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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...

Ahmed Salem, the director of the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, has been under an aggressive smear campaign after the rights group issued a report on Egypt's construction of a fortified zone on the border with Gaza and Israel. ©Private

Egypt: Human Rights Group and its Director Threatened and Smeared Following Reports on Gaza Border Activity

The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian...

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Russia: Authorities must release Aleksei Navalny’s body and allow access for an independent investigation into the cause of his death

Responding to the reports that Aleksei Navalny’s mother has been told her son’s body will not be released except for...

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...

Ethiopia: Authorities must stop using state of emergency law to silence peaceful dissent. Private photo.

Ethiopia: Authorities must stop using state of emergency law to silence peaceful dissent

Ethiopian authorities have used the state of emergency to silence peaceful dissent by arbitrarily detaining prominent politicians critical of the...

A mourner lays flowers at a spontaneous memorial in memory of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, organized at the monument to victims of political repression on Voskresenskaya Embankment on 16 Feb 2024. Photo by Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Russia: Authorities brutally suppress mourners of Aleksei Navalny

The Russian authorities have begun a widespread campaign of persecution against those paying respects to the late prisoner of conscience...

Aleksei Navalny © Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russia: Prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny, Kremlin’s most vocal opponent, dies in custody

“Following his poisoning, unjust imprisonment and torture in prison, Aleksei Navalny has died after languishing for 37 months behind bars...

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,...

Chow Hang-tung and Ye Du © Private

‘I yearn to see you’ – Valentine’s letters to activists detained in mainland China and Hong Kong

Human rights activists jailed in mainland China and Hong Kong will not be able to see their loved ones this...

Julian Assange, editor in chief of WikiLeaks attends the Hay Festival on June 4, 2011 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

UK/USA: Global media freedom at risk as Julian Assange back in UK court facing possible extradition to USA

In advance of Julian Assange’s next hearing in the UK courts ahead of his possible extradition to the US, Amnesty...

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Meta’s Zionism/Zionist hate speech policy review must not stifle legitimate criticism of Israel’s oppressive policies 

Responding to Meta’s proposed revision of its content policies regarding use of the terms “Zionism” or “Zionist”, Alia Al Ghussain,...

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