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Belgian reception crisis - 2 people in makeshift tent in Brussels, Belgium.

Belgium: Asylum seekers refused shelter

In Belgium, at least 2,600 people seeking asylum are destitute due to the Belgian government’s failure to provide them with...

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Angola: Four activists sentenced for solidarity protest

On September 16, four activists were arrested hours before taking part in a demonstration in solidarity with motorcycle taxi drivers...

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USA: Jury voted for life, state resets execution

Kenneth Smith is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on January 25, 2024. His jury voted for life imprisonment without...

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Azerbaijan: Jailed academic, Gubad Ibadoghlu’s health deteriorates

Gubad Ibadoghlu is a renowned political economist and civil activist. On July 23, 2023, the Azerbaijani authorities detained him on...

Mariano García Calatayud

Russian Federation: Spanish national forcibly disappeared by Russia

Russian authorities have forcibly disappeared Mariano García Calatayud, a 75-year-old Spanish volunteer humanitarian worker whom their forces had abducted from...

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Burkina Faso: Human rights defender forcibly disappeared

On December 1, human rights defender, Daouda Diallo was abducted by security forces in civilian clothes while he was renewing...

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Tunisia: Opposition figure arbitrarily detained

On October 3, 2023, days after expressing her interest in running for the next presidential elections, security forces arrested opposition...

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Afghanistan: Stop punishing women protesters

Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, women protesting Taliban’s draconian policies have been forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily arrested,...

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Chile: UN experts alarmed over impunity

On November 27, 2023, UN special rapporteurs on peaceful assembly and association and on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions publicly...

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Egypt: Unfairly held student denied prosthetic leg

Oqba Hashad has been arbitrarily detained without trial for over four years and six months solely for his brother’s human...

Irina Danilovich

Russia: Unfairly jailed nurse at risk of complete hearing loss

Irina Danilovich, a nurse and human rights activist, was abducted by security officers in Russian-occupied Crimea in April 2022 and...

Human rights defender Narges Mohammadi

Iran: Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s health at risk

Iranian authorities have been subjecting arbitrarily detained human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi to torture...

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