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December 22, 2020 Commentary

How Zoom Violated its Own Terms of Service for Access to China's Market

Like Global Tech Companies Before It, Zoom Caved to the Chinese Government, Even When it Meant Overlooking Basic Human Rights.

Signage at the headquarters of videoconferencing, remote work, and webinar technology company Zoom (ZM) in the Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, March 28, 2020.
December 22, 2020 News Release

Turkey: Release Unlawfully Jailed Opposition Politician

European Human Rights Court Calls for Selahattin Demirtaş’ Release

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been held in Edirne F-type Prison since November 4, 2016.
December 22, 2020 News Release

China: Repression Threatens Winter Olympics

Letter to International Olympic Committee Urges Human Rights Risk Assessment

Photo of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games logo in Zhangjiakou City where the 2022 Winter Olympic Games will take place, September 17, 2020, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, China. © 2020 Imaginechina via AP Images
December 22, 2020 News Release

Nicaragua: Law Threatens Free, Fair Elections

Government Could Bar Opponents from Running for Office

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega greets soldiers during the oath of the Commander in Chief of the Nicaraguan army General Julio Cesar, at the Revolution square in Managua, Nicaragua February 21, 2020.
December 22, 2020 Letter

Joint Statement: Ensure Iranians Equitable Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

Paramedics work in a laboratory that tests samples taken from patients suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, March, 10, 2020.
December 22, 2020 Dispatches

Kazakhstan’s Domestic Violence Survivors Push for Legal Protections

Lawmakers Have Opportunity to Strengthen Flawed Law

Participants protest against discrimination and gender-based violence during a rally held by members of feminist organizations and social activists in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
December 22, 2020 Commentary

Amazon Unionization Effort Spotlights Need for US Labor Reform

Federal Law Should Enable Workers to Fight for Better Conditions

An Amazon worker delivers boxes in downtown Los Angeles, California, October 1, 2020. 
December 22, 2020 Commentary

Allow married women in Japan to keep their surnames

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December 22, 2020 News Release

South Korea: Revise Intelligence Act Amendments

Repeal Abusive National Security Law

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December 22, 2020 Commentary

Can Prosecution of Giulio Regeni’s Alleged Killers Weaken European Support for Egyptian Repression?

Giulio Regeni
December 22, 2020 Commentary

East Africa Should Back Justice for South Sudan: Neighboring Countries Should Support Hybrid Court

December 22, 2020 News Release

Uganda: Northern Village May Be Disenfranchised

Ensure All Eligible Citizens in Apaa Right to Vote; Access to Polls

Ugandans continue to queue to cast their votes at sunset in the capital Kampala, Uganda Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016.
December 22, 2020 Report

Qatar: Wage Abuse Action Shortchanges Workers

Workers Still Owed Wages for Months After Informing Government of Abuse

Former and current employees of Imperial Trading and Construction Company (ITCC) protest months of delayed and unpaid wages outside the company's headquarters. 
December 21, 2020 News Release

Venezuela: Humanitarian Groups Under Attack

Detention, Harassment, Prosecution of Workers, Activists

Children eat lunch at Madre Asunción's community kitchen, which is ran by the NGO Alimenta La Solidaridad, on October 9, 2019 in Petare, Caracas, Venezuela.
December 21, 2020 Letter

Letter from HRW and All Voting is Local to GA Secretary of State

Increase Ballot Drop Boxes to Ensure the Right to Vote in Georgia’s Runoff Elections

A voter drops their ballot off during early voting, October 19, 2020, in Athens, Georgia.

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