Trending rights tweets this week: Activist sentenced to 15 months for peaceful protest in Australia; women of Iran are TIME's 2022 Heroes of the Year; hackers backed by Iranian government targeted activists, journalists, politicians; Eritrean government should immediately release Ciham Ali Abdu; FIFA refuses to set up compensation fund for migrant workers; Russian attacks on energy grid threaten civilians in Ukraine; and abuses under state of emergency in El Salvador.
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