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June 29, 2016 Statement

Turkey: Despicable Airport Attack

Pursue Justice While Fully Respecting Rights

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June 29, 2016 News Release

Burma: Dismantle Infrastructure of Repression

Repeal or Amend Laws Criminalizing Speech and Assembly

Police vans bring detained student protesters from the district courthouse to Tharrawaddy prison in Pegu region on October 27, 2015.
June 28, 2016 Commentary

Now More Than Ever the UK Needs the Compass of Human Rights

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June 23, 2016 Commentary

Draconian Law Rammed Through Russian Parliament

Outrageous Provisions to Curb Speech, Privacy, Freedom of Conscience

State Duma, the lower house of parliament, in session in Moscow, Russia on April 19, 2016.
June 22, 2016 News Release

Kazakhstan: Activists Arrested after Land Protests

Criminal Charges Punish Free Speech

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June 20, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: China Should Talk with Monks, Not Evict Them

The settlements of Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serta county, Sichuan province, China on July 23, 2015.
June 20, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: India Harasses Activists Seeking Justice

A police van transports some of those convicted in connection with the 2002 riots in Gujarat, India on June 2, 2016.
June 20, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Rights Defenders, Journalists Jailed

New Crackdown Targets Activists for ‘Terrorism’

Ahmet Nesin, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu at the court house in Istanbul hours before being jailed pending investigation into spurious allegations of “making terrorist propaganda.”
June 20, 2016 News Release

Sweden: Restrictive Asylum Bill

Rolls Back Refugee Rights; Could Harm Children

Nour T., a 16-year-old Syrian girl, at a group home in Gothenburg, Sweden.
June 17, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Halt Mass Arbitrary Arrests

Carry Out Proper Investigations to Identify and Prosecute ‘Machete Attacks’

Police stand guard during a rally by activists demanding capital punishment for a group of bloggers in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 12, 2013.
June 14, 2016 Background Briefing

Human Rights Watch Concerns and Recommendations on Kazakhstan

Submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on the occasion of its Second Periodic Review of Kazakhstan

June 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Indonesia’s Journalists Under Threat From Militants

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June 9, 2016 News Release

Turkmenistan: Dissident’s Family Allowed to Leave

Ends 13-Year Travel Ban

June 7, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: The FBI Wants to Get Your Internet Records Without a Warrant

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June 6, 2016 News Release

Azerbaijan: Berlin Should Urge More Prisoner Releases

Sustained Pressure Needed on Rights

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