Speech
![Mike Muhima](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105africa_Uganda_Michael.jpg?h=34e43602&itok=03tU0HbV)
Malaysia: Free Speech Under Increasing Threat
Surge in Police Harassment of Journalists, Activists, Protesters
Belarusian Authorities Move to Silence Leading Media Outlet
Searches, Arrests of Journalists and Blocking of TUT.BY Websites
![Marina Zolotova take questions media after announcement](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202105belarus_tutsby_free_speech.jpg?h=f14c36f8&itok=R5APPpVk)
The US Should Respect the ICC’s Founding Mandate
![The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012global_icc_building.jpg?h=310ac57c&itok=gS6zDxua)
Continuing Injustice: The Centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre
Written Testimony of Dreisen Heath Submitted to the US House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
![A view of the Capitol Building in Washington October 15, 2013.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/201609us_capitol_building.jpg?h=b82b5380&itok=YsP16zMQ)
Sudan: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters
Allow Peaceful Assembly, Reform Security Forces
![Sudanese protesters gather to commemorate the two-year anniversary of a deadly crackdown by security forces outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, on May 11, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/05/202102africa_sudan_demonstration.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=legnkX9y)
The other global pandemic: Lost education
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Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems (C.R.I.S.E.S) Act
Letter of Support for Assembly Bill 118 (AB 118 Kamlager)