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December 16, 2019 News Release

India: Show Restraint at Demonstrations

Possible Excessive Use of Police Force Against Citizenship Law Protesters

A man is arrested during a protest against the new citizenship law in Gauhati, India, December 16, 2019.
December 11, 2019 News Release

India: Citizenship Bill Discriminates Against Muslims

Draft Law Favors Hindus, Other Non-Muslim Immigrants

A protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Gauhati, India, Dec 10, 2019.
December 4, 2019 News Release

Morocco: Landmark Proposals on Individual Freedoms

Repeal Laws that Compromise Privacy, Freedom of Conscience

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November 4, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Change Comes with Punishing Cost

Arrests, Torture, Murder Accompany Reforms

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October 31, 2019 Dispatches

Indonesia to Expand Abusive Blasphemy Law

Revoke New Provisions Violating Basic Rights

Muslim protesters display flags with Arabic writings that read: "There's no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger"
October 29, 2019 Dispatches

Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Escalates

Camp Raid the Latest in Deepening Crackdown on Members

A woman holds a bible during a service
October 28, 2019 News Release

European Parliament: Rights Award Boosts Pressure on China

Sakharov Prize to Uyghur Scholar Spotlights Xinjiang Crisis

In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, Ilham Tohti, an outspoken scholar of China's Uighur minority, gestures as he speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China.
October 24, 2019 News Release

Algeria: Crackdown on Protestant Faith

Churches Sealed; Worshipers Beaten

A Protestant Berber boy attends a weekly mass at a church in Tizi-Ouzou, 100 kilometers east of Algeria's capital, Algiers, October 2, 2010.
October 10, 2019 Dispatches

Germany Synagogue Attack Brings Home Europe’s Antisemitism Threat

Need Better Protection for Holy Sites and Comprehensive Efforts to Combat Rising Hate

People mourn in front of a synagogue in Halle, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019.
October 6, 2019 News Release

Pakistan: End Ordeal for ‘Blasphemy’ Defendants

Repeal Law Used Against Religious Minorities, Vulnerable Communities

Protesters burn a poster of Aasia Bibi after the Supreme Court overturned her conviction under the blasphemy law, Hyderabad, Pakistan, November 1, 2018.
September 18, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Draft Criminal Code Disastrous for Rights

Remove Provisions Harmful to Women, Minorities, Free Speech

LGBT activists protest the planned revision to Indonesia’s criminal code outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 12, 2018.
September 10, 2019 News Release

Iran: Draconian Sentences for Rights Defenders

Judiciary Instrumental in Crackdown on Dissent

Iranian workers chant slogans during a May Day demonstration in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, May 1, 2006, protesting against the labor resolutions and their delayed payments. @2006 Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images
July 31, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: Festival Cancels Mashrou’ Leila Concert

Government Censors Indie Band Instead of Protecting Free Speech

A group of Lebanese activists chant slogans as they hold Arabic placards that read: "Freedom of expression," right, and "With Mashrou' Leila against the suppression of freedoms.
July 30, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Blogger in ‘Blasphemy’ Case Freed After 5 Years

Death Row, then Arbitrary Detention, Now Exile

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed.
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.

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