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January 13, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: Free Speech Convictions Upheld

Lengthy Sentences for Ex-Military Officers’ Comments Reduced

Colonel Tom Byabagamba (left) and retired Brigadier General Frank Rusagara (right) arrive at the court to appeal their 2016 conviction on charges including tarnishing the government’s image and inciting insurrection, in Kigali, Rwanda, on December 27, 201
January 12, 2020 News Release

Hong Kong Bars Human Rights Watch Head

Decision Spotlights Vanishing Freedoms Under Beijing Pressure

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January 11, 2020 Commentary

UN Peacekeeping has a Sexual Abuse Problem

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January 10, 2020 Dispatches

‘Gay Jesus’ Netflix Parody Sparks Censorship Battle in Brazil

Supreme Court Justice Defends Freedom of Expression

Screenshot from Netflix's "Porta dos Fundos's Christmas Special: Christ's First Temptation," December 26, 2019.
January 10, 2020 News Release

US: ‘Unalienable Rights’ Commission Risks Rights Protections

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, unveils the creation of Commission on "Unalienable" Rights, headed by Mary Ann Glendon, left, a Harvard Law School professor and a former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, during an announcement at the US State Dep
January 10, 2020 Statement

Prepared Testimony to Commission on 'Unalienable' Rights

January 10, 2020 News Release

Sri Lanka: Repeal Abusive Counterterrorism Law

Uphold Pledges to United Nations, European Union

General Shavendra Silva is seen at the Ampara Air Force camp in eastern Sri Lanka August 24, 2009.
January 10, 2020 Dispatches

Travesty of Justice for Seven Zimbabwe Activists

Court Prolongs Fabricated Case

The seven activists, lawyer Jessie Majome (with yellow folder), family and friends outside Rotten Row Magistrates Court on January 8, 2020.
January 10, 2020 Commentary

Brazil's Empty Gestures to Women

Mulheres fazem ato na rodoviária do Plano Piloto para denunciar o feminicídio em Brasília
January 10, 2020 Statement

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women review of Pakistan

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January 9, 2020 Dispatches

Arrest of Uganda’s Bobi Wine Spells Trouble for 2021 Election

Clampdown Against Political Opposition on the Rise Ahead of Polls

Musician and opposition candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine during a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, October 1, 2019.
January 9, 2020 Letter

Comments in Response to Eligibility for Employment Authorization Based on a Pending Asylum Application

January 9, 2020 Commentary

High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good

Cops with “Less Lethal” Weapons Are Not a Substitute for a Functioning Mental Health System

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January 9, 2020 Report

Russia: Escalating Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Arrests, Prison, Harassment for Peaceful Religious Practice

Special Rapid Response Unit raid a Jehovah’s Witness home in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
January 9, 2020 News Release

Kazakhstan: Improper Prosecution of Asylum Seekers from China

Men from Xinjiang at Risk of Arrest, Torture

Kazakhstan is prosecuting Kaster Musakhanuly (left) and Murager Alimuly (right), two ethnic Kazakh, Chinese citizens from Xinjiang.

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