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August 14, 2018 Dispatches

Tajikistan Allows Another Family to Reunite

Government Had Effectively Held Exiled Activists’ Daughter Hostage

 Tajik authorities have placed 10-year-old Fatima Davlyatova, daughter of peaceful political activist, Shabnam Khudoydodova, on a watch list and prevented her from leaving to Europe to reunite with her mother.
August 13, 2018 Dispatches

Freed at Last from Prison, but Not Free in Azerbaijan

Authorities Should Vacate Ilgar Mammadov’s Verdict, Lift Restrictions on His Freedoms

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August 13, 2018 Dispatches

Wave of Arrests Follow Crackdown in Bangladesh

Authorities Meet Peaceful Protests With Beatings, Tear Gas, and Arrests

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August 10, 2018 Dispatches

Iran’s Judiciary Threatens Executions for Economic ‘Crimes’

Implementing the Death Penalty is Wrong Response to Economic Crisis

Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012.
August 10, 2018 Dispatches

Violence Against LGBT Activists in Armenia

Prompt, Thorough and Effective Investigation Needed

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August 9, 2018 Dispatches

The Nightmare Lives of Indigenous Prisoners in Australia

On International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples, Government Should Address Marginalized Group

A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.
August 9, 2018 Dispatches

Maldives President’s Comments Raise Questions Over Missing Blogger’s Fate

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

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August 8, 2018 Dispatches

Zambia Denies Asylum Claim by Zimbabwe Opposition Leader

MDCA Principal Tendai Biti, and Five Others Face Deportation to Zimbabwe

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August 8, 2018 Dispatches

Showing Solidarity in Moscow, in a Chechen Courtroom, and Everywhere

Trial Continues Against Human Rights Defender Oyub Titiev

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August 8, 2018 Dispatches

Saudi Arabia Punishes Canada for Criticizing Human Rights Defenders’ Arrests

Retaliation and Threats Should Alarm All Rights Respecting Countries

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August 8, 2018 Dispatches

Bride’s Killing in Iraq Shows New Law Needed

Iraq’s New Parliament Should Prioritize Passage of Domestic Violence Law

Demonstrators in Baghdad call International Women's Day a "day of mourning" in protest of Iraq's new draft Jaafari Personal Status Law.
August 6, 2018 Dispatches

US Firms’ Sales to China’s Police

Sales May Not Break the Law – But Are They Defensible?

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August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Indonesia’s Papua Media Blacklist

Authorities Equate Journalism with Doing “Something Wrong to Indonesia”

Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo (C) speaks with journalists at city hall in Jakarta, August 12, 2014.
August 6, 2018 Dispatches

Zambia Should Keep Young Mothers in School

Don’t Let Pregnancy Be a Barrier to Education

Front cover of Zambia’s “Guidelines for the Re-Entry Policy,” adopted in 2007.
August 4, 2018 Dispatches

France Approves Flawed Asylum and Immigration Law

New provisions risk undermining asylum seekers’ rights while not solving ongoing issues

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