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December 6, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Seek UN Inquiry on Khashoggi

Would Have Credibility, Authority to Gather Facts from Saudis

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

December 5, 2018 News Release

Malaysia: Keep Moratorium on Abusive Laws

New Government Steps Back from Reform Agenda

Riot police members stand guard at the Seafield temple on November 27, 2018 in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. The priest says there are criminal elements involved in the attack on the temple yesterday. Temple chief priest Jeyakumar Subramaniam said he s

December 3, 2018 Letter

Joint Statement on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP)

Drop Defamation Complaints Against Rights Defenders

December 3, 2018 Dispatches

Tackling Hate Speech in Ethiopia

Criminalizing Speech Won’t Solve Problem

Internet café in Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

November 30, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Don’t Send Back Bahraini Dissident

Outspoken Football Player at Risk of Imprisonment, Torture

Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali al-Araibi in detention at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.

November 30, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia Launches ‘Snitch’ App Targeting Religious Minorities

Encourages Users to Report People Suspected of ‘Heresy’

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November 28, 2018 Dispatches

Russian Rap Under Fire

Russia Cracks Down on Artistic Freedom

Husky singing to his fans from the top of a car. Krasnodar, 2018.

November 22, 2018 News Release

Iran: Mounting Crackdown on Teachers, Labor Activists

Authorities Arrest Union Leaders, Threaten Strikers

Iranian workers chant slogans during a May Day demonstration in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, May 1, 2006, protesting against the labor resolutions and their delayed payments. @2006 Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images

November 21, 2018 Dispatches

China’s Social Media Crackdown Targets Twitter

Authorities Digitally Erase Even Past Critical Speech

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November 20, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: End Crackdown on Freedom of Expression

Democracy Campaigner on Trial for Disrespecting National Flag

Huynh Thuc Vy holds a sign that reads "Praying for Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and for Vietnam. Sept 12, 2018".

November 20, 2018 News Release

Bahrain: No Free Elections in Current Environment

Allies Should Insist on Reforms, Release of Political Prisoners

Protesters hold photos of Sheikh Ali Salman, Bahrain's main opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq Islamic Society, as they march asking for his release in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, in Bahrain on June 16, 2015.

November 20, 2018 News Release

Uzbekistan: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defenders

End Surveillance, Ensure Former Prisoners’ Safety

Akzam Turgunov, a former political prisoner and rights activist, has been increasingly subjected to surveillance by security services in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

November 20, 2018 News Release

France: Press UAE Crown Prince on Abuses in Yemen

French Arms Sales to Coalition Raise Complicity Concerns

Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck three apartment buildings in Faj Attan, a densely populated neighborhood in Sanaa, on August 25, 2017. Two of the buildings were completely destroyed and the third suffered extensive damage. Saudi-led coalition aircraft

November 20, 2018 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Detained Women Reported Tortured

Alleged Electric Shocks, Whippings by Masked Interrogators

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November 19, 2018 Dispatches

On Googling the Street Price of Drugs

Free Speech, Profiling, and Why the US Needs Stronger Data Protection Laws

A 3D-printed Facebook Like symbol is displayed in front of a U.S. flag in this illustration taken, March 18, 2018.

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