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Three Years after the Fall of Kabul, Afghan Activists Remain in Hiding or Await Resettlement Abroad
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Visible and Invisible Bars
Visible and Invisible Bars, a report from Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, draws attention both to political imprisonment and its damaging impacts on prisoners and their families, and the consequences of civil death.
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TNR Watch provides monthly updates on the growing global threat of transnational repression.
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The China Dissent Monitor
Despite increasingly repressive rule under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), dissent in China occurs regularly and is geographically widespread. The China Dissent Monitor features quarterly updated interactive data on collective action in public spaces and cases of online dissent.
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Joint Statement: Need for an Urgent Rethink of International Response to the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan
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