Articles by Human Rights Watch
Asia & Pacific in three minutes
Maldivian bloggers harassed abroad, Australia spies, China collects, India leaks and South Asia’s shutdown.
The ghost of elections past
During Kenya’s election campaign, attacks against journalists are so common that perpetrators often discuss them openly.
Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism apparatus targets rights activists
A UN official who recently visited Saudi Arabia has criticised the country’s use of its terrorism tribunal and counterterrorism law to unjustly prosecute human rights defenders, writers, and peaceful critics.
The great swab of China
Chinese authorities have collected the DNA information of over 40 million citizens, in many cases for no apparent reason. Will this lead to the perfect storm of abuses?
Turkey: UN Human Rights Council urged to address deterioration of freedom of expression
IPI joined international media freedom and free expression defenders in a call presented to the UN Human Rights Council urging it to address ongoing developments in Turkey.
EU urged to address rule of law and basic rights in Poland
Despite repeated warnings by international bodies and civil society organisations, the Polish government has continued on its course of undermining the rule of law, tightening its grip on media and backsliding on human rights protection.
Indonesia sends Jakarta governor to prison for blasphemy
Ahok, the former Jakarta governor and a Christian, was charged in November 2016, for violating the blasphemy law in connection with a reference he made to a Quranic verse in September.
The month in Asia Pacific in three minutes
A tragic murder in the Maldives shakes the world, India and Malaysia’s digital crackdown, and Yance Wenda gets beaten up covering…World Press Freedom Day protests.