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January 14, 2020 News Release

Malaysia: Human Rights Reforms Stall

Backtracking on Free Expression, Accountability, LGBT Rights

Protesters hold placards reading " Save Malaysia, Arrest the Thief " during a protest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 14, 2018.
January 14, 2020 News Release

Philippines: No Letup in ‘Drug War’ Killings

Upsurge in Attacks on Activists, Environmentalists

Veiled protesters, mostly relatives of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings, display placards during a protest outside the Philippine military and police camps
January 14, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Repression of Opposition Increases

International Pressure Needed for Rights Improvements

Workers march along a street to mark International Labour Day in Phnom Penh on May 1, 2019.
January 14, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Seeking International Justice for Rohingya

Crackdown on Free Expression Tightens

Rohingya refugees watch ICJ proceedings at a restaurant in a refugee camp on December 12, 2019 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
January 14, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: Crackdown on Rights

Little Tolerance for Freedom of Expression, Independent Trade Unions

Vietnam Political Prisoners
January 14, 2020 News Release

China: Backlash Against Increasing Repression

President Xi Faces Protests in Hong Kong, Global Outcry over Xinjiang

Protesters march on a street during a rally against the extradition law proposal on June 9, 2019 in Hong Kong.
January 8, 2020 News Release

Bangladesh: Online Surveillance, Control

Netra News Latest to be Blocked in Free Speech Crackdown

Bangladeshi photojournalists and journalists form a human chain infront of National Press Club protesting the attacks on them during the students' ongoing protest demanding safe roads, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 7, 2018.
December 28, 2019 News Release

Morocco: Free Outspoken Journalist Jailed Over Tweet

Faces Up to a Year in Prison at January 2 Trial

Journalist Omar Radi in Casablanca, Morocco, 2018. © Fanny Hedenmo
December 19, 2019 Commentary

Shutting Down the Internet to Shut Up Critics

With communications shut down, journalists work inside a media center in Srinagar set up by Jammu and Kashmir authorities, August 18, 2019.
December 11, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Access to Information Bill Falls Short

Needs Revisions to Comply with International Standards

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, arrives for a ceremony of the 68th anniversary of the founding of his Cambodian People's Party in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, June 28, 2019.
December 6, 2019 News Release

Algeria: Crackdown as Election Looms

Prison Sentences for Protesters

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December 6, 2019 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Blogger Faces Incitement Charges

Detained, Held Under House Arrest Over Posts on Corruption

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December 4, 2019 Dispatches

Duterte Threatens to Shut Down TV Network

Closing ABS-CBN Would Degrade Philippines Press Freedom

Journalists and supporters, wearing black, display their messages during a protest against the recent Securities and Exchange Commission's revocation of the registration of Rappler, an online news outfit, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, northeast of Manila, Philip
December 4, 2019 Dispatches

Auditing Algorithms in New York City

Coalition Calls for Stronger Oversight of City’s AI-based Decision-Making

A line of police cars are parked along a street in Times Square, in New York, December 29, 2016.
November 26, 2019 Dispatches

Nigerians Should Say No to Social Media Bill

Proposal Would Criminalize Criticism of Government

Two men check their phones in Kaduna, Nigeria

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