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August 22, 2018 Commentary

Can Social Media Help Deliver Justice In Tajikistan?

After his arrest in December 2017, Tajik activists and other supporters around the globe created a campaign known as #FreeKhayrullo to gain independent journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov’s freedom.
August 21, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free Opposition Leader Kem Sokha

Politically Motivated Solitary Detention Heightens Health Concerns

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August 20, 2018 News Release

Algeria: Conviction for Anti-Bias Blog

Amazigh Activist Punished for Peaceful Speech for Rights of Minority

Amazigh activist Yezza Salim appears in photo from Wikipedia profile © Adil Massil
August 17, 2018 News Release

Germany: Put Rights on Agenda for Putin Meeting

Address Jailed Russian Activists, Attacks on Syrian Civilians

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017
August 16, 2018 Report

Egypt: Campaign to Crush Artistic Freedom

Restrictions, Blanket Censorship, and Prosecutions in Military Courts

National Security officers shut down al-Karama libraries without offering reasons.
August 15, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Wave of Arrests Over Peaceful Dissent

Vague Law Used to Silence Students, Journalists

Students shout slogans as they take part in a protest over recent traffic accidents that killed a boy and a girl, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2018.
August 13, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free Jailed Land Rights Activist

Second Anniversary of Tep Vanny’s Imprisonment

Activist Tep Vanny takes part in a land rights protest in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 7, 2012.
August 13, 2018 News Release

US/EU: Press Tajikistan to Free Journalist

Government Should Respect Media Freedom

Khayrullo Mirsaidov, a well-respected independent journalist in Tajikistan, was arrested on December 5, 2017, after publicly appealing to Tajikistan’s president about alleged local authority corruption.
August 9, 2018 Dispatches

Maldives President’s Comments Raise Questions Over Missing Blogger’s Fate

On Fourth Anniversary of Rilwan Ahmed’s Disappearance, Concerns of a Cover-Up

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August 9, 2018 News Release

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death

Carry out Ruling in Muradova Case

Ogulsapar Muradova in the mid-1990s
August 8, 2018 Dispatches

Showing Solidarity in Moscow, in a Chechen Courtroom, and Everywhere

Trial Continues Against Human Rights Defender Oyub Titiev

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August 7, 2018 News Release

Tajikistan: Allow 10-Year-Old to Reunite with Mother

Authorities Block Activists’ Relatives from Leaving the Country

 Tajik authorities have placed 10-year-old Fatima Davlyatova, daughter of peaceful political activist, Shabnam Khudoydodova, on a watch list and prevented her from leaving to Europe to reunite with her mother.
August 7, 2018 News Release

China: US Tech Firms Risk Complicity in Abuses

Google, Facebook Build Censorship Tools to Enter Market

August 6, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: Stop Attacks on Student Protesters, Critics

Photographer Shahidul Alam And Others Attacked, Detained

Activist and photographer Shahidul Alam arrives surrounded by policemen for an appearance in a court, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 6, 2018.
August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist

Authorities Equate Journalism with Doing “Something Wrong to Indonesia”

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo (C) speaks with journalists at city hall in Jakarta, August 12, 2014.

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