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June 14, 2021 Report

Mali: Basketball Federation Covers Up Sexual Assault of Girls

Government, IOC, FIBA Should Investigate Players’ Allegations

Former President of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hamane Niang attends the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 official mascot launch ceremony on April 18, 2018 in Beijing, China.
June 9, 2021 Report

Colombia: Egregious Police Abuses Against Protesters

Police Reform Urgently Needed to Prevent Future Violations

A member of ESMAD throws a tear gas grenade by hand at protesters on May 28, 2021 in Bogota, Colombia.
June 3, 2021 Report

Iraq: Inadequate Plans for Camp Closures

Vulnerable People Stripped of Services During Pandemic

Government buses waiting to move families from one camp in Anbar governate to another during a previous wave of camp closures in December 2018.  © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch
June 1, 2021 Report

Yemen: Houthis Risk Civilians’ Health in Covid-19

Stop Spreading Disinformation; Ensure Access to Testing, Health Care, Vaccines

Medical workers attend to a Covid-19 patient in an intensive care unit at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, June 14, 2020. 
May 31, 2021 Report

Brazil: Investigate Rio Police Command for Deadly Raid

Police Killed 27 People in Low-Income Neighborhood; 1 Officer Died

Activists hold a sign that reads in Portuguese "Justice for Jacarezinho. End massacres in favelas" during a protest a day after police killed 27 people during an operation in Jacarezinho favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 7, 2021.
May 28, 2021 Report

Ethiopia: Tigray Schools Occupied, Looted

Protect Students, Teachers in Region; Endorse Safe Schools Declaration

Children look at books in an elementary school in the village of Bisober, Tigray on December 9, 2020. The school was occupied by Tigray Special Forces and also damaged after fighting broke out between Ethiopian and Tigray forces in November 2020.
May 27, 2021 Report

Ecuador: Implement Constitutional Court Rulings Protecting Rights

New President, Lawmakers Should Promptly Adopt Laws, Regulations

Ecuador's newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso leaves the National Assembly after his inauguration ceremony in Quito, Ecuador on May 24, 2021.
May 27, 2021 Report

Iran: Ukraine Airline Victims’ Families Harassed, Abused

A Torture Case, No Transparency in Investigation of 2020 Downed Airliner

People hold placards with images of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which Iran's Revolutionary Guards shot down near Tehran, marking its first anniversary, in Toronto, Canada, January 8, 2021.
May 26, 2021 Report

Burundi: Entrenched Repression of Civil Society, Media

End Abusive Prosecutions; Lift Restrictions on Free Speech

Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye at his inauguration on June 18, 2020. President Ndayishimiye took power two months early after the abrupt death of his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza.
May 25, 2021 Report

Myanmar: Thai State-Owned Company Funds Junta

Oil and Gas Firm PTT Should Cut Ties with Military Enterprises, Abusive Cronies

Anti-coup protesters run from teargas deployed by the police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, March 1, 2021.
May 21, 2021 Report

US: Failed Justice 100 Years After Tulsa Race Massacre

Commission Alienates Survivors; State, City Should Urgently Ensure Reparations

Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, testifies at a hearing before the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2021.
May 5, 2021 Report

France: Police Expelling Migrant Children

Flout Child Protection, Immigration Rules

A member of the French border police checks identity documents in March 2021 at the Menton-Garavan station, the first French train station for those travelling between Genoa, in Italy, and Nice, in France.
April 29, 2021 Report

Tunisia Jails Repatriated Women With Suspected ISIS Ties

Ensure Humane Treatment, Due Process, Medical Care

The Palace of Justice in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 29, 2019.
April 26, 2021 Report

Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border

Extrajudicial Executions, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture in Anti-Guerrilla Operation

Venezuelans flee from security forces.
April 20, 2021 Report

US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action

Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable

US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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