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September 25, 2020 News Release

Hong Kong: Stop Prosecuting Pro-Democracy Activists

Drop Charges Against Joshua Wong, Others

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong displays a bail paper outside Central Police Station in Hong Kong, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.
September 25, 2020 Statement

Key Rights at Stake in US Supreme Court Pick

September 25, 2020 Commentary

In Belarus Crackdown, Bitter Humour to Stem the Pain

As the crackdown continues in Belarus, protesters have responded with humour - but UN action, or sanctions, could really help.

Riot police stand guard during demonstrations against police violence in Minsk, Belarus, September 6, 2020. 
September 24, 2020 Dispatches

Cuba’s Government Throws Its Repressive Playbook at a Journalist

Camila Acosta Endures a Year of Harassment, Arrest, and Forced Relocation

Journalist Camila Acosta wears a facemask saying “no to Decree 370,” a 2019 law curtailing free speech in Cuba, on August 1, 2020.
September 23, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Stop Prosecuting Peaceful Protesters

Drop Charges, Quash Convictions Against Students

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and President Win Myint, wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus, leave after a Central Executive Committee meeting at their National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Tuesday, July 21, 2020.
September 22, 2020 News Release

China: Quash Verdict Against Outspoken Tycoon

18-Year Sentence for Ren Zhiqiang Shows Growing Intolerance of Dissent

Ren Zhiqiang, former Chairman of Huayuan Property Co., Ltd., attends the founding ceremony of the Sichuan Project Center of the Alashan SEE Ecological Association in Chengdu city, southwest China's Sichuan province, 25 April 2018. 
September 21, 2020 Report

Morocco: Espionage Case Against Outspoken Journalist

Omar Radi Abusively Jailed on Charges That Seem Flimsy, Political

Journalist and activist Omar Radi waits outside the court in Casablanca, Morocco, March 12, 2020.
September 17, 2020 Commentary

Thailand’s ‘Bad Students’ are Rising Up for Democracy and Change

High school students salute with three-fingers, symbol of resistance during a protest rally in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
September 16, 2020 News Release

India: Arrests of Activists Politically Motivated

Sedition, Counterterrorism Laws Used to Silence Dissent

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September 15, 2020 Letter

Bahrain: Joint Letter to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Delegates

Re: Upcoming 45th Session of the Human Rights Council

September 15, 2020 Dispatches

Hungary Renews Attacks on Independent Radio Station

EU Should Act on Latest Blow to Press Freedom

Klubradio’s president, Andras Arato, is seen on air in Klubradio's studio in Budapest, Hungary, March 2020. 
September 11, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Free Detained Youth, Environmental Activists

End de Facto Ban on Phnom Penh Protests

Supporters of Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, shout slogans in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020.
September 10, 2020 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Hypocrisy on Press Freedom

Editor’s Jailing Shows Reality of Media Crackdown

Pakistani police escort Mir Shakilur Rehman to court following his arrest in Lahore, Pakistan, March 13, 2020.
September 10, 2020 Report

Libya: Armed Groups Violently Quell Protests

Investigate Use of Lethal Force, Arbitrary Arrests

Protesters chant slogans during anti-corruption demonstrations in the capital Tripoli’s Martyrs' Square on August 25, 2020.
September 9, 2020 News Release

Bahrain: Lawyers Prosecuted on Speech Charges

Drop Case Against Abdullah al-Shamlawi

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