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Asia

November 20, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: End Crackdown on Freedom of Expression
Europe/Central Asia

November 20, 2018 News Release

France: Press UAE Crown Prince on Abuses in Yemen
Europe/Central Asia

November 17, 2018 Report

Uzbekistan: Release and Rehabilitate Political Prisoners

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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

November 16, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Detentions Target Academics and Arts Group
November 16, 2018 Dispatches

Death Threats Leveled Against Mozambican Journalist

Zenaida Machado
Researcher, Africa Division
November 5, 2018 Letter

Joint Letter to Aung San Suu Kyi on Reuters Journalists
November 2, 2018 News Release

Russia: Independent Magazine Faces Huge Fine
October 28, 2018 Q & A

10 Questions the Saudi Crown Prince Needs to Answer
October 17, 2018 Report

Turkey: End Prosecutions For ‘Insulting President’
October 15, 2018 News Release

EU: Oppose Hungary’s Rejection of EU Values
September 26, 2018 Dispatches

Germany’s Message to Erdoğan

Hugh Williamson
Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
September 24, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: New Law Will Silence Critics
September 14, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Election Countdown Begins
September 12, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free All Political Prisoners
September 10, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Campaigner

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Airbnb Stops Rentals on Stolen Land: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

November 20, 2018

Good news from Israel & Palestine as Airbnb stops listing properties in unlawful Israeli settlements; total ban on abortion threatens women in Dominican Republic; LGBT conference in Russia attacked; Macron should press UAE crown prince on abuses in Yemen; ensure justice for victims of Syria chemical weapons attacks; HRW's new Uzbekistan human rights diary; and the UK government is inflicting “unnecessary misery” on people living in poverty.