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MOROCCO: Detained Journalist Must Get a Fair Trial

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 136/20, UPDATE 2 HERE On 19 July 2021, the Casablanca Court of First Instance convicted...

USA: Stop Abuses Against Haitian People

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 99/21, UPDATE 1 Below Thousands of Haitians have traveled to the US-Mexico border to seek...

PAKISTAN: Idris Khattak in Prison After Secret Military Trial

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 159/19, UPDATE 5 BELOW In December 2021, there were unconfirmed reports of human rights defender...

IRAN: Youth Arrested at 17 At Risk of Execution

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 83/21, UPDATE 2 BELOW Iranian youth Hossein Shahbazi is at risk of imminent execution for...

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Activist Denied Access to Lawyer

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 114/21, UPDATE 2 BELOW Since 10 December, Russia’s Investigative Committee has arbitrarily removed four lawyers...

TUNISIA: Ex-Minister and Official Arbitrarily Detained

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 2/22 BELOW On 31 December 2021, men in civilian clothing arrested former Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri and...

MEXICO: Prosecutors Must Investigate Torture

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 122/21 BELOW On 3 August, José Eduardo Ravelo died from multiple internal injuries, after telling...

BANGLADESH: Teenage Girl Detained For Facebook Post

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 120/21 BELOW Dipti Rani Das, a 17-year-old girl from the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh,...

TURKMENISTAN: Opposition Activist At Risk Of Torture

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 118/21 BELOW Azat Isakov, a Turkmen labour migrant living in Russia, has been a vocal...

PHILIPPINES: Fears of Torture for Abducted Activist

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 116/21 BELOW Steve Abua, a land rights activist and community organizer of farmers and Indigenous Peoples,...

ESWATINI: Two Members of Parliament Detained

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 113/21 BELOW On 25 July 2021, Members of Eswatini Parliament Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza and Mthandeni Dube were detained amid a wave...

MADAGASCAR: Whistleblower Faces 5-Year Imprisonment

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 111/21 BELOW Ravo Ramasomanana, a former employee of the Ministry of Public Health, is facing imprisonment...

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