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February 10, 2021 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Released

Loujain al-Hathloul Banned from Travel, Faces Suspended Sentence

Loujain al-Hathloul
February 10, 2021 Dispatches

Hungary Forces Klubradio Off Air

Shutdown of Independent Radio Station Should Trigger EU Action

Klubradio's director and CEO Andras Arato, right, talks to colleague Milhaly Hardy in the studio of Klubradio in Budapest, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
February 9, 2021 News Release

Myanmar: Lethal Force Used Against Protesters

Draconian Measures Violate Right to Free Assembly

Police use a water cannon on a crowd of protesters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Monday, February 8, 2021.
February 9, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Prominent Activists Held in Pre-Trial Detention

Abusive Use of Lese Majeste Law to Silence Critics

Activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, left Parit Chiwarak, and Arnon Nampha raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, as they arrive at Criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.
February 9, 2021 News Release

Human Rights Council: Countries Should Take Bold Action on Egypt

Monitoring, Tough Message on Dire Rights Situation Long Overdue

Egyptian security forces have been involved in systematic abuses such as enforced disappearance and torture and have used abusive counterterrorism laws and measures to crush peaceful dissent. Egyptian security forces stand guard outside one of the entranc
February 8, 2021 Letter

Coalition Letter to US Department of Justice: Drop Assange Prosecution

February 7, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to the European Union Ahead of Meeting With Bahraini Delegation

EU-Bahrain Cooperation Agreement Must Depend on Human Rights Improvements

Bahraini political opposition leaders, activists, bloggers, and human rights defenders imprisoned for their roles in the 2011 pro-democracy protests.
February 5, 2021 News Release

Russia: Social Media Pressured to Censor Posts

Fines, Smear Campaigns, Potential Blocking for Noncompliance

A man wearing a face mask to protect against Covid-19 uses his smartphone among Moscow City skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia, January 11, 2021.
February 5, 2021 Report

Tunisia: Police Use Violent Tactics to Quash Protests

1 Dead, Arrests for Facebook Posts and ‘Insulting Police’

A protester holds up a sign saying “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere” during nation-wide protests calling for social justice and government reform on January 23, 2021, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, Tunis, Tunisia.
February 3, 2021 Dispatches

Russia Authorities Target Journalists in Protest Crackdown

Detention of Editor-in-Chief Highlights the Attacks on Journalism

The Editor-in-Chief of Mediazona, Sergey Smirnov, in front of Pskov Regional Court, after the trial of Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, Pskov, Russia, July 6 2020.
February 2, 2021 Commentary

What Sweden Needs to Say About Democracy and Human Rights in Russia

Foreign Minister Should Raise Issue of Attacks on Civil Society

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in Moscow, February 2, 2021.
February 1, 2021 Dispatches

Biden Should Defend the Right to Call for a Boycott

Repudiate Trump Slurs against Activists Critical of Israel and its Settlements

Outside the office of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, demonstrators protest against a law that bars the state from investing in companies that support boycotts of Israel, New York City, June 9, 2016.
February 1, 2021 Commentary

Russian Authorities’ Treatment of Navalny is Escalating the Protests

Police officers detain a protester during a rally in support of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 23, 2021. 
January 30, 2021 Commentary

Detained and Prosecuted for Defending Protesters in Russia

A Story of Two Lawyers Highlights a Bigger Problem with Russia’s Justice System

Mikhail Benyash and Mansur Gilmanov
January 28, 2021 Dispatches

Proposed Pakistan Law Seeks Greater Control of Media

Government Should Protect Journalists, Not Suppress Free Speech

Pakistani journalists hold nationwide protests to denounce rampant censorship, and hold a banner that reads: "black day," in Karachi, Pakistan, July 16, 2019.

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