Tested on Debian.
Edit the default locale:
sudo vim /etc/default/locale
Add the following:
LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
Run these commands:
sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Note if you're connecting to a server the issue might be on either your machine or the server.