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November 6, 2016 News Release

China: Abusive Cybersecurity Law Set to be Passed

Law Strangles Online Freedom, Anonymity

President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony of the 2nd annual World Internet Conference in Jiaxing, China on December 16, 2015.
November 4, 2016 News Release

India: Investigate Police Killing of 8 Escapees

Video Suggests Several Were Trying to Surrender

Police officers and Special Task Force soldiers stand beside dead bodies of the suspected members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who earlier today escaped the high security jail in Bhopal, and later got killed in an encounter at
November 4, 2016 News Release

The Paris Agreements at 25: Requiem Instead of Celebration

November 4, 2016 News Release

Hong Kong: China Interferes in Judiciary’s Independence

Beijing to Issue Basic Law Ruling While Case Before Courts

Pro-independence legislator elects Yau Wai-ching (L) and Baggio Leung react as they meet reporters inside Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China November 4, 2016.
November 4, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Feared ISIS Use of ‘Human Shields,’ Executions

All Forces Should Take Necessary Precautions to Protect Civilians

Smoke rises from clashes during a battle with Islamic State militants southeast of Mosul, Iraq on November 3, 2016.
November 3, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: 3 More Years for Long-Held Activist

Interim President Should Amnesty Political Prisoners

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November 3, 2016 News Release

Belgium: Response to Attacks Raises Rights Concerns

Overbroad Laws, Abusive Policing Undermine Counterterror Efforts

Belgian federal police search the Schaerbeek district of Brussels following the March 22, 2016 bombings in the city.
November 3, 2016 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Sentence Over, Activist Still Held

8 Years for Protesting 2008-2009 Gaza War

MENA Saudi activists jailed Khalid al umair Nov 2016
November 3, 2016 News Release

KRG: Kurdish Forces Ejecting Arabs In Kirkuk

Halt Displacements, Demolitions; Compensate Victims

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November 3, 2016 News Release

Burma: Farmers Targets of Land Grabs

Livelihoods in Karen State Imperiled by Abusive Militias, Laws, and Local Officials

Two villagers in New Ahtet Kawin in front of their homes.
November 2, 2016 News Release

Egypt: Lift Abusive Arbitrary Travel Bans

Human rights lawyer latest to be barred from travelling abroad

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November 2, 2016 News Release

Gambia: Crackdown Threatens Presidential Election

Donors Should Impose Sanctions if Abuses Persist

Protesters march in Banjul on April 16, 2016 following the death in custody of opposition activist Solo Sandeng.
November 2, 2016 News Release

Libya: Civilians Under Siege in Benghazi

Fighting Traps Families

Members of the Libyan National Army, the armed forces allied with the Interim Government in al-Bayda, during clashes with the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council, an Islamist militia alliance , in Benghazi on April 1, 2015.
November 1, 2016 News Release

Arab Gulf States: Attempts to Silence 140 Characters

Region-Wide Crackdown on Social Media Activism

Portraits of online activists in Gulf states.
October 31, 2016 News Release

Burma: Satellite Images Show Fire-Damaged Villages

UN-Assisted Inquiry Urgently Needed in Rakhine State

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