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Tunisia: Unjust Detention of Opposition Leader Abir Moussi

Authorities have wrongfully detained Abir Moussi, a leader who opposes the government, for her outspoken criticism and for organizing peaceful...

Human rights lawyer and China’s labour rights advocate Chow Hang-tung, currently imprisoned, was charged for “inciting subversion” under the new National Security Law on 9 September 2021 and faces potential 10 years’ imprisonment. Photo: Alex Chan

Chow Hang-tung Locked Away for Defending the Right to Remember

Chow Hang-tung, a young human rights lawyer, is imprisoned in Hong Kong for holding vigils to commemorate the victims of...

Palestinians hold out their empty containers to be filled with food, distributed by charity organizations, behind bars since they are unable to obtain basic food supplies due to the embargo imposed by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza on February 25, 2024. Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Israel defying ICJ ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow adequate humanitarian aid to reach Gaza

One month after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered “immediate and effective measures” to protect Palestinians in the occupied...

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...

Malawi: Urging Safety for Journalist Gregory Gondwe

Journalist Gregory Gondwe is now in hiding after his exposé on the Malawi Defense Force’s interactions with a businessman under...

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Kuwait: Appeal Court Sentences Kuwaiti Bidun Rights Activist

On January 31, 2024, a Kuwaiti appeals court sentenced Mohammad al-Barghash, an advocate for the stateless Bidun community in Kuwait,...

Air strikes by the Myanmar military killed 17 civilians – including nine children – as they gathered to attend church last month, Amnesty International said in a new investigation.© Private / Amnesty International.

Myanmar: Military air strikes that killed 17 civilians ‘must be investigated as war crimes’

Air strikes by the Myanmar military killed 17 civilians – including nine children – as they gathered to attend church...

A bulldozer removes encroachments during an anti-encroachment drive by SDMC, at Shyam Nagar (West Delhi), on May 13, 2022 in New Delhi, India. The demolition drive began in Delhi on May 04 and it will continue till May 13. The civic bodies are taking stern action against the illegal land occupation in parts of Delhi. Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

India: Authorities must immediately stop unjust targeted demolition of Muslim properties

Bulldozer Injustice: JCB brand machinery weaponized as a tool in hate campaign against minorities in India India’s widespread unlawful demolitions...

An Israeli soldier gestures towards a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank, on January 17, 2024 during a military operation. Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images.

Shocking spike in use of unlawful lethal force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

With the world’s eyes fixed on Gaza, Israeli forces have over the past four months unleashed a brutal wave of...

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Indonesia: Victor Yeimo cleared of treason charges

Victor Yeimo, a pro-independence activist from Papua, was unfairly arrested for his role in peaceful protests against racial discrimination in...

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Iran: Free women human rights defenders Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian

Narges Mohammadi and Zeynab Jalalian, both long-term women human rights defenders, have been repeatedly targeted and detained for their human...

People flee from a village after renewed fighting between Myanmar's military and the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic minority armed group, in Pauktaw Township in western Rakhine State on November 19, 2023. Ongoing clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and the military "have resulted in the displacement of 26,175 people" across Rakhine, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in an update. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images.

Myanmar: Military should be investigated for war crimes in response to ‘Operation 1027’

Myanmar’s military has unlawfully killed, arbitrarily detained and stolen from civilians as it struggles to contain the heaviest outburst of...

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