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(Algeria) Algeria’s Hirak Protest Movement Marks Second Anniversary (HRW)

Eric Goldstein The numbers were down from the hundreds of thousands who filled the streets of Algerian cities when the “Hirak” protest movement began, but the thousands who...

(Philippines) Philippines: Free Duterte Critic Held 4 Years (HRW)

Philippine authorities should drop all charges and release Senator Leila de Lima, who has been in police detention since February 24, 2017, Human Rights Watch...

(Germany) Germany: MPs Should Strengthen Proposed Supply Chain Law (HRW)

The German government’s proposed law governing companies’ obligations to respect human rights in supply chains is a step in the right direction but needs improving in...

(Afghanistan) Attacks Targeting Afghan Civilians Spread Terror (HRW)

Patricia Gossman With Afghan peace talks making little progress, the latest report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) makes for grim reading. Although 2020...

(Germany/Syria) German Court to Issue First Verdict in Syria Torture Trial (HRW)

Whitney-Martina Nosakhare A German court in the town of Koblenz this week will render its first verdict in a historic trial of two former Syrian officials for atrocities during Syria’s decade-long brutal...

(Tunisia) Tunisia: Police Arrest, Use Violence Against LGBTI Activists (HRW)

Tunisian security forces have repeatedly targeted protesters, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) activists at protests, Human Rights Watch said today. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/23/tunisia-police-arrest-use-violence-against-lgbti-activists

(China) China: Baseless Imprisonments Surge in Xinjiang (HRW)

The Chinese government has increased its groundless prosecutions with long prison sentences for Uyghurs and other Muslims in recent years in China’s Xinjiang region, Human Rights...

(Myanmar/UN Security Council) UN Security Council: Impose Arms Embargo on Myanmar (HRW)

The United Nations Security Council should urgently impose a global arms embargo on Myanmar in response to the military coup and to deter the junta from...

(USA/China) Joe Biden’s China Strategy Risks Going Too ‘Extreme’ (The National Interest)

Bonnie Kristian Cooperation and diplomacy are an important part of the complicated U.S.-Chinese relationship. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/joe-biden%E2%80%99s-china-strategy-risks-going-too-%E2%80%98extreme%E2%80%99-178638

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