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Belarus: Authorities Target Top Human Rights Group

The Belarusian Justice Ministry has filed a lawsuit to dissolve the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, one of the country’s oldest...

Russia: Three Human Rights Groups Penalized

Russian authorities have taken punitive action against three local human rights defenders and their organizations in recent days, Human...

India: Government Raids Targeting Critics

(New York) – Indian authorities are using politically motivated allegations of tax evasion and financial irregularities to silence human...

Russian Authorities Strike at Investigative Reporting

Russian authorities have just delivered another blow to independent media in the country. On July 15, the prosecutor general’s office...

Belarus: Unprecedented Raids on Human Rights Defenders

(Berlin) – Belarusian authorities carried out a day of massive, unprecedented raids and detentions against the Belarus human rights...

Russia: Court Convicts Rights Defender

(Moscow) – A court in Sochi, Russia, has convicted a prominent human rights defender on criminal charges related to the country’s...

New ‘Undesirables’ Law Expands Activists’ Danger Zone

At his post-summit news conference on Wednesday President Putin defended Russia’s repressive laws that punish dissent. With most eyes on...

Vietnam: Free Democracy Activist Mother, Sons

(New York) – The Vietnamese authorities should immediately release the democracy campaigner Can Thi Theu and her two sons and drop all...

What Press Freedom Looks Like in Rwanda

Celebrating World Press Freedom Day in Rwanda may well require journalists, activists, and diplomats to toe the line of the government’s...

Russia Closing Down Media Freedoms

April was a terrible month for freedom of expression in Russia. In early April, the authorities struck at Roman Anin, editor-in-chief of...

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