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October 28, 2022 News Release

Kyrgyzstan Authorities Renew Attack on Media

Amendments Threaten Censorship; Leading Website Blocked

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October 26, 2022 Statement

Statement to the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament (26 October 2022)

Human rights situation in Kazakhstan

October 26, 2022 Commentary

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Xi Jinping, pictured on Oct. 23, has begun an unprecedented third term as the Chinese Communist Party’s General Secretary. He originally came to power in 2012.
October 26, 2022 News Release

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Opposition Republican People's Party deputies hold signs in protest of a government-backed bill that criminalizes "disinformation," at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara, October 4, 2022.
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September 27, 2022 News Release

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