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CUBA: Prisoners of Conscience Face Trial

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 49/22 BELOW The trials of Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez, prisoners of conscience,...

SAUDI ARABIA: Halt Imminent Execution of Two Bahraini Men

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 46/22 BELOW Jaafar Mohammad Sultan and Sadeq Majeed Thamer, two Bahraini Shi’a men, are at...

VENEZUELA: Photographer Arbitrarily Detained

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 45/22 BELOW Carlos Debiais, a Venezuelan photographer, was detained on 12 November 2021 and has...

EGYPT: Human Rights Defender Released

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 104/19, UPDATE 5 BELOW Egyptian human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Ibrahim Ezz el-Din...

CHINA: Activists Charged with Subversion

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 44/22 BELOW #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin and labour activist Wang Jianbing went missing on...

EGYPT: Life of Jailed and Beaten Activist at Risk

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 132/19, UPADTE 8 BELOW Dual Egyptian-British national activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been on hunger-strike...

KAZAKHSTAN: Activist’s Detention Extended

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 31/22, UPDATE 1 BELOW Zhanbolat Mamay, journalist and leader of the unregistered opposition Democratic Party...

EGYPT: Journalist Released After 29 Months in Jail

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 175/19, UPDATE 6 BELOW On 24 April 2022, the Egyptian authorities released journalist Mohamed Salah...

SRI LANKA: Charge or Release Student

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 42/22 BELOW Mohamed Imaam Mohamed Imran was 20 years old when he was detained, on...

EL SALVADOR: State of Emergency Grave Threat to Rights

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 41/22 BELOW On 27 March 2022, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a state of emergency...

QATAR: Two Lawyers Handed Life Sentences

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 30/22, UPDATE 1 BELOW On 10 May, the Qatari Criminal Court of First Instance convicted...

GAMBIA: Human Rights Defender at Risk

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 40/22 BELOW During his annual meeting with the Banjul Muslim Elders for Koriteh at the...

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