Human Rights Watch

Authorities are using sedition and counterterrorism laws to arrest activists and silence dissent.

Victims speaking to Human Rights Watch described beatings, prolonged stress positions, electric shocks and rape. Their serious injuries included broken bones, cracked teeth, skin wounds, electrical burns, and mild traumatic brain injuries.

Social media platforms are taking down online content they consider terrorist, violently extremist, or hateful in a way that prevents its potential use to investigate serious crimes, including war crimes.

According to Human Rights Watch, Jordanian authorities have exploited the state of emergency to crack down on public outrage over the arbitrary government closure of the Teachers’ Syndicate.

Abdullaev faces charges of “offences against the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan” and “conspiracy to overthrow the constitutional regime,” each punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Human Rights Watch said the “overly broad restrictions” could “undermine fairness” as Myanmar prepares for the national election scheduled for November 8.

Among the proposed amendments to the family code are changes to the legal gender recognition rights for transgender people that will negatively affect their ability to marry and raise children. The bill also contains a superfluous ban on same-sex marriage.

From May to July, police arrested at least 1,100 people during peaceful demonstrations. Courts sentenced nearly 200 people to detention for up to 15 days, with some sentenced to multiple terms. They fined more than 300 others.