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December 4, 2020 News Release

Hong Kong: Drop Cases Against Democracy Activists

Prominent Activists Jailed for Peaceful Protests Amid Widening Crackdown

Joshua Wong, center right, and Ivan Lam, center left, were led into a prison van before their court appearance in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
December 4, 2020 News Release

Tajikistan: Dissident’s Family Interrogated, Threatened

Increasing Pressure on Families of Exiled Activists

Fatkhuddin Saidmukhidinov
December 3, 2020 Statement

Joint Statement on the Expulsion of Vanessa Kogan from Russia

December 3, 2020 News Release

Kazakhstan: Human Rights Groups Under Pressure

Tax Officials Should End Harassment, Withdraw Notices

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December 2, 2020 Dispatches

Brutal Attack in Indonesia Targets Christian Farmers

Arrest Assailants, Protect Religious Minorities

Villagers and police officers clean up debris at the site of suspected militant attack in Lembantongoa village in Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 30, 2020. 
November 25, 2020 News Release

Iraq: Scrap Bill to Restrict Free Speech

Lawmakers to Decide on Abusive Cybercrimes Measure

The opening session of Iraq’s new parliament on September 3, 2018 in Baghdad, Iraq.
November 25, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: Release Dissident Poet

Ex-Political Prisoner Tran Duc Thach Again Faces Prison

Tran Duc Thach
November 24, 2020 News Release

Tunisia: Harsh Sentence Against Blogger

Repeal Laws Restraining Free Speech

A Tunisian woman walks past a graffiti that reads "Freedom is a daily practice" in Tunis April 26, 2011.
November 23, 2020 Dispatches

New Law Would Expand Internet Censorship in Russia

Parliament Should Reject Bill, Ensure Access to Information Online

A man checks his smartphone while waiting to board a subway in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2019. 
November 23, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Release Students Jailed for Peaceful Protest

10 Rights Groups Call for Dropping of Charges, Lifting of Internet Restrictions

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November 23, 2020 Dispatches

Why Won’t Lebanon Stand Up for Free Expression?

Coalition Criticizes Lebanon Abstention from Media Freedom Statement

LGBTQ Rights graffiti spray-painted at a protest site in downtown Beirut. December 22, 2019. © 2019 Marwan Tahtah for Human Rights Watch
November 23, 2020 News Release

Russia: New Move to Suffocate Civil Society

Rescind New Bill; Repeal Abusive ‘Foreign Agents’ Laws

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addresses the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. July 22, 2020.
November 19, 2020 Dispatches

Still no Accountability for Hong Kong’s Police Force

A protester is tackled by riot police during a demonstration outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 12, 2019.
November 19, 2020 News Release

Thailand: Police Violence Against Democracy Demonstrators

Unnecessary Use of Water Cannons, Teargas; 55 Reported Injured

Democracy demonstrators take cover with inflatable ducks and umbrellas as police use water cannons during a protest rally near the parliament in Bangkok, November 17, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn
November 19, 2020 Report

Turkey: Opposition Politicians Detained for Four Years

Pattern of Politically Motivated Prosecutions, Detentions

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been held in Edirne F-type Prison since November 4, 2016.

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