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Middle East/North Africa

January 14, 2020 News Release

Tunisia: Repressive Laws Cloud Rights Gains
Middle East/North Africa

January 14, 2020 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Unrelenting Repression
Asia

January 14, 2020 News Release

Vietnam: Crackdown on Rights

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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

January 9, 2020

Russia: Escalating Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Arrests, Prison, Harassment for Peaceful Religious Practice
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

News

January 14, 2020 News Release

Myanmar: Seeking International Justice for Rohingya
January 9, 2020 Report

Russia: Escalating Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
December 16, 2019 News Release

India: Show Restraint at Demonstrations
December 11, 2019 News Release

India: Citizenship Bill Discriminates Against Muslims
December 4, 2019 News Release

Morocco: Landmark Proposals on Individual Freedoms
November 4, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Change Comes with Punishing Cost
October 31, 2019 Dispatches

Indonesia to Expand Abusive Blasphemy Law

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher
October 29, 2019 Dispatches

Persecution Against Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia Escalates

Tanya Lokshina
Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division
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

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Global Inequality "Out Of Control": Daily Brief

Daily Brief

January 21, 2020

Global economic inequality "out of control"; 20,000 "disappeared" from Sri Lanka's civil war confirmed dead; horrors in Nepal still unpunished; new report highlights Myanmar military's war crimes in its campaign against ethnic Rohingya; democracy in Thailand "hanging by a thread"; lawmakers in the US unleash barrage of anti-transgender bills; and preparing for Human Rights Weekend in Amsterdam.

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December 24, 2014

THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis

The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis