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Burkina Faso: Human rights defender forcibly disappeared

On December 1, human rights defender, Daouda Diallo was abducted by security forces in civilian clothes while he was renewing...

Election flags for a pro-Beijing candidate are being displayed on the polling day of the city's ''patriots-only'' District Council Election, amid crackdowns on democracy by Beijing, in Hong Kong, on December 10, 2023. No candidates from the democratic camps are being allowed to run in the election, while the Hong Kong government is also implementing Chinese-style patriotism education and has forced pro-democracy newspapers such as Apple Daily to close down. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Hong Kong: Release activists arrested for expressing concerns about elections

Responding to the arrests of several people in connection with Hong Kong’s District Council elections, which took place on Sunday,...

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Tunisia: Opposition figure arbitrarily detained

On October 3, 2023, days after expressing her interest in running for the next presidential elections, security forces arrested opposition...

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Afghanistan: Stop punishing women protesters

Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, women protesting Taliban’s draconian policies have been forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily arrested,...

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Russia: Unfairly jailed nurse at risk of complete hearing loss

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and...

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Iran: Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s health at risk

Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi to torture...

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Pakistan: Stop deporting Afghan refugees

On October 3, 2023, the Pakistani government announced its decision to deport unregistered Afghan refugees back to danger in Afghanistan...

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Thailand: Rights lawyer imprisoned for peaceful protest

Human rights defender and pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa has received two prison sentences for peacefully exercising his rights. He also...

Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate. An image of phones being charged by portable charging stations at Palestinian Red Crescent center as people experience electricity shortages after Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 20, 2023. Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images.

Global: Social media companies must step up crisis response on Israel-Palestine as online hate and censorship proliferate

Social media companies must urgently address the fanning of online hate and racism against Palestinian and Jewish communities, Amnesty International...

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Tunisia: Ex-minister in detention for critical remarks

On February 13, Tunisian security forces arrested former Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri and leader of Ennahdha opposition party after they...

Mahmoud Hussein

Egypt: Detained anti-torture T-shirt protester faces health risk

Mahmoud Hussein, a protester who had already spent two years in arbitrary pretrial detention for wearing an anti-torture T-shirt, was...

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DRC: Arbitrarily jailed journalist must be released immediately!

On September 25, the High Court in Kinshasa rejected detained journalist Stanis Bujakera’s bail application. Stanis Bujakera was arbitrarily arrested...

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