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Europe/Central Asia

September 28, 2016 News Release

Tajikistan: Violent Retaliation Against Activists
Europe/Central Asia

September 21, 2016 News Release

Tajikistan: Video Spotlights Crackdown
Europe/Central Asia

September 19, 2016 News Release

Montenegro: Release Journalist Pending Trial

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May 2, 2016 Video

Somalia: Journalists Under Fire
October 22, 2015 Video

UN Report: Protect Public Disclosures of Wrongdoing
September 17, 2015 Video

Gambia: Torture, Repression Create State of Fear

News

September 19, 2016 Letter

Joint Letter to Prime Minister of Montenegro on prolonged pre-trial detention of journalist Jovo Martinović
September 6, 2016 News Release

Russia: Journalist Punished for Chechnya Reporting
September 6, 2016 Dispatches

Afghanistan Audio Tape Leak Exposes Abuse of Journalists

Ahmad Shuja
Research Assistant
August 31, 2016 News Release

Russia: Pre-election Crackdown in Chechnya
August 29, 2016 Report

Palestine: Crackdown on Journalists, Activists
August 20, 2016 News Release

Belarus: Turkmen Dissident Arrested
August 19, 2016 Dispatches

Four Activists to be Released in DR Congo

Ida Sawyer
Senior Researcher, Democratic Republic of Congo
August 13, 2016 News Release

Oman: Newspaper Shuttered, Editor Held
August 10, 2016 Dispatches

Email Hack Leads to Threats Against Journalists in Ukraine

Tanya Cooper
Researcher, Ukraine and Belarus
August 3, 2016 Commentary

The Government Response to Turkey’s Coup Is an Affront to Democracy

Benjamin Ward
Deputy Director, Europe and Central Asia Division

Published In: Just Security
August 1, 2016 Report

Armenia: Excessive Police Force at Protest
July 28, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Speaking Truth to Power Is a Crime in South Sudan

Jehanne Henry
Senior Researcher, Africa Division

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August 29, 2016

Palestine: Crackdown on Journalists, Activists

Chilling Effect on Free Expression
August 1, 2016

Armenia: Excessive Police Force at Protest

Stun Grenades, Beatings; Protesters, Journalists Injured
June 29, 2016

“They Can Arrest You at Any Time”

The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Burma

Philippines' Hitler? Getting Away with Murder in Syria; Hungary's Xenophobic Referendum: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 30, 2016

Plus: #Eritrea responds to #FreeThem campaign - sort of; Remembering northern Uganda’s legendary James Otto; and #ZwartePiet in the Netherlands.