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January 18, 2018 News Release

Indonesia: Failure to Confront Intolerance

Vulnerable Communities Face Worsening Risk

201801wr_indonesia_human_rights Two homosexual men were sentenced to 82 whips by the Shariah Court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on May 23, 2017. They violated Islamic law in Qanun number 6, year 2014 Article 63, paragraph 1 regarding the Law of Liwath. Aceh i
January 15, 2018 Dispatches

Philippine Government Targets ‘Rappler’ for Closure

Foreign Ownership Allegations Mask Vendetta Against Critical Website

Journalists work at the Rappler office in Metro Manila, Philippines, January 15, 2018.
January 14, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Nguyen Van Oai

Intensive Crackdown on Rights Campaigners

201801asia_vietnam_nguyenvanoai Nguyen Van Oai
January 12, 2018 News Release

Burma: Privacy Law Used to Prosecute Critics

Amend Provision Violating Free Expression Rights

201801asia_burma_privacylaw Burma's President Htin Kyaw arrives for a dinner reception in Naypyitaw, Burma on March 30, 2016.
January 11, 2018 Dispatches

Secret Evidence and the Threat of More Warrantless Surveillance

US Government Is Pushing for Law But May Be Hiding Its Impact

A man is seen near cyber code and the U.S. National Security Agency logo in this photo illustration taken in Sarajevo March 11, 2015.
January 10, 2018 News Release

Russia: Rights Defender Arbitrarily Arrested in Chechnya

Free Oyub Titiev, Drop All Charges

Oyub Titiev stands in front of a portrait of his murdered colleague, Natalia Estemirova, in Memorial's Grozny office, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
January 9, 2018 News Release

US: Secret Evidence Erodes Fair Trial Rights

Government Hides Investigative Methods from Accused

Medallion that includes the words ‘Special Operations Division’ with an image of Darth Vader over the globe on one side, and the words ‘Drug Enforcement Administration’ and the DEA logo on the other side.
January 8, 2018 News Release

China: France’s Macron Should Spotlight Rights

On Visit, Urge Liu Xia’s Release, Raise Internet Censorship

201801asia_china_macron French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year wishes to the members of the press corps at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 3, 2018.
January 8, 2018 Dispatches

A Former Political Prisoner’s Fragile Freedom in Indonesia

Filep Karma Arbitrarily Detained at Jakarta Airport

Filep Karma, a former Papuan political prisoner. In 2014, he published his book, Seakan Kitorang Setengah Binatang (“As If We’re Half Animals”), about Indonesian racism against Papuans.
January 3, 2018 Dispatches

Ethiopia to Free Political Prisoners, Close Prison

Important Steps, But More Rights Reforms Needed

December 22, 2017 News Release

Egypt: Journalist Marks a Year in Detention

Arrested While Visiting Family on Dubious Charges

Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Hussein marks one year in pretrial detention without proper due process on December 22, 2017
December 20, 2017 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Activist Tran Thi Nga

Government Tightens Chokehold on Voices of Dissent

Tran Thi Nga protests against the arrest of blogger “Mother Mushroom” in October 2016.
December 20, 2017 Letter

HRW Letter to President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov

December 20, 2017 Dispatches

Iraq and Kurdistan Region Share Bad Behavior: Suppressing Media

Officials on Both Sides Shutting Media Outlets

Protesters attend a demonstration against the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Sulaimaniya in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Dec. 18, 2017.
December 17, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter to the Lao Government Re: Decree on Associations

Repeal of Decree on Associations No. 238 of 2017

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