Egypt: Crackdown with a vengeance Having spent the past year actively eliminating dissent in the country, Egyptian authorities marked the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests sparked by allegations of military corruption last September by further intensifying their chokehold on free expression. In recent weeks, state security forces were deployed in public spaces ahead of the…

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 1 October 2020. Bangladesh authorities beat refugees protesting their detention on Bhasan Char Island with sticks and tree branches, Human Rights Watch said today. Naval officers allegedly beat the refugees, including children, in retribution for their hunger strike beginning on September 21, 2020 to demand reunification with…

This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 2 October 2020. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Singaporean prime minister’s office to drop its absurd “illegal election activity” complaint against the New Naratif website over five Facebook posts in the run-up to last July’s elections, as a result of which the police have already…