January 9, 2020
High-Tech Police Weapons Do More Harm than Good
Cops with “Less Lethal” Weapons Are Not a Substitute for a Functioning Mental Health System
![201911US_racial_discrimination](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911us_racial_discrimination.jpg?itok=BO_fOryO)
January 9, 2020
Russia: Escalating Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Arrests, Prison, Harassment for Peaceful Religious Practice
![Special Rapid Response Unit raid a Jehovah’s Witness home in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001eca_russia_jwpolice_copy.jpg?itok=IxRrxIL0)
January 9, 2020
Kazakhstan: Improper Prosecution of Asylum Seekers from China
Men from Xinjiang at Risk of Arrest, Torture
![Kazakhstan is prosecuting Kaster Musakhanuly (left) and Murager Alimuly (right), two ethnic Kazakh, Chinese citizens from Xinjiang.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001eca_kazakhstan_xinjiang.jpg?itok=brcTsWOS)
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
Groups Urge NY Lawmakers to Stand Firm on Bail Reform
![The front gate is pictured at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York April 8, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-08-us-prison-newyork.jpg?itok=fHdUYd2n)
January 8, 2020
Letter to Champaign County Sheriff's Office: Don't Expand Jail, Invest in Communities
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January 8, 2020
Guinea: Human Rights at the Crossroads
![People protest on the streets of Conakry, Guinea, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201911africa_guinea_protests_1.jpg?itok=81gl4-JP)
January 8, 2020
The Assault on Consumer Protection
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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 8, 2020
China: The Year Ahead
![A Chinese national flag flutters near surveillance cameras mounted on a lamp post in Beijing, March 15, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201908asia_china_cameras.jpg?itok=_IYOv_pK)
January 7, 2020
Hong Kong: Create Independent Investigation of Police
No Accountability for Excessive Use of Force Against Protesters
![A protestor shows five demands gesture as Hong Kong people participate in their annual pro-democracy march in Hong Kong, January 1, 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001asia_china_hong_kong_protests.jpg?itok=qT0IS_V7)
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)
January 7, 2020
US: Close Border Discrimination Loopholes
Investigate Stops of Iranian Americans Seeking Entry
![202001us_iranian_borderissues](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202001us_iranian_borderissues.jpg?itok=IIUK_apH)