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August 8, 2017 News Release

Morocco: Prominent Journalist Jailed

Hamid Mahdaoui Convicted for Criticizing Protest Ban

Screenshot from a video of Hamid Mahdaoui, a Moroccan journalist and director of the news website badil.info, speaking on his Youtube channel.
August 8, 2017 News Release

Turkmenistan: Death Threats Against Journalist

Ahead of Asian Games, Olympic Council of Asia Should Act

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August 7, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Quash Conviction of Rights Land Activist

Court Rejects Tep Vanny’s Appeal Despite Absence of Witnesses

People gather outside the Appeals Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 8, 2017, holding signs of support for land rights activist, Tep Vanny.
August 7, 2017 News Release

Burma: National Commission Denies Atrocities

After ‘Inept Inquiry,’ Allow UN Fact-Finding Mission Unfettered Access

Vice President Myint Swe speaks at a press conference of the government commission’s final report on the Rakhine State investigation in Rangoon, Burma, August 6, 2017.
August 7, 2017 News Release

SADC: Recommit to Human Rights Protection

Little Progress as Regional Body Marks 25th Anniversary

Billboard advertising the 2016 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Mbabane, Swaziland.
August 6, 2017 News Release

Australia: Shelve Proposed Law to Weaken Encryption

Threatens Security, Rights

BHR Encryption
August 5, 2017 News Release

The Toxic Impact of Indonesia’s Abusive Blasphemy Law

August 4, 2017 News Release

Qatar: Residency Reform Doesn’t End Gender Bias

Mother’s Nationality Still Won’t Transfer

A sign indicating a route to Qatar embassy is seen in Manama, Bahrain, June 5, 2017.
August 4, 2017 News Release

South Korea: Supreme Court Affirms LGBT Rights

Judgment Orders Government to Allow LGBT Foundation to Apply for Charity Status

Participants march on a street during Korea Queer Festival 2015 in central Seoul, South Korea. In 2017, South korea's Supreme Court ordered the government to allow the Beyond the Rainbow Foundation, a LGBT rights foundation, to legally register as a chari
August 3, 2017 News Release

UN: Myanmar’s Threat to Block Fact-Finding Mission

Stand Up to Bullying Tactics of Visa Denial

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August 3, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Investigate Ankara Abductions, Disappearances

Locate Missing Men; Identify Those Responsible

Önder Asan (L), was abducted and secretly detained for 42 days and alleges that he was tortured; Cemil Koçak (C), a former civil servant was abducted in front of his eight-year old son; Mustafa Özben (R), a former teacher and lawyer, was also abducted
August 2, 2017 News Release

Australia/Thailand: Urge Junta To End Repression

Bishop Should Raise Human Rights Concerns at Bangkok Meetings

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August 2, 2017 News Release

Russia: Journalist Faces Expulsion to Uzbekistan

Risk of Torture, Ill-Treatment

Ali Feruz at Basmanny district court in Moscow waiting for his hearing in the evening of August 1, 2017.
August 2, 2017 News Release

Italy: Navy Support for Libya May Endanger Migrants

Help for Libyan Coast Guard Risks Complicity in Abuse

Migrants on a boat that they tried to take to Italy, after being detained at a Libyan Navy base in Tripoli on September 20, 2015.
August 2, 2017 News Release

Greece: Huge Rise in Detention of Migrant Children

Move Unaccompanied Kids from Cells to Open Facilities

Unaccompanied children line up for an evening meal at a detention facility run by the Greek police.

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