![Workers load cotton onto a truck at a sunning ground in Alar (Alaer), northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, September 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103asia_china_xinjiangcotton.jpg?h=cc4a3ac3&itok=ose4rzpi)
![Workers load cotton onto a truck at a sunning ground in Alar (Alaer), northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, September 2015.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103asia_china_xinjiangcotton.jpg?h=cc4a3ac3&itok=ose4rzpi)
Japanese Firms to Reassess Businesses Using Xinjiang Forced Labor
Support Pledge with Credible Action
![In this file image from undated video footage run by China's CCTV via AP Video, Muslim trainees work in a garment factory at the Hotan Vocational Education and Training Center in Hotan, Xinjiang, northwest China.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/03/202103asia_japan_xinjiang.jpg?h=4a8ef947&itok=GGb-kxmn)
Sri Lanka: High Ranking Officials Involved in War Crimes
Germany should push for strong resolution in Human Rights Council
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China: Baseless Imprisonments Surge in Xinjiang
Harsh, Unjust Sentences for Uyghurs, Other Muslims
![A perimeter fence around what is officially known as a” vocational skills education center” in Dabancheng in China's Xinjiang region, September 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/02/202102asia_china_xinjiang.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=7SsTvnDd)
Saudi Arabia: Further Textbook Reforms Needed
Disparaging References to Shia, Sufi Practices Remain Despite Progress
![Then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 25, 2017. © 2017 Reuters](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706mena_saudi_prince_mohammed_bin_salman.jpg?itok=eExKQhra)
Indonesia: Enforce Dress Code Ban
Decree Seeks End to Discriminatory Treatment of Girls, Women in Schools
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Sri Lanka: Justice Under Attack
UN Human Rights Council Should Pursue Accountability
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Malaysia: Urgently Revise Emergency Ordinance
Immunity, Police Powers for Military Raise Risk of Abuse
![Perdana Menteri Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin berbicara dalam sebuah konferensi pers setelah pertemuan kabinet pertama di kantor perdana menteri di Putrajaya, Malaysia, 11 Maret 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/07/202006Asia_Malaysia_Muhyiddin.jpg?h=ba4ee364&itok=DLqQfP7s)
Vietnam: Rights Violations Intensify
Numerous New Arrests in Lead-up to Party Congress
![Vietnamese Political Detainees: Pham Doan Trang; Can Thi Theu and her sons Trinh Ba Phuong and Trinh Ba Tu; Dinh Thi Thu Thuy; Pham Chi Dung; Nguyen Tuong Thuy; Le Huu Minh Tuan; Tran Duc Thach](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_vietnam_wr.jpg?h=470754e5&itok=NTIPbaTl)
Iran: Relentless Repression of Dissent
Violators Unpunished; Crackdown on Activists
![People gather for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, at the gate of Amri Kabir University where some of the victims of the crash were former students, on January 11th, 2020 in Tehran, Iran.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/01/202012mena_iran_wr.jpg?h=4e2fc0e2&itok=pX0to86M)
Bahrain: No Improvement in Rights Record
Arrests for Peaceful Speech; Death Sentences After Unfair Trials
Religious Minorities in Indonesia Face Discrimination
China: Repression Threatens Winter Olympics
Letter to International Olympic Committee Urges Human Rights Risk Assessment
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China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression
Brutal Attack in Indonesia Targets Christian Farmers
Arrest Assailants, Protect Religious Minorities
![Villagers and police officers clean up debris at the site of suspected militant attack in Lembantongoa village in Sulawesi, Indonesia, November 30, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_indonesia_militant_attack.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=Q8p5Cy5X)