January 15, 2021
Cameroon Court Denies Request to Release Opposition Leaders
Free Arbitrarily Arrested Opponents, Ensure Freedom of Assembly
![Demonstrators stopped by gendarmes and police in Bafang, West Cameroon, on September 22, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/202010africa_cameroon_bafang.jpg?h=732f7c29&itok=uqwrrRod)
January 15, 2021
Top US Officials Knew of Harm Caused by Separating Families
Bad Policy, Planning and Heartlessness of ‘Zero Tolerance’ at Border
![People hold signs to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to detain children crossing the southern U.S. border and separating families outside of City Hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 7, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806us_immigration_familyseparation.jpg?itok=knXjVbhh)
January 14, 2021
Momentum Builds Around Intersex Protection in India
Delhi Child Rights Commission Recommends an End to Risky Surgeries
![The Intersex flag](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908global_lgbt_intersex_flag.jpg?itok=cISCNjtB)
January 14, 2021
HRW Letter to the Biden Transition Team
Regarding Ensuring Humanitarian Border Reception
![201911us_immigration_asylum](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911us_immigration_asylum.jpg?itok=SPIeaVAf)
January 14, 2021
18th Annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Stories at the heart of human rights battles in Kenya, Venezuela, Iran/Turkey, and Peru
![The Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival poster featuring a still from ‘Maxima’.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101americas_canada_filmfestival.jpg?h=2025f8c7&itok=p6VTdTB0)
January 14, 2021
Auditing firms shouldn’t provide cover for the inaction of global brands on low wages
![Garment workers in a factory await a visit by Prime Minister Hun Sen outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 30, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101bhr_cambodia_garmentworkers.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=Q9F8rWqX)
January 14, 2021
EU Should Regulate Artificial Intelligence to Protect Rights
Privacy, Non-Discrimination, and Social Security Safeguards Needed
![European Union flags are waving in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. August 5, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/10/AP_20218553920999.jpg?h=0a365b51&itok=IBdV0Jm7)
January 14, 2021
Addressing the Climate Crisis in Times of Pandemic
As More Climate Chaos Looms, Slashing Fossil Fuels Is Key
![Windmill with leaves](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202012global_climate_covid_0_0.jpg?h=2e3eca71&itok=1aSsML3X)
January 14, 2021
Biden Can’t Make Washington a Beacon for Human Rights by Returning to Business as Usual
![President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, January 6, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101us_biden_capitol.jpg?h=d88f2b19&itok=VJlw5ypZ)
January 14, 2021
Environmental Work Can Be Undesirable in Russia
Russian Lawmakers Target Greenpeace
![Members of the Russian branch of the environmental group Greenpeace display a protest banner in downtown Moscow on Thursday, May 20, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202101ECA_Russia_Greenpeace.jpg?h=e8ce3e53&itok=9VWOYwQ0)
![Members of civil society groups take part in a rally to condemn a recent gang rape of a woman on a highway, Karachi, Pakistan, September 12, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202012asia_pakistan_wr.jpg?h=4ffac15b&itok=CaYtU0tX)
January 13, 2021
Maldives: Pandemic Response Exposes Inequities, Abuse
Government Failed to Protect Rights Groups, Migrant Workers
![Security personnel patrol an accommodation block where Bangladeshi migrant workers are being quarantined after Covid-19 cases were found in the area, Malé, Maldives, May 9, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202012asia_maldives_wr.jpg?h=4ffac15b&itok=eAQ1WXHF)