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September 30, 2026 News Release

United Arab Emirates: A Year On, Critic Remains in Detention

South Sudanese Commentator Held Without Charge

September 23, 2026 News Release

Canada: Press Vietnam’s Leader on Rights

President To Lam to Visit Ottawa Amid Hanoi’s Heightened Repression

Vietnam's President To Lam leads his delegation in a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, June 1, 2026.

September 23, 2026 Dispatches

Trump’s Latest Media Attacks Again Hit Women Journalists

Reporters Subjected to Sexist Language, Insulting Personal Comments

MS NOW White House Correspondent Akayla Gardner prepares for a television report on a street corner outside the White House grounds in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2026.

September 21, 2026 Dispatches

Another Journalist in Mali Sentenced to Prison

Quash Charges and Release Abdramane Keïta

Abdramane Keïta, director of the newspaper Le Témoin (The Witness), Bamako, Mali.

September 18, 2026 News Release

Pakistan: Rights Lawyers Rearrested after Bail

Release, Drop Charges against Imman Mazari, Hadi Chattha

Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari (right) and Hadi Ali Chattha, during a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 5, 2025.

September 11, 2026 Dispatches

Prominent Rights Lawyer Imprisoned in Belarus

Immediately Release Dmitri Laevski

The Minsk District Court, Belarus, August 4, 2021.

September 11, 2026 Dispatches

Russia Punishes Independent Researcher for Being Cited

‘Undesirable Organization’ Case Takes Repression to New Heights of Absurdity

September 9, 2026 Dispatches

China Wants Citizens to Report ‘Illegal’ Religious Practice

New Local Measures Deepen State Control Over Religion

September 2, 2026 News Release

Tunisia: Civil Society Under Siege

End Criminalization, Targeting of Civil Society Groups and Members

Tunisians hold up placards during a march organized by the Campaign Against the Criminalization of Civil Work to protest racism in Tunis, April 11, 2026

August 21, 2026 News Release

Hong Kong: Activists Convicted for Tiananmen Vigils

Abusive National Security Law Used to Further Beijing’s Assault on Truth

August 10, 2026 News Release

Vietnam: Reject Repressive Penal Code Revisions

Police Propose Tightening Speech Restrictions; Greater Security Force Impunity

A Vietnamese policeman stands besides an armored vehicle at an exhibition of police equipment in Hanoi, July 20, 2022.

August 4, 2026 Dispatches

Journalist in Mali Sentenced to a Year in Prison

Quash Charges and Release Chahana Takiou

Chahana Takiou, Bamako, Mali, June 2026.

July 31, 2026 News Release

Thailand: Investigate Online Attacks Against Rights Defenders

Protect Threatened Deep South Parliament Members, Rights Activist

Angkhana Neelapaijit reports online attacks against her at Bang Yi Reua police station in Bangkok, Thailand, July 31, 2026.

July 29, 2026 News Release

Vietnam: Quash Conviction of Social Media Commentator

Free Hoang Thi Hong Thai; End Persecution of Government Critics

Hoang Thi Hong Thai outside the police interrogation room in Hanoi, April 2025.

July 29, 2026 Dispatches

Azerbaijan Jails Prominent TV Journalists, Media Workers

Court Sentences Nine in Toplum TV Case

Police removing journalists from Toplum TV on March 6, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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