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March 9, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Activists Jailed for Criticizing Monarchy

Risk of Long Pretrial Detention in Lese Majeste Cases

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February 20, 2021 News Release

Malaysia: Court Punishes News Site for Reader Comments

Decision Holding Portals Liable Poses Serious Risk to Freedom of Speech

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February 18, 2021 News Release

Cambodia: Internet Censorship, Control Expanded

Reverse Newly Decreed National Internet Gateway

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February 18, 2021 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Ministry of Unification

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February 17, 2021 News Release

Belarus: Crackdown Escalates

Countrywide Raids Target Top Rights Groups, Activists, Journalists

Police in Minsk carry documents and computers out of the office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists on February 16, 2021, as Andrei Bastunets, the head of the organization, looks on.
February 12, 2021 News Release

Uzbekistan: Blogger Held on Dubious Extortion Charge

Known for Criticizing Local Authorities

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February 11, 2021 Dispatches

Duterte Should Leave Alone Philippines TV Network

President Says He’ll Block ABS-CBN Even with New Franchise

Employees light candles outside the headquarters of broadcast network ABS-CBN corp. on May 5, 2020, after the network was ordered to halt operations after its congressional franchise expired, in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines.
February 10, 2021 Dispatches

Hungary Forces Klubradio Off Air

Shutdown of Independent Radio Station Should Trigger EU Action

Klubradio's director and CEO Andras Arato, right, talks to colleague Milhaly Hardy in the studio of Klubradio in Budapest, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
February 9, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Prominent Activists Held in Pre-Trial Detention

Abusive Use of Lese Majeste Law to Silence Critics

Activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, left Parit Chiwarak, and Arnon Nampha raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, as they arrive at Criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
February 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc
February 8, 2021 Letter

Coalition Letter to US Department of Justice: Drop Assange Prosecution

February 5, 2021 Report

Tunisia: Police Use Violent Tactics to Quash Protests

1 Dead, Arrests for Facebook Posts and ‘Insulting Police’

A protester holds up a sign saying “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere” during nation-wide protests calling for social justice and government reform on January 23, 2021, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Tunis, Tunisia.
February 3, 2021 Dispatches

Russia Authorities Target Journalists in Protest Crackdown

Detention of Editor-in-Chief Highlights the Attacks on Journalism

The Editor-in-Chief of Mediazona, Sergey Smirnov, in front of Pskov Regional Court, after the trial of Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, Pskov, Russia, July 6 2020.
February 2, 2021 News Release

India: Journalists Covering Farmer Protests Charged

Drop Cases, Protect Media Freedom

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January 28, 2021 Dispatches

Proposed Pakistan Law Seeks Greater Control of Media

Government Should Protect Journalists, Not Suppress Free Speech

Pakistani journalists hold nationwide protests to denounce rampant censorship, and hold a banner that reads: "black day," in Karachi, Pakistan, July 16, 2019.

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