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Argentina: Ongoing criminalization against LGBT+ activist

Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian human rights activist, is facing criminal charges for allegedly painting graffiti to protest the disappearance of...

USA: Call for Leonard Peltier’s parole

Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, has been imprisoned in the USA for nearly 50 years. His Bureau of Prisons...

Pakistan: Call for the release of abducted journalist and poet

On May 15, 2024, Ahmad Farhad, a Kashmiri journalist and poet, was forcibly taken from his home in Islamabad, Pakistan’s...

Amnesty International Germany organized a solidarity rally for the protesters in Iran in front of the German Reichstag on 23th November 2022.

Iran: Risk of unjust protest-related executions

At least eight people in Iran face the death penalty for their involvement in the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising....

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Bangladesh: End crackdown on indigenous Bawm community

Since April 7, over 100 Indigenous Bawm people have been arrested in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh. The...

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Mexico: Stop illegal surveillance of human rights defenders

In 2016, Mexican authorities illegally spied on human rights defenders Ana Lorena Delgadillo, Marcela Turati, and Mercedes Doretti. These activists...

Iran: Tortured dissident rapper risks execution

Dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi faces execution after an Esfahan Revolutionary Court sentenced him to death in April 2024. His sentencing...

Tunisia: Lawyer arrested for TV remarks

On May 11, 2024, masked security forces in civilian clothing stormed the Bar Association offices in Tunis to arrest lawyer...

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Azerbaijan: Demand the release of unjustly detained human rights defender

Anar Mammadli, a prominent human rights defender and climate advocate, was arrested on April 29, 2024, by Azerbaijani authorities. They...

Azerbaijan: Drop charges and release Gubad Ibadoghlu

On April 22, 2024, after 274 days in detention, prominent Azerbaijani economist and political activist Gubad Ibadoghlu was moved to...

Serbia: Demand immediate release of political activist on hunger strike

Ecevit Piroğlu, a political activist from Türkiye, has been wrongfully detained in an immigration detention center in Serbia since June...

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