![People protesting in Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_turkey_kavala.jpg?itok=1YwT_aZt)
![People protesting in Turkey.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905eca_turkey_kavala.jpg?itok=1YwT_aZt)
June 14, 2019
Effort to Intimidate Human Rights Watch in Uzbekistan
Attack Part of Wider Campaign to Smear Independent Groups
![Video blogger Sardor Kamilov (left) accosts Human Rights Watch researcher Steve Swerdlow at a hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 13, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906eca_uzbekistan_kamilov.jpeg?itok=0JUc-YI8)
June 14, 2019
Thailand: Authorities Punish Mockery of Junta
Critics Intimidated, Forced to Apologize
![Thai authorities ordered a French man Yan Marchal to give a public apology and delete his parody music video that makes fun on the National Council for Peace and Order junta. ©2019 Yan Marchal](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_thailand_comedian_.jpg?itok=X011UbYr)
June 14, 2019
Disparaging Film Review Can Mean Jail Time in Nepal
Online Fraud Laws Used to Crack Down on Free Speech
![A journalist protests a set of laws that threaten to curb free speech, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 19, 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_nepal_speech.jpg?itok=NOTjxobv)
June 13, 2019
Something to Celebrate in Russia
Ongoing Repression Won’t Diminish Victories of Two Government Critics
![Russian journalist Ivan Golunov (center), who was freed from house arrest after police abruptly dropped drug charges against him.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906eca_russia_golunovrelease.jpg?itok=0tP1RIle)
June 9, 2019
Cambodia: Holding a Media Summit Without Media Freedom
Participants Should Call for Free Expression, Press Freedom
![201709Asia_Cambodia_Daily](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_cambodia_daily.jpg?itok=T_McHwL-)
June 5, 2019
Who Helped Abduct Azerbaijani Journalist?
Azerbaijan and Georgia need to answer urgent questions about reporter’s kidnapping and imprisonment.
![Afgan Mukhtarli](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/afgan_mukhtarli_.jpg?itok=7lYt8lvp)
![Protestor raises the Jordanian flag during 2018 protest in front of the prime ministry building in Amman](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201705asia_jordan_mothanna.jpg?itok=xZP3R9Kv)
June 2, 2019
Cambodia: Over 145 Opposition Members Summoned
End Renewed Crackdown on Dissolved Party
![Riot police walk toward their positions to block supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party marching toward an appeals court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201906asia_cambodia_cnrp.jpg?itok=Z_ark6cG)
May 30, 2019
Pakistan: Investigate North Waziristan Deaths
Uphold Rights of Region’s Pashtun Population
![Pakistani President Arif Alvi, center on a military vehicle, reviews a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, March 23, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_pakistan_military.jpg?itok=nghbvR_G)
May 29, 2019
Palestine: No Letup in Arbitrary Arrests, Torture
Palestinian Authority, Hamas Muzzle Critics, Opponents
![201903mena_israel_palestine_hamas_protest](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_israel_palestine_hamas_protest.jpg?itok=CdM6nD3o)
May 22, 2019
Unending Repression Under Thailand’s Military Junta
Abuses Persist Five Years After Coup
![Soldiers line up for voting in general election at a polling station in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March 24, 2019. Nearly five years after a coup, Thailand was voting Sunday in a long-delayed election that sets a military-backed party against the populist](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201905asia_thailand_ncpo.jpg?itok=j9WQYsBg)