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Middle East/North Africa

January 17, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Repressive Laws Restrict Peaceful Speech
Middle East/North Africa

January 17, 2019 News Release

Bahrain: Unabated Repression
Middle East/North Africa

January 17, 2019 News Release

Egypt: New Moves to Crush Dissent

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October 22, 2018 Video

Video: Authorities Crush Dissent in Palestine
April 26, 2018 Video

Video: Protests Leave Deadly Toll in Nicaragua
March 27, 2018 Video

Media Freedom in Uzbekistan: Still a Long Way to Go

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November 17, 2018

Uzbekistan: Release and Rehabilitate Political Prisoners

Create Commission to Address Current and Former Prisoner Rehabilitation
October 17, 2018

Turkey: End Prosecutions For ‘Insulting President’

Students on Trial Despite Right to Free Speech
March 28, 2018

“You Can't See Them, but They’re Always There”

Censorship and Freedom of the Media in Uzbekistan

News

January 14, 2019 Commentary

Eight Years After it Launched the Arab Spring, Tunisia Still Struggles With the Legacy of Dictatorship

Fadil Aliriza
Acting Middle East and North Africa Researcher

Published In: The Washington Post
January 10, 2019 Dispatches

Unjustly Jailed Blogger Faces New Charges in Azerbaijan

Giorgi Gogia
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
January 10, 2019 News Release

EU: Postpone Vote on Vietnam Free Trade Agreement
January 9, 2019 Dispatches

China Spies on International Media in Hong Kong

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher
December 20, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Big Brother Is Watching Everyone
December 19, 2018 Statement

Bahrain: Drop Charges in Rights Defender’s Case
December 13, 2018 News Release

Singapore: Drop Defamation Charges Against Editor
December 12, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Lift Draconian Speech Restrictions
December 12, 2018 Dispatches

A Dark Anniversary for Press Freedom in Myanmar

Linda Lakhdhir
Legal Advisor, Asia Division
December 11, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Don’t Return Cambodian Dissident
December 7, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Repeal of Abusive Associations Rule
December 6, 2018 Commentary

A New Weapon Against Press Freedom in the Philippines

Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division

Published In: The Globe and Mail

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Growing Resistance to Autocrats: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

January 18, 2019

Don't be fooled by autocrats who keep capturing the headlines, focus on the resistance they spawned; hundreds of protesters arrested, dozens killed in Sudan; Morocco should abandon attempts to dissolve cultural group; vigilantes raid an Indonesian HIV group; and kindly help #SaveHakeem!