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Human Rights Watch (HRW) demanded Monday the unconditional release of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi after the Iranian government threatened to re-imprison the human rights activist in an evident attempt to silence her. Mohammadi’s health condition dramatically worsened during the prison sentence she has been serving since 2016. The group strongly expressed criticism of [...]

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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders requested Monday the urgent intervention of Chinese authorities regarding the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan. Zhang Zhan is accused of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble.” Currently, there is no information about Zhang Zhan’s situation at the Pudong Detention Center in Shanghai [...]

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The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) condemned Thursday the rising civilian death toll in Sudan. The statement follows the intensified fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum and beyond. The statement indicated that both parties disregarded international humanitarian law in and around Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. [...]

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JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief editor of LeftWord Books, and author of forty books including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World and The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World. In this interview, Prashad delves [...]

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Bahrain’s systematic practices of detaining and abusing children to quell dissents violate international law, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) on Monday. Despite a 2024 royal pardon releasing over 1,500 prisoners including 40 minors, the groups recorded an escalating number of [...]

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Amnesty International on Thursday called on Egyptian authorities to cease their reprisal actions against prisoners at the 10th of Ramadan Prison who have embarked on a hunger strike. The detainees are protesting against their arbitrary detention and demanding an end to the harsh and inhumane conditions they are being subjected to. Mahmoud Shalaby, Egypt researcher [...]

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Tunisian human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was released from prison after a ruling from the country’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday, AFP and Jeune Afrique reported. Despite the UN’s demand for her immediate and unconditional release on February 5, she is still under investigation for other charges.  The 75-year-old activist began a hunger strike in [...]

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Ugandan political activist and lawyer Norbert Mao announced on Monday that the case concerning prominent opposition politician, Kizza Besigye, is in the course of transfer from the Ugandan Court Martial to the High Court. He stated that the Attorney General, Director of Public Prosecutions, and the principal judge are working to transfer the case, following [...]

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Human Rights Watch urged Egyptian authorities on Wednesday to drop terrorism-related charges against Hossam Bahgat, executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). Bahgat was briefly detained before being released on bail of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (US$398). He faces three charges which include participating in the activities of a terrorist group, financing a terrorist [...]

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