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February 27, 2024 News Release

Russia: Court Convicts Human Rights Leader in Sham Trial

Nobel Laureate Oleg Orlov Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison

Oleg Orlov in court in Moscow, Russia, October 11, 2023.
February 27, 2024 News Release

Burkina Faso: Abductions Used to Crack Down on Dissent

Locate ‘Disappeared’; Investigate Abusive Conscription; Hold Abusers to Account

Ablassé Ouedraogo, a former foreign minister and chair of the opposition party Le Faso Autrement, speaking here in November 2014, was abducted from his home in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on December 24, 2023, by assailants claiming to be members of the national police.
February 26, 2024 Statement

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February 26, 2024 Dispatches

Abusive Interrogation Video in Japan Shows Urgent Need for Reform

Rights to a Lawyer, to Remain Silent Need to be Respected

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February 26, 2024 Statement

Closing Statement by Oleg Orlov, Co-chair of Memorial, at His Second Criminal Trial on Politically Motivated Charges of “Discrediting Russia’s Armed Forces,”

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February 26, 2024 News Release

Russia: Sham Trial of Human Rights Leader Draws to a Close

Oleg Orlov Invokes Navalny in Closing Statement

Oleg Orlov reading Franz Kafka’s The Trial in a Moscow courtroom during his trial, February 2024.
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February 26, 2024 News Release

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Ahmed Salem, director of the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights.
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February 25, 2024 News Release

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February 23, 2024 Statement

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February 22, 2024 Dispatches

UN Scrutinizes Indonesia’s Record on Socio-Economic Rights

New Government Should Address Discrimination against Women, People with Disabilities

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February 22, 2024 Statement

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75th Session

February 22, 2024 News Release

Panama: Key Services Lacking at Climate Relocation Site

Develop Policy for Moving Numerous Other Indigenous Communities Facing Rising Seas

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February 22, 2024 News Release

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Killings, Removals, Other Abuses Threaten Rights; Bold Policy Response Needed

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