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Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim's release welcomed

‘Today’s ruling is a small step to redressing the injustice done to Meriam’ - Sarah Jackson

Al Jazeera verdicts are 'dark day' for media freedom in Egypt

‘Journalists are being locked up and branded criminals or ‘terrorists’ simply for doing their job’ - Philip Luther

Russia: today's decision in Bolotnaya case sends signal that protests are 'a ticket to prison'

Case is ‘a warning to all potential protesters that street demonstrations are a ticket to prison’ - John Dalhuisen

Thailand: Grim outlook for human rights after a month of martial law

There appears to be no end in sight to violations of a range of human rights one month after martial law was declared in Thailand, Amnesty International warned today.

Libya: homes and hospitals being hit by 'reckless' shelling of Benghazi

‘There is no government in Benghazi’ - Hussein Abdelmajid Abu Baker al-Barasi, whose house has been shelled on three separate occasions

France: apparent lynching of Roma teenager is latest of several hate crimes

The apparent lynching of a Roma teenager in a Paris suburb that left him in a coma is just one of several recent alleged hate crimes against minorities that demand thorough investigations and not j

Diary notice (Sat 21 June): activists and academics to hold Syria event at London's SOAS

On Saturday 21 June the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London will be holding an event to discuss the conflict in Syria.

Israeli Supreme Court's blocking of Mordechai Vanunu's travel to UK condemned

‘It’s a disgrace that the courts in Israel are denying this man the basic right to travel and speak freely’ - Karla McLaren