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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...

What happened to Jina Mahsa Amini?

In September 2022 Jina Mahsa Amini, a young woman from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish minority, visited Tehran with her brother. She...

Mahsa Amini: One year later we still say her name

The death in detention of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, following her violent arrest by Iran’s “morality”...

Iran: One year after the Woman Life Freedom uprising international community must combat impunity for brutal crackdown 

The international community must pursue pathways for justice at the international level to address systemic impunity for Iranian officials responsible...

Crisis and Tactical Round Up Fall 2023: Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan and more

Solidarity with Women and Girls in Iran and Afghanistan, Protect Civilians in Sudan and Ethiopia, Ban the Scan and more...

Argentina: Human rights defender detained for protesting

Alberto Nallar, human rights lawyer was detained on July 13, and charged with the crime of sedition. He played a...

Egypt: Youth unjustly jailed in relation to 2013 protest

Badr Mohamed is serving an unjust five-year prison sentence following his conviction in January 2023 in connection to the Ramsis...

China: Uyghur student convicted for “promoting extremism”

Kamile Wayit, a 19-year-old Uyghur female university student was sentenced on March 25, 2023, under the charge of “promoting extremism”...

Iran: Protestor at risk of execution

Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri is at grave risk of execution in relation to nationwide protests. In early April 2023, Iran’s judiciary...

Cuba: Release Yoruba prisoners of conscience

Hundreds of Cubans remain imprisoned for participating in island-wide protests on July 11, 2021. The Cuban judiciary, which is not...

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