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September 14, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Election Countdown Begins

Lift Restrictions on Fundamental Rights to Enable Free and Fair Elections

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September 13, 2018 News Release

Russia: Police Crush Peaceful Protests

More Than 1,000 Arrested, Including Children

Police detain a protester in St. Petersburg, Russia.
September 12, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Long Prison Sentence Against Activist

Appeals Court Should Defy Ruling Party, Release Democracy Campaigner

Nguyen Van Tuc carries a sign: Vietnamese do not want to live the slavery lives on our homeland like the Tibetans. The T-shirt reads: International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2014 – Protest against violence and harassment inflicted upon the people.
September 12, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free All Political Prisoners

Profiles of Wrongfully Held Activists, Journalists, Opposition Members

Activist Tep Vanny at the Supreme Court after it upheld a decision to deny her bail, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, January 25, 2017.
September 12, 2018 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Prominent Cleric May Face Death Penalty

Escalating Crackdown on Dissent

Saudi authorities arrested Salman al-Awda and over a dozen others in what appears to be a coordinated crackdown on dissent. © 2009 Marwan Almuraisy (Wikimedia Commons)
September 11, 2018 News Release

Australia: Seek Justice for Myanmar Atrocities

End Military Ties, Help Create Mechanism to Prepare Future Prosecutions

Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.
September 11, 2018 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Free Right-to-Drive Activists

Encourage Automakers to Press Authorities to Release Detained Women

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September 10, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Campaigner

Brotherhood for Democracy Member on Trial

Nguyen Trung Truc hold a sign, “Condemn the Vietnamese Communist for terrorizing Pastor [Nguyen Trung] Ton”
September 10, 2018 News Release

Syria: Kurdish-led Administration Jails Rivals

Denied Access to Family, Due Process

September 10, 2018 News Release

UN Rights Council: Secure Justice for Myanmar Victims

New Q&A on Prosecutions for Atrocities by Myanmar Forces

Rohingya refugees line up at an aid relief distribution center at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 12, 2018.
September 9, 2018 News Release

China: Massive Crackdown in Muslim Region

Mass Arbitrary Detention, Religious Repression, Surveillance in Xinjiang

Government social media post in April 2017 shows detainees in a political education camp in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang.
September 7, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Drop Cases for Online Reporting on Alleged Rape

Computer Crime Charges Threaten Media Coverage of Abuses

September 6, 2018 News Release

India: Supreme Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law

Upholds Rights to Privacy, Non-discrimination for LGBT People

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September 6, 2018 News Release

Tunisia: Ennahda Rejects Inheritance Equality

Parties Should Back Moves to End Gender Discrimination

Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, Islamist Ennahdha Party leader Rached Ghannouchi, and Ennahdha Party vice-president Abdelfattah Mourou wave to the crowd on May 20, 2016 at the opening of Ennahdha's three-day congress in Tunis. ©2016 Fethi Belaid/AFP
September 6, 2018 News Release

Qatar: End All Migrant Worker Exit Visas

New Law Falls Short of Labor Reform Pledges

Migrant laborers work at a construction site at Aspire Zone in Doha, March 26, 2016.

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