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Jordan: Free Speech Threats Under Covid-19 Response
Jordanian police personnel guard at a checkpoint during the second day of a nationwide curfew, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Amman, Jordan.
US: State Department Should Affirm Rights for All
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, unveils the creation of Commission on "Unalienable" Rights, headed by Mary Ann Glendon, left, a Harvard Law School professor and a former U.S.
Pandemic Delays: Postponing the Assange Extradition Hearing
“Mr Assange will be facing a David and Goliath battle with his hands tied behind his back.”
Edward Fitzgerald QC, lawyer for Julian Assange, April 27, 2020
Julian Assange must have had time amidst cramped and hostile surrounds, paper work, pleas and applications, to ponder what circle of Dante’s
Cambodia: Covid-19 Spurs Bogus ‘Fake News’ Arrests
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A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, who was arrested on April 7, 2020 for allegedly “stirring chaos” by quoting a Hun Sen speech.
© 2019 Rithy Sovann/Facebook
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities are using the Covid-19 pandemic to carry out arbitrary arrests of opposition supporters and government critics, Human Rights
Coronavirus Fact-Check #4: Why are so many healthcare workers dying?
Media reports paint a picture of healthcare workers being hit very hard by the pandemic, but the statistics suggest otherwise.
Coronavirus Fact-Check #4: Why are so many healthcare workers dying?
Media reports paint a picture of healthcare workers being hit very hard by the pandemic, but the statistics suggest otherwise.
Saudi Arabia: Rights Pioneer Dies in Prison
(Beirut) – A leading Saudi human rights figure has died after suffering a stroke on April 9, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today.
Vietnam: Facebook, Pressured, Censors Dissent
A Vietnamese man logs onto the internet on his iPad in Hanoi, Vietnam.
India: Activists Detained for Peaceful Dissent
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Activist Anand Teltumbde (center), before he surrendered to the National Investigative Agency in Mumbai, on April 14, 2020. © 2020 Parth MN
(New York) – Indian authorities on April 14, 2020 detained two rights activists who have been critics of government policies, Human Rights Watch said today.
The government should immediately
Julian Assange: One Year In Belmarsh
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment.
Cambodia: Reporter Jailed for Quoting Hun Sen on COVID-19
A screenshot of TVFB journalist, Sovann Rithy, at the General Commissariat of National Police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on April 8, 2020.
Myanmar’s Directives Not Enough to Protect Rohingya
Rohingya walk at Dar Paing camp, Rakhine State, Myanmar, March 17, 2017.
Myanmar: Editor Wrongfully Charged
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Myanmar press freedom and youth activists demonstrate for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, in Yangon, Myanmar, September 16, 2018.
©2018 Reuters/Ann Wang
(Bangkok) – Myanmar authorities should immediately drop all charges against an editor for broadcasting an interview with an armed
Cambodia: Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship
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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures during a speech on the current state of the coronavirus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
© 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith
(New York) – The Cambodian government should withdraw its draft state of emergency law, which would empower Prime Minister Hun Sen