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Mar 10 2020 5:08pm
Egypt: former MP given one-year jail sentence for BBC interview
Politician and human rights lawyer Zyad el-Elaimy sentenced to year in...
Mar 5 2020 4:18pm
Bahrain: mother-in-law of prominent UK-based human rights activist released from jail
Hajer Mansoor was apparently jailed to intimidate UK-based Bahraini ex...
Mar 3 2020 1:24pm
Iran: amid coronavirus fears, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should be released unconditionally
Responding to reports that the jailed British charity worker Nazanin Z...
Feb 25 2020 10:58am
Venezuela: Prisoner of conscience's life at great risk
Since his arbitrary arrest on 29 November 2018, Venezuelan labour righ...
Feb 13 2020 12:03pm
We're frightened for friends & colleagues in Turkey
After more than two years of unfair hearings, 11 activists arreste...
Feb 3 2020 2:16pm
Vietnam: Early release for prisoner of conscience
Well-known human rights defender, Tran Thi Nga, was unexpectedly relea...
Dec 23 2019 12:52pm
UAE: Prisoner of conscience held in dire conditions
On 7 September 2019, human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor, went on hun...
Dec 23 2019 12:32pm
Iran: Kurdish activist needs medical care
Detained labour rights activist, Bakhtiar Rahimi, from Iran’s Kurdish ...
Dec 23 2019 12:03pm
Myanmar: New convictions for "Peacock Generation" members
Four members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry troupe in M...
Dec 17 2019 3:54pm
Myanmar: Release jailed filmmaker second update
Filmmaker Min, Htin Ko Ko Gyi, has been convicted under 505(a) of Myan...