December 22, 2020
Uganda: Northern Village May Be Disenfranchised
Ensure All Eligible Citizens in Apaa Right to Vote; Access to Polls
![Ugandans continue to queue to cast their votes at sunset in the capital Kampala, Uganda Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012africa_uganda_elections.jpg?h=689cfecc&itok=BqtMXvUM)
December 22, 2020
Qatar: Wage Abuse Action Shortchanges Workers
Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse
![Former and current employees of Imperial Trading and Construction Company (ITCC) protest months of delayed and unpaid wages outside the company's headquarters.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012mena_qatar_ITCC_workers.jpeg?h=08b866d1&itok=F-ikMSgk)
December 21, 2020
Venezuela: Humanitarian Groups Under Attack
Detention, Harassment, Prosecution of Workers, Activists
![Children eat lunch at Madre Asunción's community kitchen, which is ran by the NGO Alimenta La Solidaridad, on October 9, 2019 in Petare, Caracas, Venezuela.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012Americas_Venezuela_Aid.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=c0F5_Z0I)
December 21, 2020
Letter from HRW and All Voting is Local to GA Secretary of State
Increase Ballot Drop Boxes to Ensure the Right to Vote in Georgia’s Runoff Elections
![A voter drops their ballot off during early voting, October 19, 2020, in Athens, Georgia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012us_voting%20rights_GABallotBoxes.jpg?h=a7484c66&itok=rR2-5Wre)
December 21, 2020
Rethinking Asylum on a Warming Planet
![An aerial view of one of Kiribati’s islands.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201806kiribati_anote_ark.jpg?itok=NXiiJ6vV)
![cover rwanda](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rwanda0915_main.jpg?itok=ZJhu5MCU)
![Students sing the national anthem before class at a secondary school in Koidu, district of Kono, Sierra Leone, November 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012africa_sierraleone_girls_school.jpg?h=001e98a6&itok=6JgkxkhY)
December 21, 2020
Sudan: Security Forces Kill Protesters in Eastern Sudan
Prosecute Killings, Prioritize Security Sector Reforms
![Still image from a video obtained by Human Rights Watch shows three military vehicles, identified by witnesses as belonging to the RSF near Kassala Teaching Hospital, on October 15,2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012AFR_Sudan_Kassala1_0.jpg?h=9e499333&itok=Y3BRetKk)
December 18, 2020
The ICC Prosecutor Office’s Cop-Out on UK Military Crimes in Iraq
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2011_Iraq_BahaMousa.jpg?itok=UvTtMTI_)
December 18, 2020
Turkey: YouTube Precedent Threatens Free Expression
Reverse Decision to Appoint Local Representative in Turkey
![YouTube announced on December 16, 2020 that it will appoint a local representative in Turkey to comply with the country’s recently amended internet law.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012eca_turkey_youtube.jpg?h=0d27ee61&itok=kLkzUFJd)
December 18, 2020
New York: Inquiry Confirms Police Misconduct at Protests
Recommended Reforms Fall Far Short
![A Black woman in a mask is forcibly detained by two police officers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/09/202009us_mott%20haven_4.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=RNLphy0Y)
![Police patrol near the Arc de Triomphe on the first day of confinement due to COVID-19, Paris, France, March 17, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202003europe_france_coronavirus_police.jpg?itok=WM3Vj19m)
![Illustration of women and girls tied up being led away](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202007AFR_DRC_Congo_Gangs.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=v5eqkS-P)
December 18, 2020
US: Protect Cameroonians From Deportation
Alleged Abuse by Immigration Officials Warrants Immediate Investigation
![A patrol of Cameroonian gendarmes during a political rally in the Omar Bongo Square, Buea, capital of the South-West region, on October 3, 2018. © 2018 Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012us_cameroon_TPS.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=sZLtLW-N)