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Asia

October 9, 2019 Commentary

There’s a way to fix the Hong Kong crisis

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher

Published In: The Globe and Mail
Asia

October 8, 2019 Commentary

For NBA's Quandary over China, Stand with Human Rights

Kenneth Roth
Executive Director

Published In: The Hill
Asia

October 4, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Face Mask Ban Violates Assembly Rights

News

October 3, 2019 News Release

China: Release Supporters of Hong Kong Protests
September 26, 2019 Dispatches

Hong Kong Leader’s ‘Listening Mode’ Isn’t Enough

Sophie Richardson
China Director
August 21, 2019 Commentary

Why So Many Chinese Students Can’t Understand the Hong Kong Protests

Yaqiu Wang
China Researcher

Published In: Los Angeles Times
August 14, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Police Should Exercise Restraint
June 29, 2019 Commentary

Hong Kong Ruling Strengthens Rights Protection on Same-Sex Relations

Philippe LeDoux
International Law Fellow, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program

Published In: JURIST
June 28, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Independently Investigate Police Use of Force
June 12, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Police Shouldn’t Use Excessive Force
June 6, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Extradition Changes Threaten Civil Society
April 26, 2019 Commentary

Amid China’s Storm, Hong Kong Holds Fast to Its Umbrella

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher

Published In: The Globe and Mail
March 31, 2019 News Release

Hong Kong: Scrap Proposed Extradition Changes
November 14, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: Drop Case Against ‘Umbrella 9’
October 25, 2018 Dispatches

Hong Kong’s Heightened Crackdown on Dissent

Racqueal Legerwood
Coordinator, Asia
September 24, 2018 News Release

China: Hong Kong Party Banned
July 10, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: LGBT-Themed Books Restricted in Libraries
June 27, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: Freedoms Rapidly Deteriorating
June 25, 2018 Commentary

Why Canada Should Take in Snowden-Linked Asylum-Seeker

Farida Deif
Canada Director

Published In: Ottawa Citizen
March 19, 2018 Dispatches

Insult China’s National Anthem at Your Peril

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher
February 6, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: Student Leaders’ Sentences Overturned
September 27, 2017 Dispatches

Three Years After Umbrella Movement, Hong Kongers Soldier On

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher
August 18, 2017 Commentary

Political Prisoners in Hong Kong

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher

Published In: ChinaFile
August 15, 2017 News Release

Hong Kong: Quash Convictions of Student Leaders
July 17, 2017 News Release

Canada: Expedite Snowden-Linked Asylum Cases

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October 18, 2019

New reports about war crimes in Syria; outrage as Venezuela gets seat on United Nations Human Rights Council; Guinea's government should end crackdown on opponents to new constitution; governments should integrate human rights protections into their efforts to digitize and automate welfare services; horrible consequences of Europe's migration and refugee policies deserve more attention; and check our Facebook live on abuses against older people in Australia.