![Former RFA reporters Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin speak to the media outside of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Aug. 29, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_cambodia_rfa.jpeg?itok=VbyCKNG6)
![Former RFA reporters Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin speak to the media outside of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Aug. 29, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_cambodia_rfa.jpeg?itok=VbyCKNG6)
January 19, 2020
Hong Kong: Improve Privacy Ordinance Rights Protections
Upcoming Legislative Review Overly Narrow
![Residents use their phones during a protest in Hong Kong, November 11, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_hongkong_phones.jpg?itok=TCRiogqR)
January 18, 2020
Top Human Rights Tweets of the Week
![World Report 2020 3D Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001world_report_threedcover_horizontal2.jpg?itok=mpkqnqhY)
![Activists in support of Shevchenko in Kazan, Russia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001eca_russia_activistskazan.jpg?itok=BsmxU_1-)
January 17, 2020
India Failing on Kashmiri Human Rights
Some Easing, but Abusive Restrictions Persist
![An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard as snow falls in Srinagar, Kashmir, January 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_india_kashmir_snow.jpg?itok=6cel5uKQ)
January 17, 2020
Bhutan on Brink of Overturning Same-Sex Conduct Ban
Upper Chamber of Parliament Should Remove Stigmatizing Provision
![Tashi Tsheten, an LGBTQ activist from Bhutan.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_bhutan_lbt_tsheten.jpg?itok=lYM2TlUE)
January 17, 2020
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Zimbabwe
75th Session
January 17, 2020
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Ukraine
67th session
January 17, 2020
US Citizen Dies in Egyptian Prison
Congress Should Act as Trump Administration Turns Blind Eye to Egypt’s Abuses
![Mustafa Kassem](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_egypt_us_kassem.jpg?itok=BsraIGrn)
January 17, 2020
Lebanon: Police Violence Against Protesters
Scores Injured; Hold Officers to Account
![Riot police arrest a protester outside a police station in Beirut, Lebanon on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_lebanon_jan15protests.jpg?itok=6jJfGH8Z)
January 17, 2020
Morocco: 3 Years in Abusive Solitary Detention
Sentenced to Life in 2009 Unjust Mass Trial
![Abdelqader Belliraj, arriving at a courthouse in Salé, Morocco, in 2008.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_morocco_belliraj.jpg?itok=RKE4YOJ9)
January 16, 2020
US Government Challenges Apple on Encryption (Again)
Secure Devices Protect Users from Hacking and Surveillance
![Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907us_barr_attorneygeneral_0.jpg?itok=a2auFZm5)
January 16, 2020
Why Legal ‘Innovation’ Might be Bad News for Rights in Russia
Putin’s Proposals Could Undermine Protections of International Law
![Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on drafting constitutional changes at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, January 16, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001europe_russia_putin.jpg?itok=gn7Ey2ds)
January 16, 2020
EU Parliament Calls for Release of Burundi Journalists
Ongoing Crackdown Undermines Credibility of Upcoming Elections, Say MEPs
![From left to right: Térence Mpozenzi, Agnès Ndirubusa, Christine Kamikazi, Egide Harerimana, and Adolphe Masabarakiza.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201910africa_burundi_iwacujournalists.jpeg?itok=AERBo9DJ)
January 16, 2020
Russia’s Bid to Block UN Financing for Syria Probe Defeated
General Assembly Fully Funds Investigation into Serious Crimes
![People walk past destruction from government airstrikes in the town of Ariha, in Idlib province, Syria, January 15, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001mena_syria_idlib_airstrike.jpg?itok=tPqdWl1X)