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Middle East/North Africa

November 4, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Change Comes with Punishing Cost
Asia

October 31, 2019 Dispatches

Indonesia to Expand Abusive Blasphemy Law

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher
Europe/Central Asia

October 29, 2019 Dispatches

Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Escalates

Melissa Samarin
Alfa Fellow, Europe and Central Asia Division

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June 6, 2019 Video

Human Rights Watch Film Festival 30th Anniversary Trailer
May 1, 2019 Video

China's Mass Surveillance Phone App
February 6, 2019 Video

Video: Danish Jehovah's Witness Dennis Christensen Sentenced to 6 Years in Russia

Reports More Reports

July 12, 2019

Crimean Tatars Face Unfounded Terrorism Charges

Raids, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture of Activists
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

News

October 28, 2019 News Release

European Parliament: Rights Award Boosts Pressure on China
October 24, 2019 News Release

Algeria: Crackdown on Protestant Faith
October 10, 2019 Dispatches

Germany Synagogue Attack Brings Home Europe’s Antisemitism Threat

Judith Sunderland
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
October 6, 2019 News Release

Pakistan: End Ordeal for ‘Blasphemy’ Defendants
September 18, 2019 News Release

Indonesia: Draft Criminal Code Disastrous for Rights
September 10, 2019 News Release

Iran: Draconian Sentences for Rights Defenders
July 31, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: Festival Cancels Mashrou’ Leila Concert
July 30, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Blogger in ‘Blasphemy’ Case Freed After 5 Years
July 12, 2019 Report

Crimean Tatars Face Unfounded Terrorism Charges
June 23, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Religious Thinker on Trial for His Life
June 21, 2019 Letter

Joint Letter to President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
June 21, 2019 News Release

President Should Free Mauritanian Jailed for Online Article

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Justice Matters for Rohingya: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

November 15, 2019

Myanmar's Rohingya victims may finally get their day in court; laws used to silence critics in Lebanon; Syria hospital bombings & role of Russia; unprecedented UN critique of China’s abusive Xinjiang policies; climate of fear for dissidents and journalists in Nigeria; and Israel may deport HRW director Omar Shakir 10 days from now.

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December 24, 2014

THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis

The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis