Human Rights Watch

If adopted, the new bill would allow the government to ban British citizens and residents from returning to the U.K. for two years, and allow the home secretary to impose restrictions on universities and schools in the name of preventing extremism.

The Xinjiang High People’s Court upheld a life sentence for “separatism” against Ilham Tohti, China’s most prominent Uighur scholar, in proceedings that grossly violated his basic rights.

The Spanish Congress should amend a deeply flawed public security bill that would curb spontaneous protest and formalize abusive expulsions of asylum seekers, Human Rights Watch said today.

“The vague and imprecise provisions of this law could be used to arrest and detain anyone who is believed to be gay or lesbian, and contributes to the already severe climate of hostility and fear for LGBTI people in the country.”

A Libyan criminal court imposes a five-year prison term on Al-Ummah newspaper editor Amara al-Khatabi for allegedly defaming public officials.

Five Thai university students could be charged with violating martial law after raising their hands to give a three-fingered salute inspired by the movie “The Hunger Games”, a symbol of resistance in Thailand since the coup.

“Gao Yu’s case is a frontal assault on freedom of expression and access to information,” said Human Rights Watch. “China should drop the charges immediately or face widespread international condemnation.”

In the event of renewed protests in Ferguson following the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case , police should permit peaceful assembly and expression.