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Middle East/North Africa

March 20, 2019 News Release

Harsh Sentence for Rights Lawyer Threatens Activism
Asia

March 4, 2019 Commentary

Why Some Chinese Immigrants Living in Canada Live in Silent Fear

Yaqiu Wang
China Researcher

Published In: The Globe and Mail
Asia

March 4, 2019 News Release

EU: Press Vietnam on Rights Record

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February 6, 2019 Video

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

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

February 6, 2019 News Release

Russia: Jehovah’s Witness Convicted
February 1, 2019 News Release

Vietnam: Hanoi Misleads UN on Rights Record
January 30, 2019 News Release

China: Tibetan Children Banned from Classes
January 19, 2019 News Release

Thailand: Insurgents Kill Buddhist Monks
January 17, 2019 News Release

Mauritania: Repressive Laws Restrict Peaceful Speech
December 3, 2018 Letter

Letter to the EU on Turkic Asylum Seekers
December 3, 2018 News Release

EU: Suspend Deportations of Turkic Muslims to China
November 15, 2018 Dispatches

Glaring Omission in Security Council Plan to Visit China

Akshaya Kumar
Deputy United Nations Director
October 28, 2018 Q & A

10 Questions the Saudi Crown Prince Needs to Answer
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

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"Brides" From Myanmar Trafficked To China: Daily Brief

Daily Brief

How China's one-child policy has fuelled a "bride" trafficking crisis from Myanmar; Saudi's women charged for their peaceful activism; Christchurch mosques attack shows stirring up hatred of "foreigners" is dangerous; Nicaragua crackdown prompts calls for UN probe; and an Iranian lawyer's draconian prison sentence...

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December 24, 2014

THE UNRAVELLING: The Central African Republic Crisis

The Unravelling: Journey Through The Central African Republic Crisis