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Sierra Leone: Authorities must release and guarantee fair trial for TV personality Hawa Hunt detained under accusations of insulting the President and First Lady

Reacting to the ongoing detention of Hawa Hunt, a Sierra Leonean-Canadian artist and reality television personality who was arrested on...

Tunisia: Free Sihem Bensedrine: End unjust detention now

On January 14, the 14th anniversary of the Tunisian revolution, human rights defender Sihem Bensedrine began a hunger strike to...

Iran: Two prisoners face immediate execution

Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, are at immediate risk of execution. In early January, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld...

Tunisia: Journalist Mohamed Boughalleb unfairly jailed

Journalist Mohamed Boughalleb has been unfairly jailed since March 22, 2024. Security forces arrested him after a senior official from...

Afghanistan: Filmmaker tortured and denied care in Taliban prison

Sayed Rahim Saidi, a 57-year-old filmmaker and managing director of Anar Media, was arrested near his office on July 14,...

Iran: Six men at risk of execution after flawed trial

Six men—Abolhassan Montazer, Akbar (Shahrokh) Daneshvarkar, Babak Alipour, Mohammad Taghavi Sangdehi, Pouya Ghobadi, and Vahid Bani Amerian—face imminent execution in...

Niger: Free human rights defender Moussa Tchangari

On January 3, 2025, Moussa Tchangari, a human rights defender and secretary-general of Citizens’ Alternative Spaces, faced two new charges:...

Türkiye: Human rights advocate Nimet Tanrikulu detained on baseless charges

On November 26, police detained Nimet Tanrıkulu, a well-known human rights advocate, from her home in Istanbul. After a brief...

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