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July 18, 2017 News Release

Tajikistan: Stop Persecuting Opposition Families

US, EU Should Urgently Address Retaliation

Saifullo Saidov, deputy director of the Strategic Research Center of the Office of the President of Tajikistan.
July 18, 2017 Commentary

Essam Koshak Case Will Test Saudi Arabia’s ‘Reformed’ Prosecution Service

Essam Koshak
July 18, 2017 Witness

Witness: Russia’s New Normal

An Increase in Prosecutions for Social Media Posts is Silencing Russia’s Citizens

Ekaterina Vologzheninova
July 18, 2017 Dispatches

Review of Somalia’s Media Law Falls Short

Key Provisions that Severely Restrict Speech Remain

Journalists queue for a security sweep outside the venue of the presidential vote at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu
July 18, 2017 News Release

Russia: Assault on Freedom of Expression

Repressive Laws and Policies Restrict Online Speech, Stifle Critical Voices

An illustration depicting a small pointer (for a mouse) chained as it scrolls over a Russian website.
July 18, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Disgraceful Court Ruling To Jail Rights Defenders

Six Activists Held During Investigation, Four Released Pending Trial

Human rights defenders detained by police in Istanbul on July 5, 2017. From bottom left: Nalan Erkem; Nejat Taştan; İlknur Üstün, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun.
July 17, 2017 Statement

Australia – Laos Human Rights Dialogue

Human Rights Watch Submission

July 17, 2017 News Release

Laos: No Progress on Rights

Australia Should Use Dialogue to Raise Free Speech, ‘Disappearances’

July 14, 2017 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Land Rights Defenders

Activist Tep Vanny Detained 333 Days for Peaceful Protests

Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.
July 14, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Separatists ‘Disappeared’ Blogger

Stanyslav Aseev Held Incommunicado in Donetsk

Stanyslav Aseev.
July 13, 2017 Letter

Open Letter on Detention of Human Rights Defenders in Turkey

July 13, 2017 News Release

Turkey: Free Peaceful Rights Defenders

Human rights defenders detained by police in Istanbul on July 5, 2017. From bottom left: Nalan Erkem; Nejat Taştan; İlknur Üstün, İdil Eser, Özlem Dalkıran, Günal Kurşun.
July 12, 2017 News Release

Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists

Leading Bahraini Rights Activist Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

Portraits of online activists in Gulf states.
July 12, 2017 News Release

EU: Draft Code for Sea Rescues Threatens Lives

Leaked Document Would Tie Nongovernmental Groups’ Hands

Migrants look at south Italy's coast as they approach on the Vos Hestia ship after being rescued by " Save the Children" crew on the Mediterranean sea off the Libya coast, June 20, 2017.
July 11, 2017 News Release

EU-Ukraine: Backtracking on Human Rights

Despite Closer European Ties, Kyiv Not Meeting Commitments

European Council President Donald Tusk gives a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Brussels, Belgium, June 22, 2017.

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