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November 19, 2021 News Release

Nigeria: Officials Indicted in Abuses of Protesters

Report Corroborates Human Rights Watch Findings

Demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 15, 2020.
November 18, 2021 Commentary

How are the Authorities in Central Asia Trying to Control the Internet?

An Interview with Hugh Williamson

Uzbekistan’s media landscape, made up of independent, state-sponsored, and international Uzbek and Russian language media outlets, is in a period of growth and change, as journalists test the boundaries of respect for free expression.
November 17, 2021 Dispatches

Evicted from Their Office, Al Jazeera Works from a Front Yard in Tunisia

Authorities Arbitrarily Target Media and Critics

Al Jazeera correspondent Lotfi Hajji reporting from Tunis after Tunisian authorities evicted the pan-Arab television network from its offices, November 5, 2021. 
November 17, 2021 News Release

Greece: Alleged ‘Fake News’ Made a Crime

New Law Could Lead to Journalists Being Jailed

A woman reads newspaper's headlines referring to the killing of a Greek journalist in Athens on April 10, 2021.
November 12, 2021 Statement

Russian Authorities Move to Shut Down a Human Rights Giant

Joint statement by Russian and international human rights groups in support of Memorial

On the night before the infamous “foreign agents” law came into force back in 2012, unknown individuals sprayed graffiti reading, “Foreign Agent! ♥ USA” on the buildings hosting the offices of three prominent NGOs in Moscow, including Memorial. 
November 12, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Cambodian Refugees Forcibly Returned

Thai Government Facilitates Hun Sen’s Persecution of Political Opposition

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November 4, 2021 News Release

China: Release Gravely Ill Activist

Urgently Provide Zhang Zhan Access to Adequate Medical Care, Family

A photo shared by the brother of Zhang Zhan, an activist who criticized the Chinese government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis and is being held in a Shanghai prison.
November 3, 2021 Statement

Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Two Members of Human Rights Group Viasna in Belarus

Rights Organizations Call on Belarusian Authorities to End Politically Motivated Prosecutions

The head of Viasna’s Homieĺ office Leanid Sudalenka and Viasna’s volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa.
November 2, 2021 Statement

Pressure on Turkmen Nationals in Turkey Must Be Stopped.

Their Rights and Freedoms Must Be Secured.

November 2, 2021 News Release

Eswatini: No Justice for June Protester Killings

New Reports of Attacks by Security Forces

Eswatini soldiers and police officers are seen on the streets near the Oshoek Border Post between Eswatini and South Africa on July 1, 2021.
October 29, 2021 Report

Chad: Violent Repression of Opposition Protest

Open Civic Space, Ensure Accountability for Excessive Force

Chadian anti-riot police in the capital city, N’Djamena, during opposition-led protests on October 2, 2021
October 26, 2021 Letter

Vietnam: Immediately release independent journalist and human rights defender Pham Doan Trang

Joint Statement

October 22, 2021 Commentary

Can governments stop being authoritarian?

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev receives Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (not pictured) in Tashkent.
October 21, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Prisoner Releases Fall Short

Deposed Political Leaders and Journalists Remain Detained

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October 13, 2021 Statement

Singapore: Withdraw Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill

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