September 5, 2017
Uzbekistan: New Political Era Should Focus on Rights
Human Rights Watch Visit Opportunity to Set Out Path Forward
![2016-12-08-eca-uzbekistan-mirziyoyev](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/mirziyoyev.jpg?itok=H985A-S1)
September 5, 2017
UN: China Blocks Activists, Harasses Experts
Beijing Should End Campaign to Weaken Vital Rights Mechanisms
![Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in the Palais des Nations at the United Nations in Geneva, January 18, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_china_un_photo_main.jpg?itok=SBpi6_IB)
September 5, 2017
Australia’s ‘Modern Slavery’ Proposal Falls Short
![Women work in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/cambodia0215_coverimage_front.jpg?itok=2QoQoFeq)
September 5, 2017
Morocco: King Brushes Off Evidence of Police Abuse
Courts Jail Rif Protesters, Discount Evidence of Coerced Confessions
![King Mohammed VI of Morocco (2nd L, here in Marrakech in November 2016) praised security forces for the handling of protests in the Rif region, despite reports of police abuse.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709middle_east_morocco_rif_king.jpg?itok=DEoMPshK)
September 5, 2017
US: Trump Threatening to Expel ‘Dreamers’
Repeal of DACA Will Harm Thousands With Close US Ties
![DACA](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201708us_daca_presser.jpg?itok=Iy4i8Mg_)
September 4, 2017
Watching Burma in Flames from Bangladesh
Rohingya Muslims Flee Burmese Army, Seek Aid Abroad
![201709Asia_Burma_Refugees](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_burma_refugees.jpg?itok=MMlSMdVF)
September 4, 2017
Joint Letter to Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhadmedov
September 4, 2017
Turkmenistan: Homeowners Evicted, Denied Compensation
Massive Housing Violations in Ashgabat Ahead of Asian Indoor Games
![outside the Ashgabat stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709eca_turkmenistan_stadiumoutside.jpg?itok=b4gDZhc1)
![Mohamed Fali.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709mena_algeria_minority1.jpg?itok=vWAihSny)
September 4, 2017
Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Convention on Cluster Munitions Seventh Meeting of States Parties
Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director
September 3, 2017
Justice Denied for Slain Indonesian Rights Activist Munir
Accountability Failure Exemplifies Culture of Impunity
![Indonesian protesters hold placards of human rights activists Munir Thalib in Jakarta December 20, 2005.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_indonesia_munir.jpg?itok=8aQ1V6KC)
September 3, 2017
China: Redoubling Crackdowns on Fleeing North Koreans
Human Rights Watch Documented 41 North Koreans Detained by China in Summer 2017
![North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un (R) and Chinese Politburo standing committee member Liu Yunshan (L) wave from a balcony towards participants of a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on October 10, 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201706asia_china_kimjongun_liuyunshan.jpg?itok=n5Z-hORq)
September 2, 2017
Cambodia: Leading Paper Threatened with Closure
Arbitrary Tax on Cambodia Daily an Assault on Independent Media
![201709Asia_Cambodia_Daily](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709asia_cambodia_daily.jpg?itok=T_McHwL-)