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May 21, 2021 Commentary

Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week

May 21, 2021 Commentary

The U.S. can stop El Salvador’s slide to authoritarianism. Time to act.

President Nayib Bukele speaks at a press conference in San Salvador

May 21, 2021 Commentary

How to Make the US Asylum System Efficient and Fair

Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork to meet with an attorney on Oct. 5, 2019, during a weekly trip by volunteers, lawyers, paralegals and interpreters to the migrant campsite outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico.

May 21, 2021 Commentary

After Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Border Conflict, Time For a Human Rights Agenda

Cars damaged during a firefight on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border are seen near the settlement of Koi-Tash, Batken region, Kyrgyzstan, April 30, 2021.

May 20, 2021 Commentary

Impunity for Killings Will Cast a Pall Over Iraq's Elections

Iraqi security forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.

May 20, 2021 Commentary

Tanzania: Human Rights Priorities for Tanzania's New President

Samia Suluhu Hassan, center, made history when she was sworn in as Tanzania's first female president at a ceremony at State House in Dar es Salaam, March 19, 2021.

May 19, 2021 Commentary

How the UN Can Help End Israeli Apartheid and Persecution

The Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Israel's air force targeted the 13-floor Jala Tower housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and the Associated Press news agency.

May 19, 2021 Commentary

The US Should Respect the ICC’s Founding Mandate

The International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, November 7, 2019.

May 18, 2021 Commentary

The other global pandemic: Lost education

A young girl wearing a face mask holds up a cell phone

May 14, 2021 Commentary

Top Rights Tweets of the Week

The Jala Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Israel's air force targeted the 13-floor Jala Tower housing Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television and the Associated Press news agency.

May 13, 2021 Commentary

Roadmap for Urgent Change in Immigration Detention

A woman walks carrying her child at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas, August 23, 2019.

May 11, 2021 Commentary

Afghanistan: Deterring Another Sayed ul-Shuhada Attack

May 11, 2021 Commentary

Jerusalem to Gaza, Israeli Authorities Reassert Domination

Latest Escalation Highlights Reality of Apartheid, Persecution for Millions of Palestinians

Israel Palestine conflict protest

May 10, 2021 Commentary

An International Pandemic Treaty Should Center on Human Rights

Relatives touch each other's hand through a plastic film screen and a glass to avoid contracting Covid-19 at the San Raffaele center in Rome, Italy, Dec. 22, 2020

May 10, 2021 Commentary

The EAC Risks Becoming Irrelevant

Kenya's president Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, delivers his keynote speeches at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi during the 57th Jamhuri Day (in swahili Republic Day) celebration on December 12, 2020.

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