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May 16, 2020 News Release

Indonesia: Blogger Held Over Land Dispute Report

Criminal Defamation Has Chilling Effect on Media Freedom

On May 4, 2020, the South Kalimantan police arrested and detained blogger Diananta Putra Sumedi (left) in Banjarmasin, charging him with online defamation, which carries a maximum penalty of six years in prison.

May 15, 2020 Dispatches

Thai Activist Arrested on Covid-19 Pretext

Emergency Powers Used to Silence Critics

Supporters of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship — known as the “Red Shirts” — held a remembrance service in Bangkok on May 13, 2020 to demand justice for those killed and wounded by the military during the crackdown on the 2010 political protests.

May 15, 2020 News Release

US: Free Detained Asylum Seekers in Pandemic

Petition to Governors to Protect Detainees, Press ICE for Release

An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.

May 15, 2020 Commentary

Why Banning Anti-LGBT ‘Conversion Therapy’ isn’t Enough

May 15, 2020 Commentary

25 Years After ‘Disappearing’ Tibetan Panchen Lama, China Is No Nearer to Its Goal

Exile Tibetan Buddhist nuns carry placards during a protest march demanding the release of their religious leader Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, who was put under house arrest by the Chinese authorities this day in 1995 in Tibet, in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 17, 2017.

May 15, 2020 News Release

France: End Discriminatory Police Checks and Fines

Take Concrete Steps to End Biased Police Behavior, 24 Groups Say

French Police officer wearing a protective surgical face masks against coronavirus, checks documents of a man in Paris, as a strict lockdown comes into in effect in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. Paris, France, 16 April 2020.

May 15, 2020 News Release

US: Lawsuit Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Secrecy

Groups Seek Records on Treatment of Asylum Seekers Under US Migrant Protection Protocols

May 15, 2020 News Release

Japan: Introduce LGBT Non-Discrimination Law

Nearly 100 Civic Groups Urge Prime Minister to Act

Participants March during the Tokyo Rainbow Parade. On October 22, hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans Depathologization.

May 15, 2020 Letter

Letter to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Regarding National LGBT Non-Discrimination Law

May 14, 2020 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission to the UK International Development Committee

May 14, 2020 News Release

Human Rights Watch Film Festival Presents First Digital Edition

May 14, 2020 Dispatches

Covid-19 Brings Out Government’s Ugly Side in Cameroon

Opposition Not Allowed to Participate in Response

A man who received a protective mask and a bottle of hand sanitizer donated by “Survival Initiative”, a fundraising initiative launched by opposition leader Maurice Kamto, Bangoura,Cameroon, May 2020.

May 14, 2020 Commentary

Locked up long before the coronavirus lockdown

A child in a Russian state orphanage for children with disabilities.

May 14, 2020 Report

China: Tibet Anti-Crime Campaign Silences Dissent

At Least 51 Tibetans Convicted for Peaceful Speech

Saohei Chu'e "anti-gang" campaign poster, photographed in Lhasa, 2019.

May 14, 2020 News Release

Detained Children Left Out of Covid-19 Response

Step Up Releases from Jails, Prisons

Teenagers stand inside a prison cell at a reform centre in Dohuk, Iraq, February 12, 2017.

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