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Human rights defenders (746)
Nov 21 2019 3:13pm
Scott Warren found not guilty in court
Geography professor Dr Scott Warren faced charges of 'harbouring' ...
Nov 12 2019 4:22pm
Charges against activist must be dropped
The trial against Yana Antonova, a human rights defender from Krasnoda...
Oct 28 2019 3:10pm
Urgent Action: Stop harassment of human rights activist
Human rights defender Elżbieta Podleśna had just returned from a trip ...
Oct 24 2019 5:13pm
Urgent Action: Another journalist arrested to silence dissent
Erick Kabendera, a well-respected journalist whose investigations have...
Oct 21 2019 3:33pm
Urgent Action: Missing human rights defender believed killed
In a report published on 13 September 2019, the UN Commission of Inqui...
Oct 21 2019 2:35pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Tunisian activist acquitted of all charges
On 19 September 2019, a court in Tunis acquitted 18-year-old activist ...
Oct 21 2019 12:06pm
Urgent Action Update: Over 130 people remain in detention in Nicaragua
A year and a half since the beginning of the crisis in Nicaragua, at l...
Oct 14 2019 6:21pm
Egypt: prominent human rights defender tortured as crackdown intensifies
Esraa Abdelfattah abducted in a van on Saturday night, before ordeal i...
Oct 3 2019 9:45pm
Brazil: arrests in Marielle Franco case welcomed
Four arrests come more than 18 months after notorious murder of Rio de...
Sep 24 2019 4:58pm
Egypt: world leaders at UN must confront Sisi over protests crackdown
Birdshot and tear gas used against protesters, as hundreds arrested  ...