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Hong Kong: Tiananmen anniversary arrests highlight deepening repression‘Commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown is not a crime’ - Montse Ferrer
04 Jun 2023 Press release -
Iran: at least 173 people executed for drugs offences so far this year02 Jun 2023 Press release
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Uganda: president's signing of highly repressive anti-LGBTI law is 'dark day' for human rights29 May 2023 Press release
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Vietnam: Authorities must drop charges against satirist for ‘Salt Bae’ video23 May 2023 Press release -
Iran: execution of tortured protesters is 'horrifying'19 May 2023 Press release
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Iran: three protesters face imminent execution with families told it was their last prison visit17 May 2023 Press release
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Global use of death penalty at highest rate for five years - new report16 May 2023 Press release
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Singapore: Unlawful execution shows ‘stubborn embrace’ of death penaltyProceedings violated international human rights law and standards
26 Apr 2023 Press release -
Lebanon: Syrian refugees in danger after wave of forced deportations by army24 Apr 2023 Press release
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UK: former Iran prisoner Anoosheh Ashoori to run London Marathon21 Apr 2023 Press release
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Iran: prison letter from British national Mehran Raoof highlights need for UK action13 Apr 2023 Press release
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Malaysia: Vote to end mandatory death sentences welcomed‘All eyes are now on Malaysia’s Senate to take the next steps and make these reforms a reality’ - Katrina Jorene Maliamauv
03 Apr 2023 Press release -
Malaysia: Government makes historic move towards abolishing death sentence
'These new bills go further than ever before by abolishing the death penalty' - Katrina Jorene Maliamauv
27 Mar 2023 Press release -
Iraq: twenty years on, still no justice for war crimes by US-led coalition20 Mar 2023 Press release
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Climate Change: IPCC report must herald ‘transformational change’Today’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that 1.5C-degree limit to rise in global temperature set to be missed by wide margin
20 Mar 2023 Press release -
Japan: Government attempting to increase detention of asylum-seekers in ‘prison-like’ conditions
Repressive new bill would allow indefinite detention for irregular migrants and people seeking asylum
14 Mar 2023 Press release -
Saudi Arabia: 'callous' execution of Jordanian man for drugs offences condemned13 Mar 2023 Press release
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Iran: nearly 100 people executed in first two months of this year02 Mar 2023 Press release
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Russia: jailed human rights activist missing for a month17 Feb 2023 Press release
