March 8, 2021
Burundi: Free Forcibly Returned Refugees
Drop Baseless Charges; Investigate Intelligence Service
![Sign outside the Muha High Court in Bujumbura, Burundi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103africa_burundi_muha.jpeg?h=943238f6&itok=GyRSdE86)
March 8, 2021
Call for Independent Investigation into Rwandan Singer Kizito Mihigo’s Death
Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government
![Kizito Mihigo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002africa_rwanda_kizitomihigo.jpg?itok=TCvo_0C_)
March 7, 2021
Bring Highland Killers in Papua New Guinea to Justice
Provincial, National Authorities Have a Responsibility to Protect Public
![In this July 8, 2019 file photo, locals stand near the bodies of victims recovered following tribal violence in Karida, Papua New Guinea.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103asia_indonesia_papuanewguinea_png_massacre.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=VPP1BxAw)
March 7, 2021
Overcoming Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Across Africa
Access to information, Community Engagement Are Key
March 6, 2021
Zimbabwe: Thousands of Villagers Facing Eviction
Planned Displacements to Make Way for Commercial Venture
![Staff from the Masvingo Centre for Research Advocacy and Development (MACRAD Trust) consult with members of the Chilonga community in Chiredzi.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103africa_zimbabwe_chilonga.jpg?h=04243f3e&itok=mBcBnDO8)
March 5, 2021
Ethiopia: Eritrean Forces Massacre Tigray Civilians
UN Should Urgently Investigate Atrocities by All Parties
![Priest on his way to church in Axum, Tigray region, Ethiopia on January 25, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103africa_ethiopia_AxumPPcover.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=OWQABDcS)
March 5, 2021
Top Rights Tweets of the Week
![Footage obtained by Human Rights Watch of the gunfire exchange between Tigrayan militia and town residents against Eritrean forces who were stationed on May Quho hill, Axum, Tigray region on November 28, 2020. These clips have been edited to protect the identity of the person recording.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103africa_ethiopia_videograb4.jpg?h=86d879f9&itok=xprDkGPQ)
March 5, 2021
Witness: “If You Scream, They Will Beat You More”
Migrants Face Human Rights Abuses at EU Borders; Impunity Persists
![Migrants warm their hands above a fire in Bosnia and Herzegovina, January 11, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103eca_bih_migrants.jpg?h=5e29c108&itok=mFAYQ1ps)
March 5, 2021
Statement on Section Four to the Consultations on Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Delivered by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Researcher
![One of two houses in Idris Khaz’al hit by an airstrike, with collapsed roof.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-11-mena-iraq-photo-05.jpg?itok=7gSE7TII)
March 5, 2021
Statement on Section Three to the Consultations on Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director, on behalf of the International Network on Explosive Weapons
![MENA Syria Aleppo old city destruction October 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/rtss45t_layout_comp.jpg?itok=6G_qW75t)
March 5, 2021
Anti-Trans Laws Would Risk Georgia's World Cup Dreams
![Transgender and non-binary individuals and their allies stroll through Atlanta’s Midtown district during Pride’s Transgender Rights March on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103LGBT_Sports_Georgia.jpg?h=35777c25&itok=jGD1uDDq)
March 5, 2021
Cambodia: Scrap Abusive Covid-19 Prevention Bill
20-Year Sentences Wrong Approach to Public Health Challenge
![202103asia_cambodia_national_assembly](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103asia_cambodia_national_assembly.jpg?h=a3bcf077&itok=9dX3K-c9)
March 5, 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Withdraw Problematic Draft Constitution
Endangers Fundamental Rights; Weakens Checks and Balances
![The new Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov, who won the January 10 snap election, at his inauguration ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103eca_kyrgyzstan_reform.jpg?h=58c8a5e7&itok=7sLEY4ZB)