August 5, 2015
Dispatches: Fresh Blows to South Sudan’s Media Freedom
![south sudan newspapers](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtr34ura_layout_comp.jpg?itok=rHvioPMI)
August 4, 2015
China: Proposed Cybersecurity Law Will Bolster Censorship
Draft Law Requires Companies to Enforce Censorship and Aid Surveillance
![The homepages of Baidu and Google.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media/images/photographs/2010_China_BaiduGoogle.jpg?itok=026Jq4ZE)
July 31, 2015
Europe’s Other Crackdown
Azerbaijan is decimating its human rights activists, and why not? It’s faced almost no consequences for its repression.
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July 30, 2015
Turkmenistan: Free Rights Activist Immediately
Fears for Saparmamed Nepeskuliev’s Health, Safety
![2015_July_Turkmenistan_Separmamed_Nepeskuliev](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/saparmamed.jpg?itok=r94HYWww)
July 30, 2015
US/Egypt: Letter to Secretary Kerry ahead of US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue
US should make political reform, human rights, and fundamental freedoms a central part of the agenda.
July 29, 2015
Cambodia: Drop Prosecution of Rights Defender
Free Expression Includes Right to Criticize Judicial Conduct
July 28, 2015
Dispatches: France – State Snooping is Now Legal
![france surveillance](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtx1bimt_layout_comp.jpg?itok=ESOEcBSK)
July 22, 2015
Kuwait: Cybercrime Law a Blow to Free Speech
Extends Problematic Press Provisions to Online Expression
![A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on a browser in a photo illustration.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_mena_kuwait_cybersecurity.jpg?itok=nnf7pIRy)
July 22, 2015
Malaysia: End Website Blocking, Politicized Investigations
Media, Opposition Targeted After Government Corruption Scandal
![Screenshot of the ‘Sarawak Report’ website on July 22, 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-7-malaysia-asia-sarawak.jpg?itok=rtgBNysj)
July 21, 2015
China/Kazakhstan: 2022 Games Major Test of Olympic Reforms
Olympic Committee Should Enforce Its New Rules
![2015_07_ECA_Kazakhstan_China_Olympics](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015_07_eca_asia_kazakhstan_china_olympics.jpg?itok=XCZX9p61)
July 21, 2015
Ecuador: Courts Stalling on Protester Appeals
Apply New Rules to Overturn Groundless Convictions
![Correa speaks on Human Rights at Inter-American Convention on Human Rights in Guayaquil](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-7-ecuador-americas-protester-trials.jpg?itok=Oakk0Jil)