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Asia

June 28, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: Free Blogger “Mother Mushroom”
Ukraine

June 22, 2017 Commentary

Pro-Ukrainian blogger disappears in separatist-controlled area of eastern Ukraine

Tanya Lokshina
Russia Program Director

Published In: Open Democracy
Asia

June 21, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: New Law Threatens Right to a Defense

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May 30, 2017 Video

Kenya: Threats to Media Ahead of August Polls
November 2, 2016 Video

Gambia: Opposition Activists Jailed and Even Killed
October 19, 2016 Video

Azerbaijan: Relentless Crackdown on Critics

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June 18, 2017

No Country for Human Rights Activists

Assaults on Bloggers and Democracy Campaigners in Vietnam
May 30, 2017

“Not Worth the Risk”

Threats to Free Expression Ahead of Kenya’s 2017 Elections
May 3, 2017

The Red Lines Stay Red

Morocco's Reforms of its Speech Laws

News

June 18, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: End Attacks on Activists and Bloggers
June 15, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Intensifying Repression of Basic Freedoms
June 14, 2017 News Release

Media Blocked, Threatened in Dispute with Qatar
June 13, 2017 Dispatches

Public Opinion Sampling, Thai Military Style

Sunai Phasuk
Senior Researcher, Asia Division
May 31, 2017 News Release

Georgia/Azerbaijan: Journalist Kidnapped Across Border
May 30, 2017 Commentary

Don’t Roll Out the Red Carpet for Vietnam’s Autocratic Leader

John Sifton
Asia Advocacy Director

Published In: The Huffington Post
May 30, 2017 News Release

Kenya: Threats to Media Ahead of August Polls
May 26, 2017 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Counterterrorism Apparatus Targets Rights Activists
May 21, 2017 News Release

Thailand: Junta Entrenched 3 Years After Coup
May 16, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Revoke Ban on Dozens of Russian Web Companies
May 16, 2017 News Release

Kazakhstan: Trade Union Leader Jailed
May 8, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia Still Restricting Foreign Media From Papua

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division

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Fears For US Healthcare; France's New Counter-terror Law: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Fears for US healthcare; France's new counter-terror law; governments seek to bypass encryption; France silent on Egypt repression; US travel ban partially reinstated; North Korea's brazen impunity; torture in Thailand; US General’s photo op with accused torturer in Afghanistan; and Burma & Iraq removed from US child soldier list.