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January 17, 2019 News Release

Ukraine: Human Rights Backsliding as Election Looms

Poor Response to Hate Violence; Rising Threats to Critics

Anti-corruption activist Vitaliy Shabunin.

January 17, 2019 News Release

Turkey: State of Emergency Ends, but Not Repression

New System Expands President’s Power

Women assembled in Istanbul on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women are blocked by police, November 25, 2018.

January 17, 2019 News Release

EU: Leaders Stoke Fear, Ignore Rights

Defense of Shared Values Vital to Curb Negative Trends

Migrants are seen on board a fiberglass boat in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan Coast, August 12, 2018.

January 17, 2019 News Release

Russia: Bleak Year for Human Rights

Attacks, Harassment, Denial of Justice

Oyub Titiev stands in front of a portrait of his murdered colleague, Natalia Estemirova, in Memorial's Grozny office.

January 17, 2019 News Release

Southern Africa: New Leaders Can Do More for Rights

Expectations for Transitions Fall Short

A delegate attends the 37th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in Pretoria, South Africa, August 19, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

January 17, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Heightened Insecurity Threatens Rights

Slow Progress on Justice for Security Force Abuses

Pallbearers carry coffins during the funeral service for people killed during clashes between cattle herders and farmers in Ibrahim Babangida Square in the Benue state capital, Makurdi, January 11, 2018. Violence between the mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen

January 17, 2019 News Release

Malaysia: Human Rights Make Major Gains

New Government Faces Challenges in Carrying Out Reforms

Attendees hold up smartphones and wave Malaysian national flags and People's Justice Party flags at a Pakatan Harapan alliance event in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.

January 17, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Inadequate Efforts to Curb Intolerance

Religious, Gender Minorities Face Persistent Harassment

People take part in the 2018 Women's March rally in Jakarta on March 3, 2018. The participants were demonstrating for equal rights and an end to violence against women.

January 17, 2019 News Release

South Korea: Little Progress on Rights

President Moon Should Protect At-Risk Groups

Rally held by supporters of the #MeToo movement on February 25,2018 in Seoul, South Korea, holding a sign that read, “Sexual violence in performing arts sector OUT”. © 2018 Park Jin-hee/ Newsis via AP

January 17, 2019 News Release

US: Backtracking on Human Rights

New Congress Should Prioritize Restoring Rights

January 17, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Unrelenting Repression Ahead of Election

Junta’s Empty Promises to Respect Rights, Restore Democracy

Protesters march near Thammasat University in Bangkok on May 22, 2018, the fourth anniversary of the Thai junta's 2014 coup, demanding that a general election be held this year. (

January 17, 2019 News Release

China: Xi Doubles Down on Repression

Mass Detention in Xinjiang, Prosecution of Peaceful Expression

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech for the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up at The Great Hall Of The People on December 18, 2018 in Beijing, China.

January 17, 2019 News Release

Afghanistan: Rights on the Precipice

Civilians Increasingly Under Threat

Security forces run from the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 30, 2018. The coordinated double suicide bombing in central Kabul killed at least 25 civilians, including nine journalists. © 2018 AP Photo/Massoud

January 17, 2019 News Release

Pakistan: Uphold Rights to Speech, Dissent

Protect Minorities, Women, Journalists

Pakistani transgender people and civil society activists in Peshawar condemn the August 16, 2018 fatal shooting of a transgender woman, August 20, 2018. ©2018 Muhammad Sajjad/AP Images

January 17, 2019 News Release

Australia: Reverse Cruel Refugee Policy

Sweeping New Encryption Law Threatens Privacy Rights

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