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Qatar must not deport human rights activist at risk of torture and persecution in Saudi Arabia

The Qatari authorities must not buckle to demands from Saudi Arabia if they request the deportation of human rights activist...

UAE: Free Prominent Rights Defender Ahmed Mansoor Held on Speech-Related Charges

(Beirut, 20 April 2017) – Authorities in the United Arab Emirates should immediately release Ahmed Mansoor, an award-winning human rights...

Venezuela: Unending cycle of violence and repression threatens the lives of the Venezuelan people

The unending spiral of violence and repression during the protests in Venezuela is submerging the country in a crisis that...

Draconian amendments to Egyptian laws spell further disaster for human rights

A set of legislative amendments approved by the Egyptian parliament last week in the name of security will sanction mass...

Iran: Halt imminent execution of two men arrested as teenagers

The Iranian authorities must urgently stop the imminent execution of two long-time death row prisoners who were children at the...

UN peacekeeping force in Western Sahara and refugee camps must urgently monitor human rights

The UN must prioritize human rights monitoring for the situation in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara and Sahrawi refugee camps across the...

Supreme Court Denial Must Not Result in Deportation of Asylum-Seeking Families

NEW YORK – The Supreme Court will not hear a case brought by more than two dozen families who have...

USA: All Arkansas executions temporarily put on hold after judge blocks use of lethal injection drugs

NEW YORK – An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked six executions from taking place after the company that manufactured the...

Israel must end ‘unlawful and cruel’ policies towards Palestinian prisoners

Israel’s decades-long policy of detaining Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza in prisons inside Israel and depriving them...

Egypt: 10-year prison term for insulting President an outrageous assault on freedom of expression

The sentencing of a lawyer to 10 years in prison for a Facebook post exposes the abuse of Egypt’s new...

Nigeria: Chibok anniversary a chilling reminder of Boko Haram’s ongoing scourge of abductions

Nigerian authorities must ramp up efforts to secure the release of the remaining Chibok girls and thousands of others abducted...

USA: Arkansas must urgently halt ‘conveyor belt’ of executions

The US state of Arkansas must halt the execution of eight death row prisoners, seven of whom are due to...

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