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April 29, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Covid-19 Spurs Bogus ‘Fake News’ Arrests

Renewed Crackdown on Opposition Supporters, Critics

A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, who was arrested on April 7, 2020 for allegedly “stirring chaos” by quoting a Hun Sen speech.

April 24, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Rights Pioneer Dies in Prison

Convicted for Criticizing Government Abuses

April 23, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent

Company Caves to Government After Local Servers Disrupted

a Vietnamese man logs in internet for blogging on his iPad in Hanoi, Vietnam.

April 15, 2020 News Release

India: Activists Detained for Peaceful Dissent

Counterterrorism Law Politicized in Bhima Koregaon Case

Activist Anand Teltumbde (center), before he surrendered to the National Investigative Agency in Mumbai, on April 14, 2020. © Parth MN

April 10, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Reporter Jailed for Quoting Hun Sen on COVID-19

Free Sovann Rithy, Respect Media Freedom

A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, at the General Commissariat of National Police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 8, 2020.

April 2, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Editor Wrongfully Charged

Counter-Terrorism Law Threatens Press Freedom, Freedom of Information

Myanmar press freedom and youth activists demonstrate for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, in Yangon, Myanmar, September 16, 2018.

April 2, 2020 News Release

Cambodia: Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship

COVID-19 Crisis Pretext for Hun Sen to Seek Unlimited Powers, Go After Critics

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of a new virus from China in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.

March 18, 2020 Dispatches

Prominent Journalist Freed in Azerbaijan

Afgan Mukhtarli Reunited with His Family in Exile

Journalist Afgan Mukhtarli rejoins his daughter in a Berlin airport following his release from prison in Azerbaijan, March 17, 2020.

March 17, 2020 News Release

China: Reverse Ban on American Journalists

Reporters at Major US Outlets to be Expelled, Hong Kong Reporting Restricted

Chinese Foreign Ministry new spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, February 24, 2020.

March 17, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Prominent Journalist Facing Charges

Arrested While Covering Hirak Protests

Journalist Khaled Drareni filming street protests in Algiers, December 2019.

March 3, 2020 News Release

Sri Lanka: Security Agencies Shutting Down Civic Space

Rights Activists, Journalists Facing Surveillance, Threats

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center attends an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020.

February 28, 2020 Report

Tunisia: Unfinished Rights Business

New Government Should Suspend Abusive Laws

A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016.

February 17, 2020 News Release

EU: Press Vietnam on Human Rights Reforms

Upcoming Dialogue Should Focus on Commitments Made in Recent Trade Deals

Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote. Among other things, MEPs will vote today on a free trade agreement with Vietnam.

February 10, 2020 News Release

Philippines: Duterte Seeks to Shut Network

Case Against ABS-CBN Attacks Media Freedom

Journalists and supporters, wearing black, display their messages during a protest against the recent Securities and Exchange Commission's revocation of the registration of Rappler, an online news outfit, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, northeast of Manila, Philip

January 28, 2020 News Release

Algeria: Post Election Repression

Free Anyone Detained for Peaceful Protest, Criticizing Authorities

On July 5 2019, thousands of people protested for a twentieth consecutive week in Algeria's capital, defying a major police presence just days before the mandate of interim president Bensalah expires. © AFP/Getty Images

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