Saudi Arabia: Football Fans Imprisoned for Chant

A Saudi court sentenced 12 football fans to from six months up to a year in prison on March 27, 2024, for peacefully chanting during a January football match.

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Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017.

Iranian authorities ignore or punish peaceful dissent and have launched a sustained crackdown on civil society, from labor activists, lawyers and human rights defenders to journalists and even former senior political leaders.  Follow our blog which will document official repression and civil society activists’ attempts to push for respect for human rights during this tumultuous period.

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