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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 6, 2017 News Release

Australia: Shelve Proposed Law to Weaken Encryption

Threatens Security, Rights

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August 3, 2017 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Turnbull re Encryption and Human Rights

August 2, 2017 Dispatches

Encryption is for ‘Real People’

UK Home Secretary Suggests Only Bad Guys Want ‘Unbreakable Security’

WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017.
August 2, 2017 Dispatches

Bassel Pays with His Life for Non-Violent Resistance in Syria

Death of Detained Activist Puts Spotlight on Syria’s Ghastly Prison System

Bassel Khartabil
August 1, 2017 News Release

Laos/Thailand: Investigate Abduction of Exiled Red Shirt Activist

Armed Men Kidnap Wuthipong Kachathamakul in Vientiane

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August 1, 2017 News Release

Russia: New Legislation Attacks Internet Anonymity

Repeal Laws Threatening Freedom of Expression Online

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July 30, 2017 News Release

Armenia: Limited Justice for Police Violence

One-Sided Prosecutions Year After Attacks on Protesters, Journalists

Riot police and barbed wire block protestors from marching down Baghramyan Street in downtown Yerevan on July 30, 2016.
July 27, 2017 Report

Libya: Activists Being Silenced

Attacks, Threats, and Harassment

Demonstrators gather to protest against the presence of militias in the Libyan capital in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square on March 17, 2017.
July 27, 2017 Dispatches

Vietnamese Activist Sentenced to 9 Years in One-Day Trial

A Chilling Warning to Supporters and Dissidents

Tran Thi Nga protests against the arrest of blogger “Mother Mushroom” in October 2016.
July 26, 2017 Letter

Appeal to the People's Representatives to Abandon Consideration of the Draft Law on Prosecution of Abuses Against the Armed Forces

July 26, 2017 Dispatches

In Turkey, Freedom of Expression is in the Dock

Journalists’ Trial Part of Vicious Crackdown on Independent Voices

A demonstration outside a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey in solidarity with the staff of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet on trial over alleged support to terrorist groups, July 24, 2017.
July 25, 2017 Commentary

For Russia’s students, the price of protest can be high

Students have featured prominently in Russia’s latest wave of anti-corruption protest, and now they're facing repression as a result

12 June: Police detain Oleg Alexeev during an anti-corruption protest in the city centre of Kaliningrad, Russia.
July 24, 2017 Dispatches

How Much Does the US Government Know About Your Sex Life?

Authorities Can Scoop up a Surprising Amount of Intimate Data

A notice of electronic surveillance is posted near a 95-by-50-foot American flag unfurled on the side of an apartment complex in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 14, 2017.
July 24, 2017 Letter

Updated Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Russia

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