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Asia

August 9, 2018 Dispatches

Maldives President’s Comments Raise Questions Over Missing Blogger’s Fate
Europe/Central Asia

August 9, 2018 News Release

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death
Asia

August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division

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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

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
July 9, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Answer Demands for Justice in Kem Ley Murder
July 9, 2018 Dispatches

Reuters Journalists Charged in Myanmar

Shayna Bauchner
Senior Coordinator, Asia Division
July 9, 2018 Commentary

This week, the EU should press Ukraine on fundamental rights

Tanya Cooper
Researcher, Ukraine

Published In: openDemocracy
July 1, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: Free Reuters Journalists, Drop Case
June 28, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Hun Sen’s Abusive Generals
June 28, 2018 Commentary

Emmanuel Macron's Visit to Mauritania: Fighting Terrorism But At What Price?

Candy Ofime
Titulaire d'une bourse Sandler, div. Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord

Published In: Libération
June 24, 2018 News Release

India: Dalit Rights Activists Detained
June 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Human Rights Work on Trial

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When Merkel Meets Putin: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

August 17, 2018

Merkel meets Putin; torture in Russia; Mozambique assaults free media; Angola sentences sergeant for killing boy; police killings out of control in Rio de Janeiro; Jakarta's criminal crackdown before Asian Games; Trump's family separation; Australian identity matching bill; and strengthening the support to the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen.