February 18, 2021
Guatemala: Free Press Under Attack
Harassment, Limited Access to Information, Poor Investigations of Attacks
![uatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei gives a press conference at the National Theatre, the day before his inauguration in Guatemala City, Jan. 13, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102Americas_Guatemala_Giammattei.jpg?h=924e7726&itok=X4tPIKuY)
February 18, 2021
From Covid to Blackface on TV, China’s Racism Problem Runs Deep
February 18, 2021
A Growing Rights Crisis in Sri Lanka
![A older man in glasses clapping](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202102asia_srilanka_rajapaksa.jpg?h=3c44069e&itok=VDBuyiEb)
February 18, 2021
Russian Activist Given Suspended Sentence for ‘Undesirable’ Charges
Abusive Legislation Needs to Be Repealed
![Anastasiya Shevchenko.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101eca_russia_shevchenko.jpg?h=476eb1cb&itok=1x8FQkL-)
February 18, 2021
A Deportation Statute of Limitations in the US
Biden Proposes a Pathway to Citizenship for 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants
![Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 18, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/06/202006us_immigration_daca.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=N-s_iw4f)
February 18, 2021
UN top rights body should condemn Myanmar military coup, ensure accountability
HRW Statement - UN Human Rights Council Special Session on Myanmar
![202102asia_myanmar_min_aung_hlaing](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102asia_myanmar_min_aung_hlaing.jpg?h=9c507640&itok=LjuDCYEH)
February 18, 2021
Two Journalists in Belarus Jailed in Retaliation for Their Work
Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Daria Chultsova sentenced to two years in prison
![Journalists Ekaterina Andreyeva (Bakhvalova), right, and Daria Chultsova embrace inside the defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, February 9, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102eca_belarus_bakhvalova.jpg?h=740ef940&itok=goVrovmA)
February 18, 2021
Turkey: Student Protesters at Risk of Prosecution
Free Detainees; Respect Freedom of Assembly
![During student protests against President Erdoğan’s appointment of a rector to Boğaziçi University, police used handcuffs to keep the campus gate shut in Istanbul, Turkey, January 4, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102eca_turkey_studentprotest.jpg?h=ae32e18d&itok=oINTUWBW)
February 17, 2021
Free Speech Under Threat in Uzbekistan
Worrying Draft Law Should Be Published and Properly Reviewed
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February 17, 2021
Troubling Raid on Philippine Indigenous School
Police Accuse Tribal School of Training Child Combatants
![Arrested teachers and adult Indigenous students confer with their lawyer while detained in a Cebu City jail.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102asia_philippines_sos.jpg?h=dec22bcf&itok=Ox75zFgn)
February 17, 2021
Human Rights Body Calls for Repeal of Jamaica’s Anti-LGBT Laws
Laws Prohibiting Same-Sex Conduct Fuel Hate, Violence
![201911US_lgbt_rights](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911us_lgbt_rights.jpg?itok=HRCmYy9l)
February 17, 2021
More Than 80 Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Groups, and Academic Institutions Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
![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)
February 17, 2021
A Human Rights Approach to US-China Policy
A Joint NGO letter to the Biden Administration