![Asylum seekers, from left: Ajith Pushpa Kumara, Vanessa Mae Rodel and her daughter Keana, Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis and her son Dinath and daughter Sethmundi Kellapatha, and Supun Thilina Kellapatha, pose outside the building of Hong Kong's immigration depa](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904american_canada_snowdenrefugees.jpg?itok=bHGZaBZg)
![Asylum seekers, from left: Ajith Pushpa Kumara, Vanessa Mae Rodel and her daughter Keana, Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis and her son Dinath and daughter Sethmundi Kellapatha, and Supun Thilina Kellapatha, pose outside the building of Hong Kong's immigration depa](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201904american_canada_snowdenrefugees.jpg?itok=bHGZaBZg)
March 30, 2019
Mauritania: 2 Bloggers Held for Defamation
Both Wrote About Alleged Corruption Scheme
![Abderrahmane Weddady and Cheikh Ould Jiddou.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_mauritania_bloggers.jpg?itok=y9xcKVQY)
![Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives for celebrations to mark Burundi’s 55th anniversary of independence at the Prince Louis Rwagasore stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi, July 1, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201804africa_burundi_nkurunziza.jpg?itok=MN5k-fBl)
![Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbai Jeenbekov pose after a signing ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 28, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903eca_kyrgyzstan_putinmeeting.jpg?itok=0cqfm6vW)
March 28, 2019
Tunisia: Protester Alleges Beating, Sexual Assault
Police Dispersed Demonstration Over Health Care
![Protestors demonstrating in front of Goverment Square on March 12, 2019 in Tunis, Tunisia.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_tunisia_protestors.jpg?itok=ev0kTVtP)
![Ivan Luzin at the table with his lawyer Aleksandr Dobralsky in the Tsentralny District Court in Kaliningrad, February 25, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903eca_russia_studentfined.jpg?itok=B0Zzyj2C)
March 26, 2019
Indonesian University Censors Lesbian Love Story
Officials Shut Down Student News Website Over Story ‘Promoting Homosexuality’
![The newsroom of student website Suara USU at the North Sumatra University in Medan, which is facing closure. University President Runtung Sitepu ordered the newsroom to be shut down and the office to be vacated in 48 hours on March 27, 2019 after the webs](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903asia_indonesia_student.jpg?itok=mfl7Rt_9)
March 26, 2019
India: Parties Should Pledge to Protect Rights
Provide Roadmaps for Reform Ahead of Elections
![Government officers distribute postal ballot papers to a election presiding officer ahead of the country's general elections in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903asia_india_elections_0.jpg?itok=VkXKmgSN)
March 25, 2019
Turkey: Baseless Charges Over Landmark 2013 Protests
Indictment of Civic Leader Osman Kavala, 15 Others, in Gezi Park Case
![Osman Kavala (left) and Yiğit Aksakoğiu (right) have been arbitrarily detained in Silivri prison since November 2017 and November 2018 respectively.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903eca_turkey_kavala_aksakogiu.jpg?itok=nd1kwxUE)
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March 21, 2019
China: Government Threats to Academic Freedom Abroad
New 12-Point Code of Conduct to Help Educational Institutions Respond
![Then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the opening of Australia's first Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute, at the RMIT University in Melbourne on June 20, 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201803asia_china_confucius_institute.jpg?itok=8bO9cCgz)
March 20, 2019
Cambodia: Investigate Land Activist’s ‘Disappearance’
Preah Vihear Authorities Should Urgently Produce Sum Moeun
![Image of Sum Moeun (left) and Moeun Mean (right).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903asia_cambodia_moeun.jpg?itok=hebAFHxb)
March 20, 2019
Iran: Harsh Sentence for Rights Lawyer Threatens Activism
Lengthy Prison Terms Shows Effort to Deter Rights Advocacy
![Nasrin Sotoudeh](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201903mena_iran_nasrin_sotoudeh.jpg?itok=-8LQjocx)
March 20, 2019
Tajikistan: Release Gravely Ill Activist
Political Prisoner Says Guards Beat Him, Refused Him Medicine
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