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IRAN: Execution Looms for Tortured Academic

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 38/17, UPDATE 7 BELOW Tortured Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, arbitrarily detained in Tehran’s Evin prison,...

IRAN: Activist Forcibly Disappeared for Months

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 39/22 BELOW Political activist Ebrahim Babaei was forcibly disappeared by Iranian authorities amidst his efforts...

ROMANIA: Ukranian Refugee Faces Extradition to Russia

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 38/22 BELOW On 4 May, the High Court of Cassation and Justice in Romania will...

TURKEY: Free the Gezi Defendants

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 37/22 BELOW On 25 April, civil society leader Osman Kavala, who has been imprisoned on...

HONG KONG: Imprisoned June 4 Vigil Organizer Faces Further Charges

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 86/21, UPDATE 1 BELOW Human rights lawyer and China’s labour rights advocate Chow Hang-tung was...

CHINA: No Access to Family and Proper Medical Care

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 284/16, UPDATE 10 BELOW Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “64...

INDONESIA: Moluccan Activists’ Appeal Rejected

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 82/21, UPDATE 1 BELOW Pieter Likumahua, Alexsander Workala, and Benjamin Naene – pro-independence activists from...

BELARUS: Marfa Rabkoa Must be Immediately Released

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 148/20, UPDATE 3 HERE The next hearing in the trial against Belarusian human rights defender...

MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA: Sahrawi Activist Beaten by Prison Guards

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 37/21, UPDATE 2 HERE On 15, 17, 18 and 21 March, five prison guards entered...

PUERTO RICO: Protect Access to Abortion

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 32/22 BELOW A recently published bill seeks to prohibit abortions after 22 weeks, or when...

ALGERIA: Journalist Must be Released Immediately

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 33/22 BELOW Algerian journalist, Merzoug Touati, sentenced to one year in prison and a fine...

MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA: Investigate Violations Against Raped Activist

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 33/21, UPDATE 3 HERE Sultana Khaya, an activist for Sahrawis’ right to self-determination and her...

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