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April 2, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship

COVID-19 Crisis Pretext for Hun Sen to Seek Unlimited Powers, Go After Critics

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
March 31, 2020 News Release

Bangladesh: End Wave of COVID-19 ‘Rumor’ Arrests

Academics, Critics Apparently Targeted in Violation of Free Speech Rights

Police members wear protective equipment as they patrol the streets during the nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the Coronavirus outbreak, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2, 2020.
March 31, 2020 News Release

End Internet Shutdowns to Manage COVID-19

Blocking Access Could Cost Lives

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March 27, 2020 News Release

Hong Kong: Dubious Arrest of Pro-Democracy Politician

Vendetta Feared Against 2019 Protest Movement

In this Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, photo, Veby Mega Indah, an injured Indonesian video journalist, bites her lips during an interview with The Associated Press in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong.
March 25, 2020 News Release

Thailand: COVID-19 Clampdown on Free Speech

Critic Arrested, State of Emergency Censorship Threatened

Thai Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha delivers a televised speech in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2020.
March 25, 2020 News Release

Azerbaijan: Opposition Leader Arrested

Free Tofig Yagublu; Drop Bogus Charges Against Him

Policemen bringing the opposition leader Tofig Yagublu to Nizami District Court of Baku.
March 24, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: COVID-19 Clampdown on Free Speech

Cease Arrests, Detention of Outspoken Opposition Activists, Others

A policeman (center) and others wear face masks as a preventive measure against COVID-19, at a market in Phnom Penh on March 17, 2020.
March 21, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Drop Case Against Opposition Activist

EU, Others Should Urge Immediate Release of Kong Mas, Others Wrongfully Detained

Kong Mas, January 16, 2019.
March 20, 2020 News Release

Egypt: Four Arrested Over COVID-19 Protest

Prominent Women Sought Release of Unjustly Detained Prisoners

Screenshot of a live stream video from the protest showing Ahdaf Soueif, right, Laila Soueif, left, and Rabab al-Mahdy in between before they were arrested at the protest in downtown Cairo on March 18.
March 18, 2020 Dispatches

Prominent Journalist Freed in Azerbaijan

Afgan Mukhtarli Reunited with His Family in Exile

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli rejoins his daughter in a Berlin airport following his release from prison in Azerbaijan, March 17, 2020.
March 17, 2020 News Release

China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists

Reporters at Major US Outlets to be Expelled, Hong Kong Reporting Restricted

Chinese Foreign Ministry new spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, February 24, 2020.
March 17, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Prominent Journalist Facing Charges

Arrested While Covering Hirak Protests

Journalist Khaled Drareni filming street protests in Algiers, December 2019.
March 16, 2020 Commentary

Coronavirus: Egypt's Prisons Could Spare Disaster with Conditional Releases

In crowded, unhygienic prisons, the spread of the disease presents a serious threat. Will President Sisi put reason before punishment?

An Egyptian police officer at the entrance of the Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
March 13, 2020 News Release

Thailand: Drop Charges Against Opposition Leader

Election Commission Seeks 10-Year Prison Term for Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit

Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit arrives for a press conference at the party's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, March 25, 2019.
March 13, 2020 News Release

UAE: Woman Prisoner Reportedly Attempts Suicide

Prolonged Solitary Confinement, Denial of Adequate Medical Care

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