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August 30, 2024 News Release

Azerbaijan: Escalating Crackdown on Critics

Peace Activists Among the Latest Targets

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August 29, 2024 News Release

Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions

Freedom of Expression Under Relentless Attack

Vehicles pass near banners displaying Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the presidential elections, in Cairo, Egypt, on December 10, 2023.

August 20, 2024 News Release

Iran: Alarming Surge in Executions

87 Executions Reported after June Elections, including 29 in One Day

Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Tehran, Iran.

August 12, 2024 Dispatches

Tunisia Hollows Out its Media Landscape Ahead of Elections

Clampdown Stifles Diverse Voices, Political Debate

Protesters with red tape over their mouths hold placards

August 8, 2024 News Release

Türkiye: Restore Access to Instagram

Social Media Censorship Violates Millions of People’s Rights

August 8, 2024 Dispatches

Kazakhstan Comic Finds Authorities Can’t Take a Joke

Crackdown on Freedom of Expression, Including Prosecutions of Comics, Should End

Kazakhstan’s national flag flies in the village of Saumalkol, North Kazakhstan region, March 22, 2023.

August 7, 2024 News Release

Russia: Repressive Laws Used to Crush Civic Freedoms

Government Should Foster Environment Allowing Civil Society to Thrive

Illustration of a hand pinning labels onto people

July 31, 2024 News Release

India: Repression Persists in Jammu and Kashmir

Rights Restricted Five Years Since Special Autonomous Status Revoked

A paramilitary trooper patrols along a deserted road during India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, August 15, 2021.

July 24, 2024 News Release

UAE: Unjust Convictions Follow Bangladesh Protests

57 Bangladeshi Citizens Sentenced After Rapid, Unfair Trial

Anti-quota protestors and police are engaging in a clash in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 18, 2024.

July 22, 2024 News Release

Bangladesh: Security Forces Target Unarmed Students

International Pressure Needed to Protect Rights with Army Deployed, Internet Shut Down

July 19, 2024 News Release

Indonesia: Investigate Killing of Journalist and His Family

Tribata TV Reporter Alleged Military Corruption

Eva Meliana Pasaribu, daughter of the late journalist Rico Sempurna Pasaribu, delivers a press statement

July 18, 2024 Feature

How They Defend the Freedom to Learn

Stories and a Blueprint from Florida

July 15, 2024 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Egypt

48th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review; 4th cycle

July 10, 2024 News Release

UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences

Human Rights Defenders, Political Dissidents Unjustly Convicted

July 9, 2024 News Release

Saudi Arabia: 20-Year Sentence for Tweets

Authorities Escalate Crackdown, Transnational Repression

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