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February 15, 2019 News Release

Tunisia: Citizens Testing Right-to-Information Law

Law’s Reach Depends on Enforcement

The standard form for filing a request for information under Tunisia’s 2016 “Right to Access Information Law” (Law No. 2016-22).
February 14, 2019 Commentary

There Is No Democracy Without Dissent

Draconian Laws Are Used to Harass Dissidents

Graffiti art that calls for respecting freedom of expression in India.
February 13, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Lift Ban on Outspoken TV Station

End Restrictions on Media, Free Expression Before Elections

Thai authorities suspend broadcasting of the outspoken Voice TV for criticizing the ruling military junta.
February 13, 2019 Dispatches

Politically Motivated Arrest of Philippine Journalist

Criminal Libel Case is Latest Attack on Maria Ressa, Rappler

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February 11, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Bahraini Footballer Goes Home to Australia

Global Football, Rights Groups Help Stop Unlawful Deportation

#FreeHakeem
February 8, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Free Three Papuan Activists

Arrests for Peaceful Protest Highlights Police Abuse of Treason Laws

Yanto Awerkion (far left) detained in the Timika police station in September 2017 for his role in organizing a petition calling on the UN to organize a referendum in Papua.
February 7, 2019 News Release

Russia: Journalist Faces Unjustified Criminal Charges

Misuse of Counter-Terrorism Laws Against Media

Svetlana Prokopyeva, Pskov.
February 6, 2019 Witness

Witness: Supporting Women’s Rights in Poland Could End Your Career

Teachers Threatened After Taking a Photograph Supporting Equality Protests

Ewa Wnorowska and her colleagues pose for a photograph in support of women's rights in Poland
February 4, 2019 Commentary

Hakeem al-Araibi Case: Bahrain is Emboldened to Take Human Rights Abuse Beyond Its Borders

#SaveHakeem
February 3, 2019 News Release

“I’m Actually Freer Than They Are”

Chinese Rights Defenders Tell Their Stories of Government Harassment

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February 1, 2019 News Release

Vietnam: Hanoi Misleads UN on Rights Record

Widespread Violations Ignored During Geneva Review

Twenty-five political prisoners currently locked up for exercising basic rights. (c) 2018 Private
January 31, 2019 News Release

Myanmar: Peaceful Critics Prosecuted

Repeal or Amend Laws Criminalizing Speech, Assembly

Demonstrators shout slogans at a protest against an amendment to Myanmar’s public assembly law in Yangon, March 5, 2018.
January 30, 2019 News Release

China: Tibetan Children Banned from Classes

Authorities Declare Informal Sessions in Monasteries ‘Dangerous’

The ban in Qinghai’s Nangchen county, published in December 2018, is titled “Urgent notice concerning stopping illegal study classes in monasteries.”
January 29, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Free Bahraini Footballer

New Campaign Calls for Release of Hakeem al-Araibi

#FreeHakeem
January 29, 2019 Commentary

Kyrgyzstan’s Human Rights Abuses Should Sound Alarm Bells Over Closer Ties with the EU

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