![A health worker displays a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Istanbul, Turkey on October 9, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202010HHR_Vaccines_Covid.jpg?h=17c81a62&itok=GpNKoMHw)
![A health worker displays a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Istanbul, Turkey on October 9, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/09/202010HHR_Vaccines_Covid.jpg?h=17c81a62&itok=GpNKoMHw)
February 3, 2021
US Backtracks on Fight Against Graft in Congo
Special License for Billionaire Dan Gertler Undercuts Magnitsky Sanctions
![Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler walks through the Katanga Mining Ltd. copper and cobalt mine complex in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 1, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102africa_drc_gertler.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=gswl7e0j)
February 3, 2021
China: Olympic Committee Fails to Honor Rights Pledge
IOC Squanders Opportunity to Leverage 2022 Beijing Games
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February 3, 2021
‘Family’ in South Korea Should Include Same-Sex Couples
Revise Laws to Recognize Diversity in Families
![A rainbow flag is carried during a parade as a part of the Seoul Queer Culture Festival in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 14, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Lee Jin-man](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910asia_southkorea_lgbt_flag.jpg?itok=taSSVH5P)
February 3, 2021
Is Your Business Funding Myanmar Military Abuses?
Even Before Coup, Companies Should Have Cut Ties to Armed Forces
![A convoy of army vehicles patrol the streets in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. In the early hours of Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, the Myanmar army took over the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102Myanmar_coup_business.jpeg?h=d2a0d54a&itok=ejXEIKwu)
February 3, 2021
Joint Letter to the US on Dan Gertler’s License
![Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler walks through the Katanga Mining Ltd. copper and cobalt mine complex in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 1, 2012.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102africa_drc_gertler.jpg?h=ac778ff2&itok=gswl7e0j)
February 3, 2021
Joint Letter: Urgent International Action Needed to Secure Release of Kurdish Activists and Others Arbitrarily Detained in Iran
![Logos of civil society and human rights organizations](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102mena_iran_letter_signatories.jpg?h=d9a590bf&itok=3kgA6H80)
February 3, 2021
Lebanon: No Justice 6 Months After Blast
Stalled Investigation, Due Process Violations
![A slogan painted on a barrier in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, December 2, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102mena_beirut_blast_graffiti.jpg?h=cd795665&itok=vdpYxhu7)
February 3, 2021
Illegal Transfers of Syrians to Turkey
Over 60 Detained, Forcibly Moved from Occupied Territories
![Fighters of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (also called the Syrian National Army) enter the town of Tal Abyad.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_syria_sna.jpg?itok=ndvvD1mW)
February 3, 2021
Ensuring Equitable Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution in South Africa
Inclusive, Non-Discriminatory Approach Needed to Curb Pandemic
![Volunteers wait to be checked at a vaccine trial facility set at Soweto's Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa, November 30, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102africa_southafrica_covid_vaccine.jpg?h=b18ac7ed&itok=7qVSmrtW)
February 2, 2021
US Takes Steps to Reverse Family Separations
More is Needed to Address Trauma Caused by Trump Policies
![Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, watch as President Joe Biden signs an executive order on immigration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102us_immigration_biden.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=j-1ZPxKL)
February 2, 2021
The United States Still Needs the Equality Act
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February 2, 2021
Myanmar Military Blocks Internet During Coup
Broad Communications Shutdowns Threaten Lives
![Myanmar Times newspaper with the headline 'State of Emergency' among other newspapers for sale are seen on display a day after the Myanmar's military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202002ASIA_mynamar_coup_emergencies.jpeg?h=c70c36b5&itok=qw7W3qkT)
![Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is pictured in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, February 2, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102europe_russia_navalny_court.jpg?h=d9ff354b&itok=Q5Ton1Xw)
February 2, 2021