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November 8, 2019 Report

Iraq: Teargas Cartridges Killing Protesters

Total Security Force Killings Since Protests Resumed at Over 100

Protesters in Tahrir Square arrange the tear gas canisters that security forces fired at them in Tahrir Square in different patriotic constellations.
November 4, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Change Comes with Punishing Cost

Arrests, Torture, Murder Accompany Reforms

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October 30, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Prominent Activist Barred from Elections

Unlawful Political Screening Used to Disqualify Joshua Wong

Hong Kong democratic activist Joshua Wong speaks to the media in Hong Kong, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Wong announced plans to contest local elections and warns that any attempt to disqualify him will only spur more support for monthslong pro-democracy pro
October 15, 2019 Report

Tunisia: Prosecutions for Online Commentary

Repressive Laws Sap Free Expression

Revolutionary graffiti adorns a wall of the Prime Minister's office in Tunis, January 22, 2011.
October 14, 2019 Dispatches

Uganda Tightens Clampdown on Media

Authorities Also Repressing Political Opposition Events

Media and members of Uganda's Human Rights Network for Journalists struggle with police as they protest outside the Daily Monitor newspaper head office
October 2, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Provide Justice for Khashoggi Killing

Reform Intelligence Services; Free Dissidents; End Abuses

Candles lit by activists protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are placed outside Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul. © 2018 Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo
October 2, 2019 Commentary

Mark the Khashoggi Anniversary by Freeing Jailed Activists

The admission of guilt by the Saudi authorities needs to be accompanied by the release of political prisoners

An Indonesian journalist holds a placard during a protest over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabia embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 19, 2018.
October 1, 2019 UPR

HRW Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Kazakhstan

August 6, 2019 News Release

Kazakhstan: Proposal For a Human Rights Reset

New President Should Adopt Reform Agenda

Kazakh President President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev takes the oath during his inauguration ceremony in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
July 30, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Blogger in ‘Blasphemy’ Case Freed After 5 Years

Death Row, then Arbitrary Detention, Now Exile

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed.
July 24, 2019 News Release

Thailand: New Government Disregards Rights

Policy Statement Fails to Address Major Concerns

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrives for a group photo with his cabinet members at the government house in Bangkok.  © 2019 Vichan Poti/Pacific Press/Sipa USA via AP Images
July 24, 2019 Report

Egypt: New NGO Law Renews Draconian Restrictions

Disproportionately Huge Fines; Ban on Links with Foreign Groups

Prominent rights activist and journalist Hossam Baghat, center, leaves a courtroom at the Cairo Criminal Court on March 24, 2016. In recent years, Egyptian authorities have relentlessly prosecuted leading human rights and civil society activists for their
July 22, 2019 Commentary

What’s the point of Azerbaijan’s National Press Day?

Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli is brought to the court after he has been abducted in Georgia and forcibly taken to neighboring Azerbaijan where he was detained in custody.
July 17, 2019 News Release

Malaysia: End Use of Sedition Act

Keep Pledge to Repeal Abusive Laws

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad listens to questions during an interview with foreign media on one years anniversary of government in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, May 9, 2019.
July 12, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Activists Charged for Participating in Memorial

3rd Anniversary of Commentator Kem Ley’s Killing

Kong Raya outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court

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