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Asia

December 3, 2018 News Release

EU: Suspend Deportations of Turkic Muslims to China
Asia

November 15, 2018 Dispatches

Glaring Omission in Security Council Plan to Visit China

Akshaya Kumar
Deputy United Nations Director
Middle East/North Africa

October 28, 2018 Q & A

10 Questions the Saudi Crown Prince Needs to Answer

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

December 3, 2018 Letter

Letter to the EU on Turkic Asylum Seekers
October 25, 2018 Commentary

The Human Cost of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law

Andreas Harsono
Indonesia Researcher

Published In: The University of Melbourne
October 16, 2018 News Release

Iran: Arrests, Harassment of Baha’is
October 12, 2018 News Release

Belarus: Tajik Soccer Player Faces Extradition
October 5, 2018 Commentary

Despite China-Vatican Agreement, Many Chinese Worry About Religious Freedom

Yaqiu Wang
China Researcher

Published In: America Magazine
September 21, 2018 Dispatches

Saudi Arabia’s “Reforms” Don’t Include Tolerance of Shia Community

Adam Coogle
Middle East Researcher
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
August 30, 2018 Commentary

The Chance to Urge Religious Freedom in Indonesia

Elaine Pearson
Australia Director

Published In: The Interpreter
August 30, 2018 News Release

India: 5 More Rights Activists Detained
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

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Zimbabwe Security Forces Shoot Protesters: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

January 16, 2019

Plus: Pompeo ignores human rights abuses in Bahrain; Brazil's Bolsonaro shuts down LGBT rights; UK Brexit rejection leaves rights in uncertainty; despite past record Eritrea joins rights council; Russia harasses defense lawyer; and deadly hotel attack in Kenya.

Interactives More Interactives

December 24, 2014

THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis

The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis