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April 3, 2023 News Release

Libya: Revoke Repressive Anti-Cybercrime Law

Release People Held Merely for Peaceful Expression

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March 30, 2023 Dispatches

Russia’s Security Service Arrests American Reporter

Free Evan Gershkovich Immediately

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March 29, 2023 News Release

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March 20, 2023 News Release

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Protesters’ Due Process Rights Violated; Ensure Effective Investigation

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March 16, 2023 News Release

Thailand: Drop Charges Against Rights Defenders

Repeal Criminal Defamation, Strengthen Anti-SLAPP Measures

Three Thai human rights defenders—Angkhana Neelapaijit, Puttanee Kangkun, and Thanaporn Saleephol—face criminal defamation charges for reporting abuses.
March 14, 2023 News Release

Cambodia: Labor Leader, Activists Face Baseless Charges

Release Union President and Drop Case Against Members

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March 14, 2023 News Release

Bahrain: 4 Arrested Over Tweets

Crackdown on Free Speech Ahead of Inter-Parliamentary Union

A Bahraini anti-government protester holds up a poster calling for the freedom of jailed human rights activists Nabeel Rajab (who was released in 2020), left, and Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, right, in Manama, Bahrain, May 1, 2015.
March 10, 2023 News Release

Zimbabwe: Police Shut Down Popular Musician’s Show

Ensure Free Expression, Peaceful Assembly Ahead of Elections

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March 10, 2023 Dispatches

Belarus Equates Rights Protection to Extremism

Authorities Label Belarusian Association of Journalists an “Extremist Formation”

 The door of the Belarusian Association of Journalists main office in Minsk, Belarus on June 2021
March 8, 2023 News Release

Thailand: Man Jailed for Selling ‘Yellow Duck’ Calendars

3-Year Sentence for ‘Defaming Monarchy’

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March 6, 2023 News Release

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Joint Letter to Delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary Union

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March 6, 2023 Statement

Joint Statement: Bahrain's 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

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February 28, 2023 News Release

Bahrain: 3 On Trial for Religious Dialogue

New Case of Persecution for Peaceful Speech

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February 27, 2023 Dispatches

Satire in Congo is No Laughing Matter

Intelligence Services Arbitrarily Detain Comedian Junior Nkole

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February 27, 2023 Letter

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media

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