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October 5, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Election Fundamentally Flawed

Rohingya Excluded, Unequal Media Access, Arrests of Critics

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September 30, 2020 News Release

India: Amnesty International Forced to Halt Work

Government Increasingly Targeting Rights Groups

Amnesty International India headquarters in Bangalore, India.
September 12, 2020 News Release

Afghanistan: Protecting Rights Essential in Negotiations

Amid Persistent Abuses by All Sides, Talks Shouldn’t Endanger Freedoms

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August 28, 2020 News Release

Malaysia: Proposed Law Reverses Police Reforms

Complaints Commission Needs Real Investigatory, Disciplinary Powers

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August 20, 2020 News Release

Japan: Foreign Minister Should Raise Rights Abroad

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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets the media in Tokyo on May 28, 2020. 
August 18, 2020 Dispatches

Two More Philippine Activists Murdered

Duterte Administration Had Once ‘Red-Tagged’ Both as Insurgents

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July 30, 2020 Statement

Cambodia: Appeal Court Set to Rule on Southeast Asia’s First Transboundary Class Action into Human Rights Abuses

July 16, 2020 News Release

Nepal’s Universal Periodic Review

Human Rights Review Should Address Broken Commitments, Impunity

July 14, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Micro-Loan Borrowers Face Covid-19 Crisis

Suspend Debt Collection, Stop Coerced Land Sales

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July 9, 2020 Letter

Cambodia: 4 Years On, No Effective Investigation into Kem Ley’s Unlawful Killing

Appoint Independent Commission of Inquiry, Seek UN Assistance

June 19, 2020 News Release

EU: Make China Rights Crisis a Summit Priority

Hong Kong, Xinjiang Responses Should Top Agenda

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June 18, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Kirin Should Cut Ties to Military

Japan Beverage Giant Pledges to Address Human Rights Concerns

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June 1, 2020 News Release

China: No Justice for Tiananmen Emboldens Abuses

31 Years Since Crackdown, Domestic Repression Worsens, Goes Global

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June 1, 2020 News Release

Nepal: Ensure Justice for Caste-Based Killings

Impunity for Rampant Attacks on Dalits

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May 1, 2020 News Release

Nepal: Supreme Court’s Decision Reaffirms the Need to Amend Transitional Justice Law

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