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Asia

July 20, 2017 News Release

Indonesia: ‘Religious Rights’ Bill Would Harm Minorities
Asia

July 19, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Ban of Islamist Group Undermines Rights

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher
Europe/Central Asia

July 13, 2017 Dispatches

Restricting Women’s Clothing – and Freedom – in Belgium

Hillary Margolis
Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Reports More Reports

December 15, 2016

Silencing Turkey’s Media

The Government’s Deepening Assault on Critical Journalism
October 25, 2016

A Blank Check

Turkey’s Post-Coup Suspension of Safeguards Against Torture
October 20, 2016

Harassed, Imprisoned, Exiled

Azerbaijan’s Continuing Crackdown on Government Critics, Lawyers, and Civil Society

News

July 12, 2017 News Release

Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists
July 5, 2017 Dispatches

Philippine Officials Propose ‘Muslims Only’ ID

Carlos H. Conde
Researcher, Asia Division
June 23, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Ahmadiyah Push Back Against Discriminatory Laws

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher
June 19, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Minister Threatens Defender of Minority Rights
May 30, 2017 Commentary

Don’t Roll Out the Red Carpet for Vietnam’s Autocratic Leader

John Sifton
Asia Advocacy Director

Published In: The Huffington Post
May 26, 2017 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Counterterrorism Apparatus Targets Rights Activists
May 15, 2017 News Release

China: Police DNA Database Threatens Privacy
May 10, 2017 Commentary

Indonesia’s Courts Have Opened the Door to Fear and Religious Extremism

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher

Published In: The Guardian
May 9, 2017 Dispatches

Indonesia Sends Jakarta Governor to Prison for Blasphemy

Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
May 8, 2017 News Release

Burma: Two Islamic Schools Shuttered in Rangoon
May 6, 2017 News Release

Ukraine: Prison Sentence for Academic in Separatist Region
May 4, 2017 News Release

Morocco: Scrap Prison Terms for Nonviolent Speech

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Where is Liu Xia?; A Sad Day for Poland: HRW Daily Brief

Daily Brief

Plus: Landmark vote on abortion rules in Chile; Iran should halt drug-related executions; Indonesia's abusive blasphemy law; Political violence in Zimbabwe; 'negotiated democracy' in Kenya; and what the US should do against 'war on drugs' in Philippines.

Interactives More Interactives

December 24, 2014

THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis

The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis