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February 14, 2018 News Release

Philippines: Drop Charges Against Duterte Critic

One Year Since Politically Motivated Jailing of Senator Leila de Lima

Philippine Senator Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug charges, gestures a "Laban" (Fight) sign inside a local court where she faces an obstruction of justice complaint in Quezon city, metro Manila, Philippines March 13, 2017.
February 14, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Legislating New Tools of Repression

Hun Sen Expands Rule by Changing Constitution, Criminalizing ‘Insulting Monarchy’

Prime Minister Hun Sen signs a register before a plenary session at the National Assembly of Cambodia, in Phnom Penh, February 14, 2018.
February 14, 2018 News Release

Uzbekistan: Investigate Torture of Journalist

12 Human Rights Groups Call for Journalist’s, Others’ Immediate Release

Akrom Malikov
February 14, 2018 Report

Germany: Flawed Social Media Law

NetzDG is Wrong Response to Online Abuse

Session of the German lower house of Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, February 1, 2018.
February 13, 2018 Dispatches

US May Give Foreign Governments – and Itself – Easier Access to Data

New Bill Also Slights Immigrants’ Rights

The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017.
February 12, 2018 News Release

Mauritania: Human Rights Defenders at Risk

Curbs on Activism Over Discrimination, Other Sensitive Topics

March organized by the Collective of Widows and by the Collective of Civilian and Military Victims, on the Day of Commemoration of the Events of 1989-1990, November 2016, Nouakchott.
February 9, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free Forcibly Returned Critic of Hun Sen

Thailand Violates International Law by Returning UN-Recognized Refugee

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives to attend the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) congress in Phnom Penh, Cambodia January 19, 2018.
February 8, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: End Crackdown on Opposition Supporters

Hundreds Detained Ahead of Court Verdict on BNP Leader

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia waves to activists as she arrives for a rally in Dhaka in this file picture taken January 20, 2014. A Bangladesh court issued an arrest warrant on March 30, 2016 for former prime minister an
February 8, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: End Repression Against Religious Activists

Hoa Hao Buddhist Practitioners Persecuted

Top: Bui Van Trung (left), Bui Van Tham (center), and Le Thi Hen (right) Bottom: Bui Thi Bich Tuyen (left) Nguyen Hoang Nam (center), and Le Hong Hanh (right)
February 6, 2018 Dispatches

BBC Correspondent Detained in Indonesia Now Freed

Authorities Restrict Independent Journalism in Papua

Indonesian soldiers along with a local resident unload food and medical aid in Ewer, Asmat District, in the remote region of Papua, Indonesia January 29, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
February 6, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: Student Leaders’ Sentences Overturned

But Ruling Opens Door for Future Imprisonment of Protesters

Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law outside the Court of Final Appeal before a verdict on their appeal in Hong Kong, February 6, 2018.
February 6, 2018 News Release

Morocco: Review Conviction of Protest Leader

5-Year Sentence Based on Possibly Coerced Confession

Elmortada Iamrachen in Casablanca, Morocco, 2017. © 2017 Le Desk
February 5, 2018 Dispatches

Pakistani Professor’s Endless Blasphemy Trial

Repeal Abusive Law Carrying Death Sentence

Junaid Hafeez.
February 4, 2018 Dispatches

Azerbaijan’s Disgraceful Five-Year Anniversary

Free Political Activist Ilgar Mammadov

Ilgar Mammadov
February 2, 2018 News Release

Thailand: 39 Democracy Activists Charged

Sedition, Illegal Assembly Charges Stifle Free Speech, Peaceful Assembly

Pro-democracy activists face sedition and illegal assembly charges for peacefully protesting against military rule in Thailand.

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