![Students protesting against a discriminatory government decision limiting enrollment in public university to 24 years, hold up signs that say “education is a right for all.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_mauritania_protests.jpg?itok=Xdq2uhTe)
![Students protesting against a discriminatory government decision limiting enrollment in public university to 24 years, hold up signs that say “education is a right for all.”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911mena_mauritania_protests.jpg?itok=Xdq2uhTe)
January 14, 2020
China: Backlash Against Increasing Repression
President Xi Faces Protests in Hong Kong, Global Outcry over Xinjiang
![Protesters march on a street during a rally against the extradition law proposal on June 9, 2019 in Hong Kong.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201912asia_china_wr2020.jpg?itok=GcGDVjjl)
January 14, 2020
Cambodia: Repression of Opposition Increases
International Pressure Needed for Rights Improvements
![Workers march along a street to mark International Labour Day in Phnom Penh on May 1, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201912asia_cambodia_wr2020.jpg?itok=IWELPcCI)
January 14, 2020
Myanmar: Seeking International Justice for Rohingya
Crackdown on Free Expression Tightens
![Rohingya refugees watch ICJ proceedings at a restaurant in a refugee camp on December 12, 2019 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201912asia_myanmar_wr2020_1_0.jpg?itok=KgaAuvz5)
January 14, 2020
Australia: National Security Laws Chill Free Speech
Refugees, Health Care, and Criminal Justice Top Agenda
![201901wr_australia_human_rights](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201901wr_australia_human_rights_0.jpg?itok=M3EKMb1g)
January 14, 2020
Malaysia: Human Rights Reforms Stall
Backtracking on Free Expression, Accountability, LGBT Rights
![Protesters hold placards reading " Save Malaysia, Arrest the Thief " during a protest in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, April 14, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201912asia_malaysia_wr2020.jpg?itok=webfwrX5)
January 14, 2020
Vietnam: Crackdown on Rights
Little Tolerance for Freedom of Expression, Independent Trade Unions
![Vietnam Political Prisoners](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201912asia_vietnam_wr2020.jpg?itok=kRSUof1S)
January 14, 2020
Philippines: No Letup in ‘Drug War’ Killings
Upsurge in Attacks on Activists, Environmentalists
![Veiled protesters, mostly relatives of victims of alleged extra-judicial killings, display placards during a protest outside the Philippine military and police camps](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/201912asia_philippines_wr2020_0.jpg?itok=_S5rC2k0)
January 8, 2020
Bangladesh: Online Surveillance, Control
Netra News Latest to be Blocked in Free Speech Crackdown
![Bangladeshi photojournalists and journalists form a human chain infront of National Press Club protesting the attacks on them during the students' ongoing protest demanding safe roads, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 7, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202007asia_bangladesh_foe.jpg?itok=aSwaQwxh)
January 8, 2020
Artur and Ahmed: Prison Mates in UAE Hell
![202001MENA_AhmedMansoor_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_uae_ahmedmansoor.jpg?itok=BGahXmhK)
January 7, 2020
India: Police Fail to Protect Students
Government Supporters Go On 3-Hour Rampage at University in Delhi
![Police stand guard inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University after violence inside the campus, New Delhi, India, January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_india_jnu_attacks.jpg?itok=dUhM9p4k)
December 28, 2019
Morocco: Free Outspoken Journalist Jailed Over Tweet
Faces Up to a Year in Prison at January 2 Trial
![Journalist Omar Radi in Casablanca, Morocco, 2018. © Fanny Hedenmo](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_morocco_radi2.jpg?itok=0aPAZQBN)
December 23, 2019
India: Deadly Force Used Against Protesters
Police Target Anti-Citizenship Law Demonstrators
![Indians, in large numbers, have been peacefully protesting against a new citizenship law that they believe threatens India's secular identity. Bangalore, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912asia_india_protest_0.jpg?itok=Vzs20OCP)
December 23, 2019
Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges Against Saudi-US Doctor
Trump Administration Should Speak Out on Walid Fitaihi’s Case
![Walid al-Fitaihi, with his daughter Mariam, whom Saudi authorities have placed under a travel ban since 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201912mena_saudi_fataihi.jpeg?itok=yfxjqZAv)
December 19, 2019
Shutting Down the Internet to Shut Up Critics
![With communications shut down, journalists work inside a media center in Srinagar set up by Jammu and Kashmir authorities, August 18, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908asia_india_kashmir_internet_shutdown.jpg?itok=8HWHtR3v)