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September 24, 2018 News Release

Bangladesh: New Law Will Silence Critics

Digital Security Act is Overly Broad, Ripe for Abuse

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September 14, 2018 News Release

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Lift Restrictions on Fundamental Rights to Enable Free and Fair Elections

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September 12, 2018 News Release

Cambodia: Free All Political Prisoners

Profiles of Wrongfully Held Activists, Journalists, Opposition Members

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September 10, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Campaigner

Brotherhood for Democracy Member on Trial

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September 7, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Drop Cases for Online Reporting on Alleged Rape

Computer Crime Charges Threaten Media Coverage of Abuses

September 6, 2018 Commentary

The Crushing of the Free Press in Myanmar

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September 3, 2018 News Release

Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth

Conviction of Reuters Journalists a Major Setback for Press Freedom

Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo sit beside police officers as they leave Insein court in Yangon, Myanmar July 9, 2018.
August 29, 2018 Commentary

Another Journalist Expelled – As China’s Abuses Grow, Who Will See Them?

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August 22, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Activists Beaten in Concert Raid

Investigate Assaults Against Dissidents

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On Fourth Anniversary of Rilwan Ahmed’s Disappearance, Concerns of a Cover-Up

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August 9, 2018 News Release

Turkmenistan: UN Blames Government for Activist’s Death

Carry out Ruling in Muradova Case

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August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist

Authorities Equate Journalism with Doing “Something Wrong to Indonesia”

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August 3, 2018 News Release

Qatar: Censorship Ignores Rights, FIFA Rules

2022 World Cup Host Should Reform Anti-LGBT Laws

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July 27, 2018 News Release

Bahrain: Hundreds Stripped of Citizenship

Bahrainis Deported from Homeland; Others at Risk

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July 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency

Draft Law Permits Purging Judges; Prolonged Detention; Curbing Movement, Assembly

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