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July 12, 2021 News Release

Russia: Court Convicts Rights Defender

“Foreign Agents” Law Leads to Criminal Penalty

Semyon Simonov
July 9, 2021 Statement

Cambodia: No Justice At 5-Year Anniversary of Kem Ley’s Death

Cambodian people mourning the death of political commentator and human rights defender, Kem Ley, who was shot on July 10, 2016 (credit: LICADHO)
July 8, 2021 Dispatches

Philippines Loses a Press Freedom Fighter

Nonoy Espina Was at Forefront of Struggle Against Attacks on the Media

National Union of Journalists of the Philippines chairman Nonoy Espina speaks to other journalists and activists as they gather to hold a vigil on the eve of the promulgation of the Maguindanao massacre trial on December 18, 2019 in Manila, Philippines.
July 8, 2021 News Release

Vietnam: Free Prominent Novelist

Pham Chi Thanh Suffering Health Problems

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July 8, 2021 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Azimjon Askarov’s Family Awaits Justice

Internal Inquiry Closed, Effective Independent Investigation Needed

Ethnic Uzbek journalist Azimzhan Askarov, who was arbitrarily arrested, tortured, convicted after an unfair trial and jailed for life looks through metal bars during hearings at the Bishkek regional court, Kyrgyzstan.
July 7, 2021 Report

Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Government Critics

Over 130 Targeted for Alleged Membership in Groups Deemed ‘Extremist’

Koshe Party activists handing out information leaflets in Nursultan, Kazakhstan’s capital, before the unregistered group was banned by court order. February 18, 2020.
July 7, 2021 News Release

Turkey/Kyrgyzstan: Rendition of Turkish-Kyrgyz Educator

Risk of Further Arbitrary Detention and Unfair Trial

Screenshot of a broadcast on TRT TV on July 5 2021, in which Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces that the intelligence services have transported Orhan İnandı from Kyrgyzstan to Turkey.
July 5, 2021 News Release

Senegal: New Counterterror Laws Threaten Rights

Pass Amendments to Protect Peaceful Dissent

People flee teargas thrown by riot police during a protest against the proposed counterterrorism law and penal code reform at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, June 25, 2021.
July 2, 2021 Statement

Joint Statement on Journalist and Human Rights Defender Andrei Aliaksandrau

Thirteen Organisations Call for the Immediate and Unconditional Release

Riot police stand guard during demonstrations against police violence in Minsk, Belarus, September 6, 2020. 
July 1, 2021 News Release

Eswatini: Respect Rights While Policing Protests

Security Forces Should Safeguard Citizens Against Violence

King Mswati III of Eswatini addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 25, 2019.
June 28, 2021 Commentary

Egypt Persecutes TikTok Women While Men Get Impunity for Sexual Violence

Egyptian influencers Hanin Hossam and Mawadda al-Adham, who were sentenced to two years in prison on charges of violating public morals, on the video-sharing app TikTok in Egypt's capital Cairo.
June 25, 2021 News Release

Hong Kong: Beijing Dismantles a Free Society

One Year Under National Security Law Devastates Human Rights

The slogan in Chinese on the flag, “Liberate Hong Kong, the Revolution of Our Times,” was a common chant during the 2019 protests. But since the imposition of the National Security Law, Hong Kong authorities have prohibited both the chant and pro-democracy protests have been prohibited in Hong Kong. The group that has long organized peaceful marches, Civil Human Rights Front, is also no longer functioning and its convenor has been in custody since.
June 22, 2021 News Release

Cambodia: Free Environmental Activists

End Persecution of Peaceful Campaigners

Mother Nature Cambodia activist Sun Ratha waves to her family as she is brought to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on June 19, 2021. (c) 2021 LICADHO
June 17, 2021 Commentary

New ‘Undesirables’ Law Expands Activists’ Danger Zone

While most eyes were on Geneva, the Duma intensified its crackdown on dissent.

Anastasia Shevchenko and Mikhail Iosilevich. Both have been prosecuted under Russia’s law on “undesirable” foreign organizations. 
June 16, 2021 News Release

Armenia: Malicious Prosecution of Activist

Drop Charges Against Rights Defender Sashik Sultanyan

Sashik Sultanyan

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