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November 27, 2016

Burma: End Prosecutions for Critical Speech

Burmese authorities continue to arrest and charge individuals, including members of the ruling party, for criticizing the military and government.

Asia

November 8, 2016 Dispatches

Why the Late Philippine Dictator Was No Hero

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
Asia

November 8, 2016 Commentary

Freedom of Speech Remains Illusory in the New Burma

Linda Lakhdhir
Legal Advisor, Asia Division

Published In: The Irrawaddy
Free Speech

November 6, 2016 News Release

China: Abusive Cybersecurity Law Set to be Passed

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November 2, 2016 Video

Video: Farmers Kicked off their Land in Burma
September 28, 2016 Video

Video: Deliberate Kneecapping of Detainees by Security Forces in Bangladesh
September 26, 2016 Video

Pakistan: Police Abusing, Killing Suspects

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November 27, 2016 News Release

Burma: End Prosecutions for Critical Speech
November 25, 2016 Dispatches

Intimidation as Governance in Tibet

Sophie Richardson
China Director
November 25, 2016 Commentary

Regulate small gold mines, too

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: The Inquirer
November 23, 2016 Dispatches

Bangladesh Should Accept, Protect Rohingya Refugees

Meenakshi Ganguly
South Asia Director
November 22, 2016 Dispatches

Australia Expands ‘Control Orders’ on Children

Georgie Bright
Australia Senior Associate
November 22, 2016 News Release

Thailand: Investigate Alleged Army Torture
November 22, 2016 Dispatches

Bid to Jail Kids in the Philippines

Juliane Kippenberg
Associate Director, Children's Rights Division
November 21, 2016 News Release

Burma: New Wave of Destruction in Rohingya Villages
November 21, 2016 News Release

China: Passports Arbitrarily Recalled in Xinjiang
November 21, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: Shia Bombing Spotlights Need to Protect
November 21, 2016 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Abusive Blasphemy Law Under Fresh Scrutiny

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
November 21, 2016 Statements

Malaysia: Drop Charges and Release Bersih Organizers and Supporters

November 3, 2016

“The Farmer Becomes the Criminal”

Human Rights and Land Confiscation in Karen State
October 12, 2016

Deepening the Culture of Fear

The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Malaysia
September 28, 2016

“No Right to Live”

“Kneecapping” and Maiming of Detainees by Bangladesh Security Forces

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Patricia Gossman

Senior Researcher, Afghanistan pagossman

David Scott Mathieson

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Mickey Spiegel

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November 28, 2016

Death of a Dictator; 'Holocaust on ice'.

Plus: Trump plays the kleptocrat’s card; torture in Turkey; intimidation in Tibet; prosecution for critical speech in Burma; and #FreeThem campaign for unjustly jailed Venezuelan reporter Braulio Jatar.

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October 8, 2015

Exodus: Asylum Seekers Flee Into Europe

“What will happen to us?” “Will they fingerprint us?” was the constant refrain as we watched a human wave of asylum seekers and migrants from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan crossing the Serbia-Hungary border.
May 26, 2010

Global Justice: The Expanding Reach of Accountability

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