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July 10, 2024 News Release

UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences

Human Rights Defenders, Political Dissidents Unjustly Convicted

A man sits on a couch with two boys
July 9, 2024 News Release

Saudi Arabia: 20-Year Sentence for Tweets

Authorities Escalate Crackdown, Transnational Repression

Asaad al-Ghamdi.
July 9, 2024 Commentary

The UAE’s Forgotten Mass Trial

A man sits on a couch with two boys
July 3, 2024 News Release

UAE: Diplomatic Silence on Unfair Mass Trial

Governments Should Monitor Verdict, Seek Defendants’ Release

A man sits on a couch with two boys
July 2, 2024 Dispatches

South Sudan’s Authorities Show Their Aversion to Criticism Yet Again

Release Detained Journalist, Allow Free Speech, Peaceful Protests

Aleu Anyieth (left) and Bol Deng Bol (right).
June 25, 2024 Dispatches

In Russia, a Trial in Name Only

Free Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia,  December 14, 2023.
June 2, 2024 News Release

China: Closing Off Memory of Tiananmen Massacre

35 Years On, Commemorators Imprisoned, Victims’ Families Denied Redress

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators protest in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, May 17, 1989.
May 31, 2024 News Release

Hong Kong: Quash Baseless Convictions of Activists

Mass Trial Shows Beijing’s Aggressive Assault on Democracy Movement

On January 6, 2021, Hong Kong police arrested 53 pro-democracy politicians for “subversion” because they had organized or participated in a unofficial? public opinion poll in July 2020 to coordinate pro-democracy candidates for the then-upcoming LegCo elections. 
May 30, 2024 Dispatches

In Rwanda, Criticism is Not Welcome

Four Human Rights Watch Researchers Denied Access Over 16 Years

Kigali, Rwanda, September 5, 2019.
May 30, 2024 News Release

Tunisia: Authorities Escalate Clampdown on Media, Freedom of Expression

Release Detainees, End Prosecutions for Speech Offenses

The Tunisian Journalists Union (SNJT) protests against the sentencing of journalist Khalifa Guesmi to five years in prison in Tunis, Tunisia, May 18, 2023.
May 30, 2024 News Release

Uzbekistan: Imprisoned for ‘Insulting the President Online’

Prosecutions Violate Free Speech, Right to Liberty

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev receives Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (not pictured) in Tashkent.
May 16, 2024 News Release

Türkiye: Kurdish Politicians Convicted in Unjust Mass Trial

Court Ignores European Court of Human Rights Rulings on Abusive Proceedings

A young man holds up a photo of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, in prison since November 4, 2016, at a demonstration in Diyarbakir, Türkiye, April 4, 2024.
May 15, 2024 Commentary

A Human Rights Guide to the 2024 European Elections

Members of the European Parliament sit in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament during a vote. Among other things, MEPs will vote today on a free trade agreement with Vietnam.
May 9, 2024 News Release

Georgia: ‘Foreign Influence’ Bill Threatens Rights

Reject Measure; End Police Violence

Tbilisi protests
May 8, 2024 Dispatches

Indonesian Government Acts to Protect Student Media

University Leaders Should Bolster Press Freedom on Campus

Participants at a student-journalist organized conference on the “legal umbrella” (payung hukum) of laws and regulations that protect media outlets, in Solo, Central Java, May 2023.

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