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CUBA: Imminent Threat to Peaceful Protestors

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 88/21, UPDATE 1 HERE Civil society groups have called for peaceful protests across Cuba on...

SAUDI ARABIA: Release 10 Egyptian Nubian Men

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 111/21 BELOW Ten Egyptian men of the Nubian ethnicity are due to appear for their...

ALGERIA: Activist Convicted of Terrorism Glorification

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 110/21 BELOW On 17 October, the First-Instance Tribunal of Adrar, a city 1400 km southwest...

SINGAPORE: Unlawful Execution Set for Malaysian National

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 109/21 BELOW The authorities of Singapore have set the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam for 10 November....

TUNISIA: LGBTI Rights Defender Violently Attacked

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 104/21 BELOW Badr Baabou, a human rights defender and LGBTI rights activist, was violently assaulted by...

BRAZIL: Investigate Mishandling of the Pandemic

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 108/21 BELOW On 27 October, the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission delivered to the Federal Public Ministry...

LIBYA: Activist Missing After Seizure by Armed Men

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 106/21 BELOW Armed men abducted Mansour Atti, a journalist, blogger and head of the Red Crescent Committee and...

USA: Environmental Lawyer Arbitrarily Detained

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 105/21 BELOW On 1 October, Steven Donziger, a lawyer and environmental rights defender who successfully represented...

EGYPT: Two Eritreans Risk Deportation

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 103/21 BELOW Two Eritrean nationals, Alem Tesfay Abraham and Kibrom Adhanom Okbazghi have been arbitrarily detained without any legal...

MEXICO: Mass Deportations Must Stop

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 100/21 Below Since August, authorities in Mexico have been conducting mass detentions and deportations of...

USA: Man With Intellectual Disability Set To Die

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 96/21 Below Ernest Johnson faces execution on 5 October 2021. He was convicted and sentenced...

SAMOA: Samoan-Australian Blogger at Risk of Extradition

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 93/21 Below Talalelei Pauga is a vocal critic of the Samoan government’s policies, known for...

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