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Europe/Central Asia

July 29, 2014 Dispatches

Dispatches: The End of Liberal Democracy in Hungary?

Lydia Gall
Senior Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
Asia

May 21, 2012 Commentary

Indonesia Is No Model for Muslim Democracy

Andreas Harsono

Published In: The New York Times
Africa

June 13, 2011 Commentary

Zanu-PF: It's time to take decisive action

Tiseke Kasambala

Published In: Mail & Guardian

News

October 25, 2010 Commentary

Why Democracies Don't Get Cholera

Joseph Amon
Director, Health and Human Rights

Published In: Foreign Policy
May 5, 2009 News Release

Fiji: Reinstate Rule of Law
May 5, 2009 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter to President Ratu Josefa Iloilo
January 8, 2009 News Release

Sri Lanka: Attacks Highlight Threat to Media
November 25, 2008 News Release

DR Congo: President Brutally Represses Opposition
November 11, 2008 News Release

Burma: Free Activists Sentenced by Unfair Courts
October 30, 2008 News Release

Syria: Harsh Sentences for Democratic Opposition
October 29, 2008 News Release

Internet Rights Protection Initiative Launches
October 23, 2008 News Release

Burma: Asian and European Leaders Should Press for Reforms
September 16, 2008 Letter

Syria: Joint letter calling for release of human rights and political activists
September 15, 2008 News Release

Angola: Irregularities Marred Historic Elections
September 12, 2008 News Release

Vietnam: New Round of Arrests Target Democracy Activists
September 3, 2008 Statement

Fact Sheet on Turkmenistan: Still Closed and Still Repressive
August 13, 2008 News Release

Angola: Doubts Over Free and Fair Elections
August 12, 2008 News Release

SADC: Press Zimbabwe to End Abuses
August 7, 2008 News Release

Burma: No Rights Reform 20 Years After Massacre
July 26, 2008 News Release

Cambodia: Threats, Intimidation Mar Campaign
July 17, 2008 Commentary

Nigeria's Delta blues

Eric Guttschuss

Published In: The Guardian (UK)
June 29, 2008 News Release

African Union: Reject Result in Zimbabwe’s Sham Election
June 26, 2008 Letter

Letter to Senator John McCain
June 16, 2008 News Release

Burundi: Constitutional Court Decision Unseats 22 Lawmakers
June 14, 2008 News Release

Zimbabwe: Crackdown Intensifies on Opposition Leaders and NGOs

Daily Brief

February 14, 2020

The Assad regime and its key ally Russia are trying to bomb people out of Idlib, a region in northwest Syria; Europe needs to stop China’s assault on the global rights system, as Beijing "expands its chaotic dragnet" in coronavirus crackdown; Guantanamo’s ugly taint on US diplomacy; Nigeria's army razes villages in fight against Boko Haram; Christians are abducted and attacked in Bangladesh refugee camp; and good news from Russia, from Sudan, and from the campaign against killer robots.