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September 7, 2018 Commentary

Silencing Dissent in India

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in a cricket stadium in Srinagar, November 7, 2015.

September 7, 2018 Commentary

Oleg Sentsov's Hunger Strike Evokes a Dark Page in Soviet History

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov gestures from a defendants' box as he attends a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, July 21, 2015.

September 6, 2018 Commentary

The Crushing of the Free Press in Myanmar

Kyaw Soe Oo carries his daughter while escorted by police outside a court in Yangon, Myanmar, June 18, 2018.

September 5, 2018 News Release

Iran: Intensified Crackdown on Rights Defenders

Lawyers, Women’s Rights Activists Arrested

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami, a human rights defender, protest the suspension of Sotoudeh's law license in front of the Tehran bar association in Tehran, February 2015.

September 4, 2018 Statement

Vote Yes On 12 September For European Parliament Action On Hungary

United we stand for Hungary and for the European Union

September 3, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth

Conviction of Reuters Journalists a Major Setback for Press Freedom

Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sit beside police officers as they leave Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar July 9, 2018.

August 30, 2018 News Release

India: 5 More Rights Activists Detained

Stop Prosecuting Dissent; Repeal Abusive Counterterrorism Law

Police try to stop people belonging to the Dalit community as they take part in a protest during a nationwide strike called by Dalit organisations, in Chandigarh, India, April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

August 29, 2018 Commentary

Another Journalist Expelled – As China’s Abuses Grow, Who Will See Them?

August 28, 2018 Dispatches

Case Proves “Foreign” Warrantless Surveillance Harms Americans

Court Should End Abusive Global Monitoring

August 28, 2018 Letter

Open Letter to Google on Reported Plans to Launch a Censored Search Engine in China

August 28, 2018 News Release

Google: Safeguard Rights in China

Firm Should Protect Whistleblowers

August 28, 2018 News Release

Russia: Chechen Leader Threatens Human Rights Defenders

International Rights Groups Urge Putin to Curb Kadyrov

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the southern Russian region of Chechnya, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 19, 2017.

August 27, 2018 Dispatches

Hope for Revision of Ethiopia’s Draconian Laws?

Enshrine Laws that Protect Free Expression, Association

August 27, 2018 News Release

Australia: Press Vietnam To End Systemic Abuses

Unceasing Crackdown Amid Preparation for Rights Dialogue

Supporters hold signs with names of jailed activists at an event held to call for their release in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 27, 2017.

August 22, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Activists Beaten in Concert Raid

Investigate Assaults Against Dissidents

Row 1: Pham Doan Trang before and after the attack, and the broken helmet that was thrown by the side of the road after the beating Row 2: Nguyen Tin in a fund-raising event for political prisoner Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh ("Mother Mushroom") and after the a

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