US: Action Needed to Protect Democratic Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Linda Jacks, 70, from Silver Spring, Maryland attends a rally outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, in support of the For the People Act on June 9, 2021. © 2021 Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein (Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should swiftly pass two critical laws needed to protect and advance the right to vote, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the For the People Act, Human Rights Watch said today. Both pieces of legislation are essential to protecting US democracy. Since the troubled transition from the administration of former…

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