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May 22, 2019 News Release

Brunei: New Report on Abusive Penal Code

Law Retains Death Penalty for Private Consensual Sex

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah listens during the first executive session of the CHOGM summit at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, April 19, 2018.
May 7, 2019 News Release

Algeria: Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Lawyer

Prosecution, Judicial Control for Criticizing Courts on Facebook

Lawyer, Mr. Salah Dabouz, former president of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH).
May 3, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Second Case Against Jailed Shia Cleric

Alleged Forced Confession for Supporting Protests

Sheikh Mohammad Hassan al-Habib
April 9, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: New Book on Ethnic, Religious Violence

Government Repression and Communal Attacks in Post-Suharto Era

Cover of Race, Islam and Power.
March 30, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: 2 Bloggers Held for Defamation

Both Wrote About Alleged Corruption Scheme

Abderrahmane Weddady and Cheikh Ould Jiddou.
March 26, 2019 News Release

India: Parties Should Pledge to Protect Rights

Provide Roadmaps for Reform Ahead of Elections

Government officers distribute postal ballot papers to a election presiding officer ahead of the country's general elections in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
March 20, 2019 News Release

Iran: Harsh Sentence for Rights Lawyer Threatens Activism

Lengthy Prison Terms Shows Effort to Deter Rights Advocacy

Nasrin Sotoudeh
March 4, 2019 Commentary

Why Some Chinese Immigrants Living in Canada Live in Silent Fear

China: One Belt, One Road, Lots of Obligations PHOTO
March 4, 2019 News Release

EU: Press Vietnam on Rights Record

Systemic Repression Intensifies Ahead of Dialogue

Twenty-five political prisoners currently locked up for exercising basic rights. (c) 2018 Private
February 6, 2019 News Release

Russia: Jehovah’s Witness Convicted

Prosecution Part of Nationwide Crackdown on Religious Group

Dennis Christensen after the hearing at the Zheleznodorzhy District Court in Oryol, January 28, 2019
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 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 17, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Repressive Laws Restrict Peaceful Speech

Urgent Need for Legislative Reform

People wait to cast their vote on September 1, 2018 outside a polling station in Nouakchott for the country's legislative, regional and local elections. © 2018 Ahmed Ould Mohamed Ould Elhadj/AFP/Getty Images
December 3, 2018 Letter

Letter to the EU on Turkic Asylum Seekers

Suspend Deportations to China, Expedite Asylum Claims

Ethnically Turkic people are transported back to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla in southern Thailand, March 26, 2014.
December 3, 2018 News Release

EU: Suspend Deportations of Turkic Muslims to China

Xinjiang Rights Crisis Merits Maximum Caution

Chinese police patrol a night market near Id Kah Mosque in Xinjiang, a day before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, June 25, 2017.

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