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December 14, 2018 News Release

Nicaragua: Government Crackdown on Media, Activists

Groups, News Sites Shut Down; Raids on Offices; Attacks on Journalists

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Australia: Vet Foreign Soldiers Receiving Training

Will Deter Abuses, Promote Accountability

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Bangladesh: Crackdown as Elections Loom

Allegations of Partisan Election Commission

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December 13, 2018 News Release

China: Repression of Christian Church Intensifies

Protestant Pastor, Dozens of Congregants Detained

Official seal notices are affixed to a back door at the Zion Church after authorities shut it down, in Beijing, September 11, 2018.
December 13, 2018 News Release

Singapore: Drop Defamation Charges Against Editor

Government Misuses Criminal Law to Prevent Criticism

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December 13, 2018 News Release

Iran: Escalating Crackdown on Lawyers

Long Prison Terms; New Arrests

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of  Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015.
December 13, 2018 News Release

Colombia: New Armed Groups Plague Afro-Colombian Zone

Authorities Fail to Halt Abuses

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December 12, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Lift Draconian Speech Restrictions

Fully Restore Basic Rights Ahead of February Elections

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December 12, 2018 News Release

Nicaragua: US legislation Key for Accountability

Allows Targeted Sanctions Against Top Officials Implicated in Repression

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December 12, 2018 News Release

Is China winning its fight against rights at the UN?

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December 12, 2018 News Release

Nigeria: End Impunity For Killings of Shia

Halt Crackdown on Protests

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December 12, 2018 News Release

UN: Act on Reprisals by Egypt

Attacks on People Who Met with UN Expert

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December 11, 2018 News Release

Russia: ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law Endangers Children

Discriminatory Measure Targets Students, Mental Health Professionals

Russian blogger, Zhenya Svetski, stands with a sign reading “I am not ‘gay propaganda’” in Moscow, December 2018.
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December 11, 2018 News Release

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