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October 20, 2016 Dispatches

Philippine Police Probe Violent Protest Dispersal

Lack of Accountability Fuels Impunity

Various activists and indigenous people's groups clash with anti-riot policemen during an anti-U.S. protest in front of the U.S. Embassy in Metro Manila.
October 20, 2016 Dispatches

Media Freedom Under Attack in Somalia

Journalists Live in Fear While Government Promises to Investigate Ring Hollow

People read newspapers in Somalia.
October 20, 2016 Letter

Turkey: State of emergency provisions violate human rights and should be revoked

Joint NGO Letter

October 19, 2016 Letter

Joint NGO Letter to the President of Poland

October 17, 2016 News Release

Vietnam: Reform Criminal Law to Respect Rights

Assembly Should Overhaul Laws Recently Used to Silence Blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’

The National Assembly at Ba Dinh hall in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 20, 2016.
October 11, 2016 News Release

Mozambique: Prominent Opposition Leader Killed

Wave of Killings Go Unpunished, Put Political Stability at Risk

Jeremias Pondeca (center) was a member of a team preparing a meeting to end the current military and political hostilities between RENAMO and the government.
October 10, 2016 News Release

Kazakhstan: Land Rights Activists on Trial

Criminal Prosecution for Peaceful Protest

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October 10, 2016 Commentary

Public humiliation: Chechen leader's simple strategy to control social media

Ramzan Kadyrov is punishing ordinary people who criticise his rule with televised shamings, as well as detentions and abuse

Men standing with signs “I’m for Kadyrov” and “Kadyrov is the Scourge of the Fifth Column” at a mass pro-Kadyrov rally organized by Chechen authorities in Grozny in January 2016.
October 7, 2016 Commentary

Why Anna Politkovskaya Still Inspires

October 7, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Independent TV News Silenced

Prolonged State of Emergency Used to Censor Media

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October 6, 2016 News Release

Tajikistan: Long Prison Terms for Rights Lawyers

Serious Blow to Independence of Legal Profession

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October 5, 2016 Dispatches

Yahoo and the Death of User Trust

The Yahoo logo is shown at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, California April 16, 2013.
October 5, 2016 Dispatches

History Under Attack in Today’s Russia

International Memorial Group Latest to be Branded ‘Foreign Agent’

October 3, 2016 Commentary

Hungary's Treatment of Refugees Is A Disgrace To Its History

Migrants walk along Hungary's border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016
October 3, 2016 News Release

Oman: Journalists Sentenced Over Articles Alleging Corruption

Azamn Newspaper Permanently Closed

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