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Sri Lanka: End Use of Terrorism Law Against Protesters

(New York) – Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe should immediately end the use of draconian counterterrorism laws to target peaceful protesters and release those in custody, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities detained three student activists who participated in an August 18, 2022 demonstration under the abusive Prevention of

Bangladesh: Allow UN to Assist ‘Disappearance’ Inquiries

(New York) – Bangladesh authorities should heed international calls for transparent, independent investigations into enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch said today on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. On August 14, 2022, Netra news – which is blocked in Bangladesh – published a whistleblower report revealing that Bangladesh officials were

Sri Lanka: Economic Crisis Puts Rights in Peril

(New York) – Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is driving millions of people into poverty, jeopardizing their rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living, Human Rights Watch said today.

'Near-Perfect Detection:' World Economic Forum Pushes AI Censorship of Online Speech

The World Economic Forum (WEF), notorious for its “great reset” agenda, featuring the now-infamous slogan “you will own nothing and be happy,” has published an article pushing for artificial intelligence-powered censorship to contain the problem of “online abuse.” The article, published on the WEF’s website, bundles together the real

The Horrendous Damage of Censorship

There has always been a hunger for new discoveries and revelations of the truth, but often, in the past, it took great effort to get past the “agenda”—there has always been one. Think of the Daniel Ellsberg exposure of The Pentagon Papers as well as many pieces coming out

Bahrain: Free Ailing Academic

(Beirut) – The Bahrain authorities should free Dr.Abduljalil al-Singace, an academic imprisoned since 2011, 15 organizations including Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the king of Bahrain.

Joint Letter: Free Abduljalil al-Singace

King of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Your Majesties, We, the undersigned, are writing to you concerning Dr.

Yet Another Victim of Indonesia’s Blasphemy Law

Indonesia’s toxic blasphemy law has claimed another victim, this time a former government minister over a social media post deemed insulting to Buddhists.

Guinea: Government Dissolves Opposition Coalition

(Nairobi) – Guinea dissolved the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (Front national pour la défense de la Constitution, FNDC), a prominent coalition of Guinean civil society groups and opposition parties, on politically motivated grounds on August 8, 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The move by the

Russia: New Bogus Charge Against Opposition Politician

(Berlin) – Russian authorities’ new spurious charge against opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza is a thinly veiled threat to the Russian public not to engage in dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian authorities should immediately free Kara-Murza and drop all charges against him. Kara-Murza was informed of the new charge, of

The UN must act now to stop Russia’s growing crackdown on activism and free speech

For months, Russian authorities have regularly unleashed repressive announcements on Fridays.15 July was no different.

This Week in the New Normal #40

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1.