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Nigeria: No justice for victims of police brutality one year after #EndSARS Protests

Despite promises of reform police impunity goes on  Investigation panels dashing victims’ hope of getting justice  Pro-government mobs used to...

POLAND: Protect Afghans Stranded at Border

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 95/21 HERE 32 Afghans are stuck at the Polish-Belarus border following pushbacks by Polish authorities...

A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan women shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan protest rally, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul on September 7, 2021. - The Taliban on September 7, 2021 fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP) (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghanistan: Suppression of protests at odds with Taliban’s claims on human rights

Responding to widespread reports that the Taliban are using unlawful force against peaceful protesters and journalists at gatherings across Afghanistan,...

Cuba: Massive protests are a desperate cry to a government that doesn’t listen

In response to the state repression of social protests in several areas of Cuba yesterday, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at...

Iran: Tortured Protestors Jailed Unjustly

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 66/21 HERE Iranian brothers Vahid Afkari and Habib Afkari are being subjected to renewed torture...

Algeria: Journalist Arrested for Covering a Protest

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 49/21 HERE On 18 April, the Algerian authorities arrested journalist Rabah Kareche shortly after he...

Hong Kong: Jailing of opposition figures over protests is violation of international law

Responding to the sentencing of 10 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to between eight and 18 months in prison for taking...

Belarus: Government’s threats and history of crackdown on protesters require urgent international response

Statements made by the Belarusian authorities ahead of demonstrations planned for 25 March (Freedom Day) raise serious concerns that the...

Senegal: Restraint needed as country-wide protests planned after eight died last week

Following an announcement by Senegal’s Movement to Defend Democracy (M2D), a group of opposition parties and activists, that a three-day...

Mexico: Authorities used illegal force and sexual violence to silence women protesting against gender-based violence

Mexican authorities repressed women who were peacefully protesting against gender-based violence in 2020, violating their rights to freedom of expression...

Russia: Appalling use of force and arrests of peaceful protesters

All peaceful protesters detained today in Moscow and other Russian cities must be released immediately and unconditionally, and all instances...

Mayors and Governors Must Protect People from Armed Groups, Denounce White Supremacy

In response to the events of last week and in anticipation of more gatherings by white supremacists ahead of the...

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