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Yemen: Demand release of unjustly detained education expert

Moujib al-Mikhlafi, a respected education specialist from Yemen, has been unjustly held by the Huthi authorities since October 10, 2023,...

Azerbaijan: Released arrested journalists

At least fourteen journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan on charges that appear to be fabricated in response to their...

Tunisia: Ex-Minister to be tried on bogus charges

On April 16, 2024, the Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of Cassation upheld the indictment of Noureddine Bhiri. Bhiri...

Good News from Zimbabwe: Charges against student protestors dropped

On April 5, Zimbabwean authorities dismissed the “malicious damage to property” charges against six University of Zimbabwe students: Benjamin Watadza,...

Israel/OPT: Terminally ill Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli custody

On April 7, Walid Daqqah, a Palestinian prisoner, died in an Israeli jail after spending 38 years imprisoned. Daqqah was...

Ecuador: Unconditional protection needed for child climate activists

Two months have passed since an explosion occurred outside the home of 14-year-old climate activist Leonela Moncayo and her family....

Ecuador: Detainees still at risk

Since April 24, prison authorities in Ecuador have stopped providing food and medication to detainees in five major prisons. On...

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...

Good News: Four Afghan women protestors released!

Zholia Parsi, Neda Parwani, Parisa Azada, and Manizha Seddiqi, women human rights defenders and protestors, have been released following several...

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...

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