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July 10, 2020 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Oman

July 2020

July 10, 2020 News Release

Russia: Dozens of Journalists Detained for Peaceful Protests

Detentions Put Them at Added Health Risk

Mariya Starikova stands in front of the FSB building in Moscow with a placard reading “Freedom to Ivan Safronov”, July 7, 2020.
July 9, 2020 Dispatches

US Takes Key Action for Human Rights in China

Sanctions Targeting Xinjiang Officials Address Serious Abuse

A Uighur woman picking up school children rides past a picture showing China's President Xi Jinping joining hands with a group of Uighur elders at the Unity New Village in Hotan, in western China's Xinjiang region.
July 9, 2020 Letter

Cambodia: 4 Years On, No Effective Investigation into Kem Ley’s Unlawful Killing

Appoint Independent Commission of Inquiry, Seek UN Assistance

July 8, 2020 News Release

Malaysia: Stop Treating Criticism as a Crime

Abusive Investigations for Critical Speech on the Rise

Perdana Menteri Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin berbicara dalam sebuah konferensi pers setelah pertemuan kabinet pertama di kantor perdana menteri di Putrajaya, Malaysia, 11 Maret 2020.
July 6, 2020 Dispatches

Baseless Charges Against Prominent Somali Journalist

Government Should Support Independent Media Ahead of Electoral Process

Somali journalists in Mogadishu, Somalia December 29, 2019. 
July 6, 2020 News Release

Turkey: Politically Motivated Conviction of Activists

Verdict Aims to Stifle Human Rights Movement

Eleven human rights defenders were prosecuted in the Büyükada case, named after the island in Istanbul where ten were detained at a human rights education workshop in July 2017.
July 6, 2020 Dispatches

Russian Journalist Sentenced on Bogus Terrorism Charges

Authorities Abuse Criminal Justice to Silence Independent Media

Russian journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva (left) attends the trial in the Second Western District Military Court.
July 1, 2020 Dispatches

Prosecutors in Russia Object to Parole for Jehovah’s Witness

Dennis Christensen Waits in Prison; Many Other Worshippers Await Prosecution

Dennis Christensen (behind the windows) talks with his interpreter at the Zheleznodorzhy District Court in Oryol, January 28, 2019
June 30, 2020 News Release

Kyrgyzstan: Bills Curbing Basic Freedoms Advance

President Should Use Veto to Uphold Fundamental Rights

Protesters at a free speech rally in Bishkek on June 29 hold up a sign that reads “We need clean reforms!”
June 30, 2020 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Rights Efforts Fall Far Short

Abuses Persist, Protections Fragile as Peace Talks Begin

Two children walk by armed soldiers in the countryside
June 28, 2020 News Release

Syria: Protesters Describe Beatings, Arrests

Syrians Returned to Streets Over Economic Meltdown

People hold up banners at a protest in Sweida on June 9, 2020
June 25, 2020 Statement

Drop Charges Against Russian Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov

June 24, 2020 Commentary

Brazil: Reject “Fake News” Bill

Current Draft Violates Free Speech and Association, Privacy

Senate Brazil session Videoconference 062020
June 24, 2020 Statement

Sri Lanka: End Persecution of Journalist

Dharisha Bastians Targeted for Reports, Defense of Human Rights

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