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Good News: Yemeni judge released from detention

On June 12, 2024, the Huthi de facto authorities released Yemeni judge Abdulwahab Mohammad Qatran after more than five months...

Israel/OPT: Release Palestinian surgeon detained by Israeli military

On March 24, 2024, Israeli forces detained Palestinian doctor Khaled Al Serr from Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza. He...

Pakistan: Call for the release of abducted journalist and poet

On May 15, 2024, Ahmad Farhad, a Kashmiri journalist and poet, was forcibly taken from his home in Islamabad, Pakistan’s...

Mexico: Stop illegal surveillance of human rights defenders

In 2016, Mexican authorities illegally spied on human rights defenders Ana Lorena Delgadillo, Marcela Turati, and Mercedes Doretti. These activists...

Saudi Arabia: Women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years for tweets

On April 14, 2024, Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old women’s rights activist and fitness instructor, contacted her family from prison to...

USA: Free detainees, close Guantánamo

Currently, 30 men are unlawfully held at the US military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Despite 16 of them being...

Myanmar: Urgent human rights concern for trade union leader

Thet Hnin Aung, a prominent trade union leader, was sentenced to seven years in prison with hard labour following a...

ISRAEL/OPT: Demand Accountability for Palestinian Journalists’ Forced Disappearance

Nidal al-Waheidi and Haitham Abdelwahed, journalists from the occupied Gaza Strip, were detained by Israeli forces on October 7 while...

Red Dress Day 2024: Take Action on May 5

May 5 is Red Dress Day, a day to remember and honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+...

Mexico: Search for the Disappeared is at Risk

Recent changes by the government are hindering efforts to find missing and disappeared people in Mexico.   More than 114,000...

Egypt: Unjust Detention of Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah

Alaa Abdel Fattah, a well-known Egyptian-British activist, has been wrongfully imprisoned for 52 months for simply standing up for his...

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