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July 24, 2019 Report

Egypt: New NGO Law Renews Draconian Restrictions

Disproportionately Huge Fines; Ban on Links with Foreign Groups

Prominent rights activist and journalist Hossam Baghat, center, leaves a courtroom at the Cairo Criminal Court on March 24, 2016. In recent years, Egyptian authorities have relentlessly prosecuted leading human rights and civil society activists for their
July 22, 2019 Commentary

What’s the point of Azerbaijan’s National Press Day?

Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli is brought to the court after he has been abducted in Georgia and forcibly taken to neighboring Azerbaijan where he was detained in custody.
July 19, 2019 News Release

Kuwait: Activists Arrested for Peaceful Sit-In

Stateless Bidun Planned Memorial After Member’s Suicide

Bidun residential area in Taima, al-Jahra, Kuwait.
July 19, 2019 Dispatches

Union Leader Jailed in Kazakhstan

Crackdown on Independent Trade Union Movement Continues

Erlan Baltabay, leader of the independent trade union “Decent Labor,” at his trial in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
July 17, 2019 News Release

Malaysia: End Use of Sedition Act

Keep Pledge to Repeal Abusive Laws

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad listens to questions during an interview with foreign media on one years anniversary of government in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Thursday, May 9, 2019.
July 15, 2019 News Release

Russia: A Decade On, No Justice for Natalia Estemirova

Rights Groups Call on Government to Bring Killers to Account

Natalia Estemirova in Nozhai-Yurt district of Chechnya.
July 15, 2019 Statement

Joint Statement: On the 10th Anniversary of Natalia Estemirova’s Murder, Human Rights Groups Call for Justice That Is Long Overdue

July 12, 2019 News Release

Cambodia: Activists Charged for Participating in Memorial

3rd Anniversary of Commentator Kem Ley’s Killing

Kong Raya outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court
July 12, 2019 Report

Crimean Tatars Face Unfounded Terrorism Charges

Raids, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of Activists

Crimean Tatar activists protest politically motivated arrests of terrorism charges in Moscow’s Red Square on July 10, 2019.
July 8, 2019 Commentary

The EU must press for an end to repression in Central Asia at its Kyrgyzstan summit

From left to right: Mr Neven MIMICA, Member of the European Commission; Ms Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Mr Erlan IDRISSOV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan; Mr Erlan ABDYLDAEV
July 4, 2019 Dispatches

New EU Office in Turkmenistan Needs Focus on Rights

Action on Disappearances, Freedom for Dissident

A Turkmen choir dressed in green, the national flag color, sings the national anthem at the opening ceremony of the world weightlifting championships.
July 3, 2019 Dispatches

US Students’ Rights at Risk from Social Media Monitoring

Tackling School Violence Should Still Respect Privacy, Free Expression

A student checks her phone at Nathan Hale Elementary School in Chicago
July 2, 2019 Dispatches

Hungary Renews its War on Academic Freedom

New Law Underscores Importance of EU Political Sanctions Process

Protesters gather in front of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) headquarters to protest against the planned reorganisation of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest,
June 28, 2019 Dispatches

Nigeria’s Wavering Commitment to Freedom of Expression

Broad Claims of National Security Threaten Rights

Two men check their phones in Kaduna, Nigeria
June 26, 2019 News Release

India: Rights Groups Harassed Over Foreign Funding

Dubious Criminal Allegations Against Lawyers Collective

Lawyers Collective co-founder Anand Grover (right) speaks with the media after the Supreme Court's verdict on section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, December 11, 2013, in New Delhi.

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