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Iran: Protester sentenced to death in unfair trials

Protester Abbas Deris is at risk of execution in relation to the November 2019 nationwide protests in Iran. On July...

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Saudi Arabia: Retired teacher sentenced to death over Twitter posts

On July 09, the Specialized Criminal Court sentenced 54-year-old retired teacher Mohammad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi to death for his peaceful...

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Bangladesh: Student in one-year detention for hosting webinar

Khadijatul Kubra was a 17-year-old meritorious student at Jagannath University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, when she hosted a webinar from an...

Slimane Bouhafs, 56, is an Amazigh activist and Christian convert

Algeria: Activist sentenced following deportation

On July 4, a court of appeal in Algiers confirmed the sentencing of Amazigh activist Slimane Bouhafs to three years...

Yemeni asylum seeker, Abdul-Baqi Saeed Abdo

Egypt: Unjustly held Yemeni asylum seeker at risk of deportation

Yemeni asylum seeker, Abdul-Baqi Saeed Abdo, who has been arbitrary detained in Egypt for nearly two years, is at risk...

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Mexico: Land, environment defenders criminalized for exercising right to protest

A new Amnesty International report shines a light on the use of Mexico's criminal justice system to suppress people's right...
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Iraq: Unfairly jailed journalists face prolonged prison time

Journalists Sherwan Sherwani and Guhdar Zebari, imprisoned in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) since October 2020 following a grossly...

Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk in the court room

Russian Federation: Release women director & playwright

Theatre director, Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk are being arbitrarily detained since May 5, and face prosecution for authoring...

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Egypt: Unjustly jailed Egyptian-British yet to be released

Egyptian-British prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah remains arbitrarily detained in Wadi al-Natrun prison and denied access to consular visits. On...

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Yemen: 11 forcibly disappeared Baha’is at great risk

On May 25, armed Huthi forces stormed a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in Sana’a, Yemen. They detained and forcibly disappeared...

Gubad Ibadoghlu is a well-known Azerbaijani economist and politician

Azerbaijan: Academic & vocal critic of government, detained on made-up charges

Gubad Ibadoghlu, a renowned political economist and civil activist, was detained on July 23, 2023 on fabricated charges of the...

A woman stands at "the View at Palm" overlooking the Palm Jumeirah in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on January 10, 2022. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP by Getty Images)

Troubling Human Rights Record of the United Arab Emirates ahead of COP28

This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

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