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Uganda: Authorities must lift social media block amid crackdown ahead of election

Responding to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) shutting down access to social media services in the run up to the...

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Long-term solutions needed to end recurring humanitarian crisis

Approximately 2,500 people, including 900 residents of temporary camp Lipa, remain without basic shelter in perilously cold conditions in Bosnia...

USA: New Amnesty International Report Details Ongoing Human Rights Violations at Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility

Amnesty International has released a new report highlighting ongoing and historic human rights violations at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility,...

USA: President Trump Incites Violence

In his speech, subsequent audio recording and tweets, President Trump continued to incite his supporters —leading to thousands storming and...

Federal Executions in the United States Buckle Global Progress on Abolition

Ahead of the first of three federal executions scheduled to take place in 2021, with Lisa Montgomery facing execution on...

UK: Decision to refuse Assange bail renders his continued detention ‘arbitrary’

Today’s decision by the Magistrate’s Court in London to deny Julian Assange’s request for bail has rendered his continued detention...

Hong Kong: Mass arrest of opposition figures highlights repressive power of national security law

Responding to the arrests of around 50 Hong Kong opposition figures on Wednesday morning for violation of the city’s national...

Israel/OPT: Denying COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians exposes Israel’s institutionalized discrimination

The Israeli government must stop ignoring its international obligations as an occupying power and immediately act to ensure that COVID-19...

Israel/OPT: Drop politically motivated charges against Palestinian activist Issa Amro

A military judge at Israel’s Ofer Military Court in the occupied West Bank is expected to give tomorrow his verdict...

UK: Assange extradition decision welcome but exposes ‘politically-motivated process’

Responding to the decision by the Magistrate’s Court in London not to approve the extradition of Julian Assange to the...

Saudi Arabia: Loujain al-Hathloul’s sentencing, partially suspended, is still cruel

Responding to the sentencing of women human rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul to five years and eight months imprisonment following an...

COVID-19: Governments and police must stop using pandemic as pretext for abuse

Abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement COVID-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some...

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