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January 18, 2018 News Release

Singapore: New Restrictions Limit Critical Voices

Rights Record on Free Expression, Assembly Worsens

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January 14, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Nguyen Van Oai

Intensive Crackdown on Rights Campaigners

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January 12, 2018 News Release

Burma: Privacy Law Used to Prosecute Critics

Amend Provision Violating Free Expression Rights

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January 11, 2018 Dispatches

Secret Evidence and the Threat of More Warrantless Surveillance

US Government Is Pushing for Law But May Be Hiding Its Impact

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January 9, 2018 News Release

US: Secret Evidence Erodes Fair Trial Rights

Government Hides Investigative Methods from Accused

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January 8, 2018 News Release

China: France’s Macron Should Spotlight Rights

On Visit, Urge Liu Xia’s Release, Raise Internet Censorship

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December 20, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Activist Tran Thi Nga

Government Tightens Chokehold on Voices of Dissent

Tran Thi Nga protests against the arrest of blogger “Mother Mushroom” in October 2016.
December 17, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter to the Lao Government Re: Decree on Associations

Repeal of Decree on Associations No. 238 of 2017

December 15, 2017 Dispatches

Will Russia Block Twitter?

Authorities Threaten to Block Twitter, YouTube Over Open Russia Accounts

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December 15, 2017 Dispatches

French Legislators Rebuked for Seeking to Criminalize Online Browsing

Court Ruled Provision Was Too Restrictive of Freedoms

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December 13, 2017 News Release

China: Minority Region Collects DNA from Millions

Private Information Gathered by Police, Under Guise of Public Health Program

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December 13, 2017 Dispatches

Protect Open Internet in the US

Tell Congress to Stop Quest to Destroy the Internet

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December 12, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Politician Faces Baseless Sedition Charges

Pheu Thai Spokeswoman Targeted for Criticizing Junta Leader

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December 6, 2017 Letter

Letter to Cyberbit Solutions re Sale and Use of Cyberbit Systems in Ethiopia

December 6, 2017 News Release

Ethiopia: New Spate of Abusive Surveillance

Spyware Industry Needs Regulation

Surveillance computer hacker business

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