December 10, 2020
December 9, 2020
Myanmar: Arrest for Alleging Voter Intimidation
Woman Sentenced to 9 Months at Hard Labor
![Protesters hold placards that read "Oppose unfair action of election! Investigate voting fraud around the country!" in a rally to condemn the November 8 general election results in Yangon, Myanmar on Friday, November 20, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_myanmar_protest.jpg?h=dea648be&itok=cyOWrOhb)
December 9, 2020
China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Leaked List of Over 2,000 Detainees Demonstrates Automated Repression
December 9, 2020
Iraq: End Impunity for Murders
Release All Kidnapped and Detained Peaceful Activists
![Protesters marching in Al-Tahrir Square Tunnel in Baghdad, Iraq.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012mena_iraq_protests.jpg?h=dec22bcf&itok=tRqprfnU)
December 7, 2020
Belarus Escalates Crackdown on Independent Journalism
Online News Outlet TUT.BY Stripped of Media Credentials
![Young demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, 6 December 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012ECA_Belarus_Protest.jpg?h=8416f378&itok=eeI5LFNI)
December 5, 2020
South Korea: Scrap Bill Shielding North Korean Government
Law Would Block South Koreans from Sending Materials North
![People watch a news program showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_southkorea_kimjongun.jpg?h=34bbd072&itok=_4j5n2h3)
December 4, 2020
Hong Kong: Drop Cases Against Democracy Activists
Prominent Activists Jailed for Peaceful Protests Amid Widening Crackdown
![Joshua Wong, center right, and Ivan Lam, center left, were led into a prison van before their court appearance in Hong Kong on Wednesday.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_china_hongkong.jpg?h=69f2b9d0&itok=-xaDCKtk)
December 4, 2020
Tajikistan: Dissident’s Family Interrogated, Threatened
Increasing Pressure on Families of Exiled Activists
![Fatkhuddin Saidmukhidinov](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012eca_tajikistan_fatkhuddin.jpg?h=34ba84c2&itok=q0TVZHcK)
December 3, 2020
Joint Statement on the Expulsion of Vanessa Kogan from Russia
December 3, 2020
Kazakhstan: Human Rights Groups Under Pressure
Tax Officials Should End Harassment, Withdraw Notices
![Kazakhstan flag](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012eca_kazakhstan_flag.jpg?h=fb5c1c24&itok=74p1jmIx)
December 2, 2020
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)
November 25, 2020
Iraq: Scrap Bill to Restrict Free Speech
Lawmakers to Decide on Abusive Cybercrimes Measure
![The opening session of Iraq’s new parliament on September 3, 2018 in Baghdad, Iraq.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/05/202005ccd_iraq_parliament_0.jpg?h=a5f2f23a&itok=24bpXVOS)
November 25, 2020
Vietnam: Release Dissident Poet
Ex-Political Prisoner Tran Duc Thach Again Faces Prison
![Tran Duc Thach](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/12/202012asia_vietnam_TranDucThach.jpg?h=6dfd575b&itok=_DYhhM0D)
![A Tunisian woman walks past a graffiti that reads "Freedom is a daily practice" in Tunis April 26, 2011.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/202001mena_tunisia_human_rights.jpg?itok=g3UkSauz)
November 23, 2020
New Law Would Expand Internet Censorship in Russia
Parliament Should Reject Bill, Ensure Access to Information Online
![A man checks his smartphone while waiting to board a subway in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2020/11/202011europe_russia_phone_internet.jpg?h=e5aec6c8&itok=L0ScHTM1)