Linda Lakhdhir

@LLakhdhir

Legal advisor at Human Rights Watch and former criminal prosecutor; human rights with focus on Asia. Views expressed are my own. Retweets not endorsements.

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Joined June 2014
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    19 hours ago

    President Trump’s Despicable Move to Bar Transgender People from Military Service

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    23 hours ago

    No books shld be banned to prevent the circulation of ideas & that the people shld be free to seek & receive them

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  3. 22 hours ago

    “Only when the defamation provision is removed from the Telecommunications Law will there be justice." The proposed amendments fall short.

    'Unseemly rush' has activists fear 66(d) amendments will make Facebook defamation prosecutions worse |
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    22 hours ago

    New chairman appointed to U.N. mission probing Myanmar abuses

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    24 hours ago

    Ahead of court date tomorrow, calls on to release detained journalists

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    Jul 26

    Our response to announcement that transgender people would no longer be allowed to serve in US military by

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    Jul 26

    POCA amendments will deny detainees chance to be heard, group says

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    Jul 26

    MPs speak out in against Section 66(d) - Their calls are supported by MPs from across

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    Jul 26

    Human Rights Watch in solidarity with 17 Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists & executives on trial in Turkey this week

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  10. Jul 26

    Not surprising the army is resisting amendment of 66(d). Good to see 7 MPs argued to scrap it entirely.

    Army resists Article 66(d) reforms
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    Jul 26

    : Immediately investigate death threats against human rights defender Siti Kasim

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    Jul 26

    French police in Calais routinely abuse asylum seekers and migrants while French authorities ignore it: report.

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  13. Jul 25

    Making Transgender Rights a Reality in India, via .

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  14. Jul 25

    Myanmar: Free Wrongfully Detained Kachin Christian Leaders

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    Jul 24

    religious leaders Dumdaw Nawng Lat & Langjaw Gam Seng go to trial tomorrow. Read news:

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  16. Jul 25

    Good read on the difficulties and moral complexities of reporting from the government "tour" of Rakhine state.

    My final print story out of Northern Rakhine
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    Jul 25

    "Afghans are dying or being injured in greater numbers now than at any time since the US war began in 2001" Via

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    Jul 24

    : Liu Xia's forced disappearance since Liu Xiaobo’s funeral heightens concerns about her well-being and safety

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  19. Jul 24

    Use of criminal laws against peaceful speech inevitably leads to self-censorship - making such laws a real threat to freedom of speech.

    Satirist feels ‘restraint’ after recent arrest
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    Jul 22

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