February 19, 2024

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Police officers detain a man in Moscow on September 24, 2022, following calls to protest against the partial mobilisation announced by the Russian President. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

Russia: Surge in abuse of anti-terrorism laws to suppress dissent

A disturbing escalation in the abuse of vague anti-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation in Russia has intensified since the beginning of...

Ethiopia: Authorities must stop using state of emergency law to silence peaceful dissent. Private photo.

Ethiopia: Authorities must stop using state of emergency law to silence peaceful dissent

Ethiopian authorities have used the state of emergency to silence peaceful dissent by arbitrarily detaining prominent politicians critical of the...

A mourner lays flowers at a spontaneous memorial in memory of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, organized at the monument to victims of political repression on Voskresenskaya Embankment on 16 Feb 2024. Photo by Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Russia: Authorities brutally suppress mourners of Aleksei Navalny

The Russian authorities have begun a widespread campaign of persecution against those paying respects to the late prisoner of conscience...

Palestinians riding on a cart are refected on a mirror in the shape of the map of Palestine in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip on February 7, 2024 amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant Hamas group. Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images.

Israel must end its occupation of Palestine to stop fuelling apartheid and systematic human rights violations  

Israel must end its brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which it has maintained since...

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