Focus on rights during Tokyo Olympics; Iran respond to rights demand with bullets; seeking justice for human rights defender's death in Kyrgyzstan; G20 leaders meet to discuss environment; China sends back North Koreans to torture and sexual abuse; the European Union lacks vision to defend the rule of law; and Argentina respects all identities.

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The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympics Games are starting today in a challenging environment. The international sports competition is an opportunity to ask the Japanese government to end its poor human rights record on issues ranging from violence toward child athletes, to gender and LGBT discrimination. Take action here!

Iranian authorities appear to have used excessive force against demonstrators protesting lack of access to water.

One year after human rights defender Azimjon Askarov died in wrongful detention in Kyrgyzstan, an independent investigation into his death has yet to be conducted.

In the midst of extreme weather events around the globe, key national governments are meeting in Italy to discuss climate, environment and energy. As they struggle to make progress on climate goals, environmental groups protest against their lack of ambition.

China is restarting forced returns of refugees back to North Korea, where they'll likely be facing torture, imprisonment, sexual violence upon return. 

The European Commission's latest report shows that it lacks vision on how to end the erosion of its core principles.

A piece of good news before the weekend: Argentina is now the first country in Latin America to allow for third gender option in identification documents