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Bangladesh: Engineer Arrested for Facebook Post

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 60/21 HERE Shahnewaz Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi engineer and activist, could face up to 10 years...

Iraq: Hundreds Still Disappeared FIve Years On

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 59/21 HERE  At least 643 men and boys from Anbar governorate in central Iraq have...

Haiti: Human Rights Defender in Danger

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 56/21 HERE Milostène Castin is the coordinator of AREDE and a defender of the rights...

Belarus: Journalist Faces Torture After Abduction

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 57/21 HERE  Exiled Belarusian journalist and government critic, Raman Pratasevich, was unlawfully arrested on 23...

Cuba: Artist Named Prisoner of Conscience

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 55/21, UPDATE 1 HERE  On 2 May, Cuban state security officials took artist Luis Manuel...

Sri Lanka: Poet Detained for One Year Without Charge

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 54/21 HERE Ahnaf Jazeem, a 26-year-old Sri Lankan poet and teacher, has been detained by...

Iraq/Kurdistan Regional Government:Highest Court Upholds Prison Sentence

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 28/21, UPDATE 1 HERE On 28 April, the Court of Appeal upheld the prison sentence...

Colombia: Repression Against People Protesting

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 51/21 HERE Since 28 April, thousands of people have been protesting across Colombia as part...

Saudi Arabia: Release Aid Worker Sentenced to 20 Years

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 50/21 HERE On 5 April, Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, a 37-year-old Red Crescent worker, was sentenced by...

Algeria: Journalist Arrested for Covering a Protest

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 49/21 HERE On 18 April, the Algerian authorities arrested journalist Rabah Kareche shortly after he...

China: Lawyer Faces Charges for Reporting Torture

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 164/20, UPDATE 1 HERE Human rights lawyer Chang Weiping was officially charged with “subversion of...

Denmark: Protect Syrians at Risk of Return

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF UA 45/21 HERE  Between 2020 and April 1st, 2021, Denmark has revoked or not renewed the...

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