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August 1, 2016 Report

Armenia: Excessive Police Force at Protest

Stun Grenades, Beatings; Protesters, Journalists Injured

Riot police and barbed wire block protestors from marching down Baghramyan Street in downtown Yerevan on July 30, 2016.

July 28, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Speaking Truth to Power Is a Crime in South Sudan

Juba Monitor Editor Arrested Over Editorials

July 28, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Media Shut Down, Journalists Detained

State of Emergency Crackdown Accelerates

Turkish journalist Nazli Ilicak, a well-known commentator and former parliamentarian, is escorted by a police officer and her relatives after being detained in Bodrum, Turkey on July 26, 2016.

June 29, 2016 News Release

Burma: Dismantle Infrastructure of Repression

Repeal or Amend Laws Criminalizing Speech and Assembly

Police vans bring detained student protesters from the district courthouse to Tharrawaddy prison in Pegu region on October 27, 2015.

June 20, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Rights Defenders, Journalists Jailed

New Crackdown Targets Activists for ‘Terrorism’

Ahmet Nesin, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Erol Önderoğlu at the court house in Istanbul hours before being jailed pending investigation into spurious allegations of “making terrorist propaganda.”

June 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Indonesia’s Journalists Under Threat From Militants

Screenshot of a message addressed to Indonesian journalist Febriana Firdaus. The tweet reads, “Look out!! Floating around us (women) with fake hijabs, they are actually communist activists, LGBT lovers!! @febrofirdaus Don't be fooled by (her) hijab!!”

June 1, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: 17 Russian Journalists Banned

Drop Sanctions, Respect Media Freedom

May 23, 2016 News Release

Kazakhstan: Crackdown on Peaceful Protest

Hundreds Detained, Journalists, Activists Rounded Up

Riot police officer gestures during protests in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 21, 2016.

May 13, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Malaysian Corruption Scandal Threatens Free Speech

Malaysia's (L-R) Prime Minister Najib Razak and King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah wave Malaysian national flags during National Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, August 31, 2015.

May 6, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalists Convicted for News Reports

Gunman Shoots at Editor Outside Court

Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, accompanied by his Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul, talks to media as they leave the Justice Palace in Istanbul, Turkey on May 6, 2016. © 2016 Reuters

May 3, 2016 News Release

Iran: Flawed Convictions for Journalists

Intensified Crackdown on Media Freedom

Members of the revolutionary guard attend the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution at the Khomeini shrine south of Tehran on February 1, 2012.

May 2, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Al Jazeera Closure a Blow to Free Speech

Officials Cite Parent Organization’s Stances

March 31, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Basic Rights Still a Pipe Dream in Angola

Some of the 17 activists who have been sentenced to jail terms of between two and eight years, after prosecutors introduced a new charge of “criminal conspiracy," Angola, 2015.

March 25, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalists’ Trial Closed to Public

Ruling Undermines Defendants’ Rights

March 25, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Journalism on Trial

End Prosecution of Newspaper Editor and Ankara Bureau Chief

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