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July 14, 2021 Dispatches

Cuba Responds to Landmark Demonstrations with Brutal Repression

Internet Outages as Protesters Are Detained, Held Incommunicado

Plainclothes officers detain a protester during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021.

July 14, 2021 Dispatches

New Pledges to End Child Marriage in Francophone Africa

Governments Need to Match Commitments with Action

A girl holds the hand of a boy in Agadez, Niger on October 9, 2018.

July 13, 2021 Dispatches

US Should Help Afghan Civil Society Partners at Risk

Taliban Advances a Threat to Many Activists, Journalists, Educators

A US flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony from the US Army to the Afghan National Army, at Camp Anthonic, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on May 2, 2021.

July 13, 2021 Dispatches

Congo Mourns Death of ‘Tata Cardinal’

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Was Champion of Democracy and Human Rights

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo from the Democratic Republic of Congo arrives at the Synod hall in the Vatican on February 13, 2015.

July 12, 2021 Dispatches

Remembering Suha Jarrar, Trailblazing Palestinian Rights Defender

Israeli Authorities Should Allow Detained Mother, Parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar, to Attend Funeral

A picture of Suha Jarrar and flowers prepared by the staff of the Palestinian human rights group al-Haq and displayed at a commemoration for Jarrar in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 12, 2021

July 12, 2021 Dispatches

People with Disabilities in Mexico Should Be Counted

Data Collection Reform Needs Meaningful Consultations

The National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information building in Aguascalientes City, Mexico on July 19, 2018.

July 9, 2021 Dispatches

Record Canada Heat Harms Older People and People with Disabilities

Climate Crisis Requires Inclusive Heat Action, Planning, and Response

A person enters the Hillcrest Community Centre, where they can cool off during the extreme hot weather in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 30, 2021.

July 9, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Needs to Act on Ethiopia

Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution on Abuses in Tigray

Tigrinyan refugee women prepare bread for their family in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan on December 11, 2020

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Philippines Loses a Press Freedom Fighter

Nonoy Espina Was at Forefront of Struggle Against Attacks on the Media

National Union of Journalists of the Philippines chairman Nonoy Espina speaks to other journalists and activists as they gather to hold a vigil on the eve of the promulgation of the Maguindanao massacre trial on December 18, 2019 in Manila, Philippines.

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Revised UN Counterterrorism Strategy Has Stronger Rights Focus

Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism Still Urgently Needed

A wide view of the Security Council meeting on peace and security in Africa, with a focus on countering terrorism and extremism in Africa on March 3, 2020

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

US Athlete’s Olympics Suspension Highlights Influence of War on Drugs

End Federal Prohibition of Marijuana; Decriminalize Possession of Drugs for Personal Use

Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semi-finals in women's 100-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Eugene, Oregon

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Another Critic Detained in Belarus on Undisclosed Charges

Authorities’ Treatment of Tatiana Kouzina Highlights Efforts to Muzzle, Disempower Lawyers

Tatiana Kouzina at a conference in 2019.

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

UK Shouldn’t Detain Asylum Seekers Offshore

Costly, Abusive Approach Fails to Address System’s Flaws

A group of people on the deck of HMC Seeker as they wait to be brought ashore by the UK Border Force in Kent. September 22, 2020.

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

A Victory for Rule of Law in South Africa

Sentencing of Former President Sends Clear Message That No One Is Above the Law

Former South Africa President, Jacob Zuma sits in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on November 30, 2018, charged with fraud, corruption, money laundering and racketeering.

July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Supermarket Chain in Russia Acts LGBT-Inclusive, Then Regrets It

VkusVill Pulls Ad Featuring Lesbian Customers

A VkusVill’s market in central Moscow, Russia on July 7th, 2021.

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