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February 20, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Charging Editors Is Dramatic Backslide

Repeal Abusive Criminal Defamation and Sedition Laws

A man buys a local newspaper in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 20, 2011.
February 17, 2016 News Release

Tajikistan: Severe Crackdown on Political Opposition

US, EU Should Urgently Raise Abuses

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February 12, 2016 News Release

Russia: End Artist’s Forced Psychiatric Confinement

Allow Unhindered Access to Lawyer

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February 11, 2016 News Release

Russia: Court Orders Rights Group Closed

Agora Lawyers Defended Prominent Kremlin Critics

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February 11, 2016 News Release

Ukraine: Attacks, Military Use of Schools

Protect Students, Schools by Joining Safe Schools Declaration

Cover imageA former student, 13, stands in a damaged school in Vuhlehirsk.
February 10, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Bangladesh Should Stand Up to China’s Bullying

Empty art frames seen at the Dhaka Art Summit in Bangladesh following objections from China’s ambassador to Bangladesh.
February 9, 2016 News Release

Cambodia: End Threats to Peaceful Protest

US Should Press Hun Sen to Respect Free Assembly Rights

Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on October 30, 2015.
February 9, 2016 News Release

Uzbekistan: Rights Defender’s Work Impeded

Lift Unlawful Restrictions on Rights Activist

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February 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Retroactive Repression of Burma’s Students

Zeyar Lwin arriving at court in Rangoon, January 12, 2016.
February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a large fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. October 11, 2015.
February 8, 2016 Commentary

A Law Beyond Improvement

February 3, 2016 Report

France: Abuses Under State of Emergency

Halt Warrantless Search and House Arrest

Halim A. says his reputation and business were ruined after police placed him under house arrest on November 15, 2015 during France’s state of emergency. A judge suspended the house arrest on January 23, 2016, and ordered the authorities to pay Halim €1,5
February 3, 2016 Commentary

Turkish Activists look to Germany for Support on Rights Crackdown

Riot police stand guard outside the Kanalturk and Bugun TV building in Istanbul, 28 October 2015
February 3, 2016 News Release

Russia: Court Rules Against LGBT Activist

Repeal the Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Law

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February 2, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protecting Afghanistan’s Journalists

Afghan policemen and fire-fighters inspect the wreckage of a minibus in Kabul targeted in a suicide attack that killed seven journalists affiliated with Tolo TV, January 20, 2016.

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