Mass arbitrary detentions, police brutality during protests in Russia; attack on abortion & marriage equality in Honduras; new appeal to free Danish-Bahraini rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja; news update from Greece's 'Moria 2.0' refugee camp; important step toward justice in Central African Republic; Israel should distribute Covid-19 vaccine to Israelis & Palestinians; and some ideas to help US families hit hardest by the pandemic.

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The police in Russia have detained more than 3,650 people across the country during nationwide protests against the arrest of political opposition figure Alexey Navalny and against state corruption. 

Today, lawmakers in Honduras should reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would entrench current harsh restrictions on reproductive rights and the prohibition on same-sex marriage.

When will Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, unjustly jailed for almost a decade now in Bahrain, finally be released?

It is winter in Greece, the right moment to check up on the conditions in Kara Tepe, the camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Lesbos dubbed 'Moria 2.0' after the camp that burned down last year

The surrender by Central African Republic authorities of the first Seleka-rebel suspect to face charges at the International Criminal Court is an important step toward justice for serious crimes committed by the two main warring factions in the country’s civil conflict.

Israeli authorities should provide Covid-19 vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Check out this BBC radio interview with Omar Shakir, HRW's Israel & Palestine director.

In the United States, the Covid-19 pandemic has hit families with children the hardest. Households with children have been most likely to lose employment due to the pandemic. More than 40 percent of US families with children – and more than 55 percent of Black and Latino families – say they have trouble paying for basic expenses. 

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