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Middle East/North Africa

September 11, 2018 Commentary

Movie Theaters and Women Driving Won’t Placate Saudi Shiites

Sarah Leah Whitson
Executive Director, Middle East and North Africa Division

Published In: Foreign Policy
Asia

August 30, 2018 Commentary

The Chance to Urge Religious Freedom in Indonesia

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director

Published In: The Interpreter
Asia

August 30, 2018 News Release

India: 5 More Rights Activists Detained

Reports More Reports

June 28, 2018

Pakistan: Ensure Ahmadi Voting Rights

Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Religious Community
June 28, 2018

Russia: Sweeping Arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Religious Persecution, Other Abuses
November 14, 2017

Crimea: Persecution of Crimean Tatars Intensifies

Arbitrary Detentions; Separatism, Terrorism Charges

News

August 29, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Release Ethnic Minority Refugees, Asylum Seekers
August 29, 2018 News Release

Iran: Over 200 Dervishes Convicted
July 26, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law Survives Court Challenge

Michelle Winowatan
Intern, Asia Division
June 28, 2018 Report

Pakistan: Ensure Ahmadi Voting Rights
June 28, 2018 Report

Russia: Sweeping Arrests of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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 14, 2018 News Release

China: At Summit, EU Should ‘Throw Full Weight Behind’ Human Rights
June 1, 2018 Dispatches

Denmark’s Face Veil Ban Latest in Harmful Trend

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division
May 22, 2018 News Release

China: Activist Convicted for Promoting Tibetan Language
May 15, 2018 News Release

Iran: Looming Execution of Dervish Member
April 30, 2018 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Hazara Community Under Attack

Saroop Ijaz
April 2, 2018 News Release

Russia: Jehovah’s Witness Faces 10-Year Sentence

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Jailed for Watching a Video: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

September 18, 2018

Kyrgyzstan's crackdown gets dangerously absurd; Poland's president visits the White House as the authoritarian slide continues... also in Poland; monitoring Burundi's abuses; getting away with mass murder in Myanmar; the #MeToo movement in China; supporting Saudi Arabia's women activists; and some very welcome good news out of the US.

Interactives More Interactives

December 24, 2014

THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis

The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis