February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020
How Nativist Populism Is Going Mainstream in Europe
![Women wearing the Islamic veil, the niqab, sit in the audience seats of the Danish Parliament, at Christiansborg Castle, in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 31, 2018. Denmark joined some other European countries in deciding to ban garments that cover the face, in](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eca_netherlands_burka.jpg?itok=2-1pI5JQ)
February 20, 2020
Australia: Don’t Cozy Up to Myanmar’s Army
Suspend Military Ties; Press for Accountability
![Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, left, talks with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry Office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, December 13, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002asia_australia_myanmar.jpg?itok=BS89Dx6A)
February 20, 2020
More Evidence of China’s Horrific Abuses in Xinjiang
But Little Action Holding Beijing Accountable
![Government social media post in April 2017 shows detainees in a political education camp in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201809asia_china_photo6.jpg?itok=9kdG7aAi)
February 20, 2020
Rwanda: Ensure Justice Over Kizito Mihigo Death
Popular Singer Died in Police Custody
![Kizito Mihigo.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002africa_rwanda_kizitomihigo.jpg?itok=TCvo_0C_)
![A man places flowers near a shisha bar where several people were killed on Wednesday night in Hanau, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202020eca_germany_hanau_shooting_.jpg?itok=hf6lv-6A)
February 20, 2020
Sudan: Progress on Rights, Justice, Key to Transition
Expedite Reform, Investigations, Prosecutions
![Human Rights Watch delegation met with Sudan’s chair of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Khartoum, February 11, 2020](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_sudan_burhan.jpg?itok=haPGWWsi)
February 20, 2020
Turkey: Prominent Civic Leader Rearrested After Acquittal
Osman Kavala’s Detention Shows Political Use of Courts
![Osman Kavala](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eca_turkey_kavala_.jpg?itok=kAb0XwC2)
February 20, 2020
Kenya: No Letup in Killings by Nairobi Police
Evidence Removed From Scenes; Failure to Investigate
![Man shot by police](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_kenya_police_killings_still.jpg?itok=-4RnC2cQ)
February 20, 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Free Ailing Rights Defender
Appeal Pending for Azimon Askarov, Convicted in Unfair Trial
![Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002eca_kyrgyzstan_askarov.jpg?itok=jEMWmJMm)
February 19, 2020
Philippines: Free Senator; End Attacks on Rights Defenders
Duterte Critic Leila de Lima Held 3 Years on Fabricated Charges
![Jailed Senator Leila de Lima votes during the midterm elections in Paranaque, Philippines, May 13, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002asia_philippines_delima.jpg?itok=LAk8mBNk)
February 19, 2020
Yemeni Activist Wins Prestigious Human Rights Award
Huda Al-Sarari Courageously Documented UAE-Run Secret Prisons in Yemen
![Demonstrators hold up pictures of detainees and a sign demanding "Justice for the prisoners and justice for the innocent" during a 2017 demonstration in Aden, Yemen.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002mena_yemen_hudaalsarari.jpg?itok=SoJtUD8U)
February 19, 2020
Mental Health Unfairly Raised After A Child Murder in Mexico
Authorities’ Comments on Victim’s Mother Are Stigmatizing
![Relatives post a photo of Fatima, a 7-year-old girl who was abducted from the entrance of the Enrique C. Rebsamen primary school and later murdered, at her home in Mexico City, February 17, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002americas_mexico_fatimacecilia.jpg?itok=izF8St--)
February 19, 2020
Statement to the European Parliament’s Committee on Development on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea
February 18, 2020
![Setting the stage for European Parliament election night, Brussels, May 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906eca_european_parliament_elections_.jpg?itok=F7Mrx4Pa)
![A woman who was detained by rebel forces in South Sudan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002afr_southsudan_detainedwoman.jpg?itok=BKsBrOtb)