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January 28, 2021 News Release

Kazakhstan: Independent Union Under Threat of Suspension

Drop Lawsuit; Cease Interference in Trade Union Activities

Kuspan Kosshygulov (center) is one of the workers at an oil construction company who went on a hunger strike demanding that Kazakhstan not liquidate the independent confederation of trade unions.
January 28, 2021 News Release

Brazil: Crackdown on Critics of Covid-19 Response

Bolsonaro Administration Uses Dictatorship-Era Law to Repress Dissent

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, without a mask, attends a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Brasilia, along with ministers and other authorities, most of whom are wearing mask, on September 7, 2020. 
January 27, 2021 News Release

UAE: Persecution of Rights Defender

For Mansoor, Unfair Court Proceedings, Inhumane Detention Conditions

A man in a white gutra
January 26, 2021 Commentary

China's Covid Success Story is Also a Human Rights Tragedy

China's Official Covid Rates Are Down. But Has That Come at the Cost of Human Rights?

Chinese paramilitary police wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus stand guard near the portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate near Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, January 9, 2021. 
January 25, 2021 Report

Russia: Police Detain Thousands in Pro-Navalny Protests

Mass Arbitrary Detentions, Police Brutality, Criminal Prosecutions

Police officers clash with people during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow.
January 22, 2021 Dispatches

Russian Activist Spends Two Years Under House Arrest

Authorities Use Politically Motivated Criminal Prosecutions to Silence Opponents

Anastasiya Shevchenko. 
January 22, 2021 News Release

Vietnam: Crackdown Ahead of Party Congress

Dissidents Sent to Prison Amid Preparations for Key Political Event

Photo released by the Vietnam News Agency on January 5, 2021 shows Vietnamese bloggers Pham Chi Dung (right), Nguyen Tuong Thuy (front left), and Le Huu Minh Tuan (back left) during their trial in Ho Chi Minh city.
January 22, 2021 News Release

Russia: Crackdown Ahead of Pro-Navalny Protests

Detention, Intimidation Violate Rights and Abuse Covid-19 Measures

Police officers detaining Alexei Navalny's supporter at Vnukovo airport, Moscow, on January 17, 2021. © 2021 Emin Dzhafarov/Kommersant/Sipa via AP Images
January 22, 2021 News Release

Denmark/Bahrain: Free Imprisoned Rights Defender

118 Groups Appeal to King to Commute Sentences

Bahraini anti-government protesters raise signs with images of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja Friday, April 6, 2012, in Jidhafs, Bahrain.
January 21, 2021 News Release

Malaysia: Urgently Revise Emergency Ordinance

Immunity, Police Powers for Military Raise Risk of Abuse

Perdana Menteri Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin berbicara dalam sebuah konferensi pers setelah pertemuan kabinet pertama di kantor perdana menteri di Putrajaya, Malaysia, 11 Maret 2020.
January 21, 2021 Letter

Open letter to the European Union and its Member States on Egypt

January 20, 2021 Dispatches

Kazakh Authorities Target Rights Groups in Coordinated Attack

Kazakhstan’s Partners Should Condemn Government’s Stifling of Free Association

From left to right: the head of Erkindik Kanaty, Elena Shvetsova, with lawyers Olga Enns and Roman Reimer, in the office of the deputy head of the tax department, Erlik Mukanov, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, January 18, 2021.
January 18, 2021 Dispatches

Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia

Azat Miftakhov Sentenced to 6 Years on Controversial Hooliganism Charges

Mathematics and mechanics graduate student at Moscow State University Azat Miftakhov before the court session in Golovinsky district court. September 05, 2019. 
January 13, 2021 News Release

Vietnam: Rights Violations Intensify

Numerous New Arrests in Lead-up to Party Congress

Vietnamese Political Detainees: Pham Doan Trang; Can Thi Theu and her sons Trinh Ba Phuong and Trinh Ba Tu; Dinh Thi Thu Thuy; Pham Chi Dung; Nguyen Tuong Thuy; Le Huu Minh Tuan; Tran Duc Thach
January 13, 2021 News Release

Thailand: Rights Crisis Rapidly Worsens

Basic Freedoms Stifled Amid Youth-Led Democracy Uprising

A high school student holds up the three-finger salute and gives a speech at a youth-led rally in Chiang Mai, Thailand on August 25, 2020. © 2020 Supitcha Chailom

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