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  • Social media apps on a mobile phone.
    April 17, 2026 News Release

    India: Proposed Rules to Expand Online Censorship

    Withdraw Draft IT Guidelines; Roll back New Amendments Targeting Speech

  • Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzuat at a polling station in Malé, April 4, 2026.
    April 17, 2026 News Release

    Maldives: Withdraw Proposed Death Penalty Bill

    Proposed Law Could Result in Imminent Executions

  • The Xishiku Catholic Church, in Beijing, China, May 9, 2025.
    April 16, 2026 Report

    China: Pressure on Catholics Escalates

    Vatican Agreement with Beijing on Bishops Facilitates Crackdown

  • A picture of Omar smiling holding his daughter Amal
    April 15, 2026 News Release

    Singapore: Halt Imminent Execution for Cannabis Trafficking

    Presidential Clemency Would Avoid Cruel, Irreversible Punishment

  • Koo Sze-yiu carries a coffin that reads, “The people’s heroes, they shall remain forever immortal" at a protest in Hong Kong, May 26, 2019
    April 11, 2026 Dispatches

    Remembering a Steadfast Hong Kong Democracy Activist

    Koo Sze-yiu, Who Endured 10 Stints in Prison, Passes Away at 80

  • Kamonsak Leewamoh, a Muslim member of parliament and human rights lawyer
    April 11, 2026 News Release

    Thailand: Security Agency Implicated in Attack on Muslim Lawmaker

    Fully Investigate Assassination Attempt on Kamonsak Leewamoh

  • April 10, 2026 UPR

    Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Tajikistan

    53rd Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review

  • Hathairat Phaholtap, editor-in-chief of the Isaan Record.
    April 9, 2026 News Release

    Thailand: Journalists Sued for Reporting Minister’s Bribery Case

    Criminal Libel Suits Undermine Free Expression, Media Freedom

  • April 9, 2026 Statement

    Bangladesh: Urgently Pass the National Human Rights Commission and Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedy Ordinances

  • April 8, 2026 UPR

    Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Thailand

    53rd Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review



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