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Asia

September 14, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Election Countdown Begins
Asia

September 12, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free All Political Prisoners
Asia

September 10, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Campaigner

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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
December 12, 2017 Video

Video: Laws Chill Free Speech in Singapore

Reports More Reports

March 28, 2018

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

Censorship and Freedom of the Media in Uzbekistan
March 27, 2018

Turkey: Crackdown on Social Media Posts

Detention, Prosecutions Over Criticisms of Turkish Army Actions in Syria
February 14, 2018

Germany: Flawed Social Media Law

NetzDG is Wrong Response to Online Abuse

News

September 7, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Drop Cases for Online Reporting on Alleged Rape
September 6, 2018 Commentary

The Crushing of the Free Press in Myanmar

Phil Robertson
Deputy Director, Asia Division

Published In: The Globe and Mail
September 3, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth
August 29, 2018 Commentary

Another Journalist Expelled – As China’s Abuses Grow, Who Will See Them?

Maya Wang
China Senior Researcher

Published In: The Guardian
August 22, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Activists Beaten in Concert Raid
August 9, 2018 Dispatches

Maldives President’s Comments Raise Questions Over Missing Blogger’s Fate
August 9, 2018 News Release

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death
August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
August 3, 2018 News Release

Qatar: Censorship Ignores Rights, FIFA Rules
July 27, 2018 News Release

Bahrain: Hundreds Stripped of Citizenship
July 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency
July 13, 2018 News Release

Tajikistan: Journalist’s Conviction a Mockery of Rights

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Civilians Killed in Turkey's Apparent Iraq Airstrikes: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 19, 2018

Plus: vote rigging feared in upcoming Maldives elections; US slashes number of refugees it resettles; millions of children in Yemen risk starvation; Eritrea should release political prisoners; and Uganda's Bobi Wine returns home.