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May 7, 2018 News Release

Libya: Armed Group Detains Media Figures

2 Men Had Organized Broadcast Awards

Suleiman Qashout, a prominent TV anchor who is chairman of the Septimius Award’s board of directors, was arrested by an armed group in Libya along with Ahmed Yaacoubi, the Septimius Award director. © 2018 Facebook

May 7, 2018 News Release

DR Congo: Fears for Health of Detained Activist

Free Carbone Beni, Other Democracy, Rights Advocates

Activist Carbone Beni at Ngaliema Clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 1, 2018.

May 6, 2018 News Release

Saudi Arabia: Thousands Held Arbitrarily

Dramatic Increase in Detention Without Trial

Then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 25, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

May 5, 2018 News Release

UAE: Reveal Status of Dubai Ruler’s Daughter

Captured at Sea After Fleeing the Country

May 3, 2018 News Release

ICC Prosecutor Can Spur National Justice

Case Studies of Colombia, United Kingdom, Georgia, Guinea

Relatives hold pictures of their beloved during a March 6, 2009 march in Bogota against the “false positive” killings and enforced disappearances.

May 3, 2018 News Release

Russia: FIFA Should Urge Kremlin to Free Chechen Activist

Human Rights Defender Behind Bars in Chechnya as it Hosts 2018 World Cup Team

Oyub Titiev stands in front of a portrait of his murdered colleague, Natalia Estemirova, in Memorial's Grozny office, Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

May 2, 2018 News Release

South Sudan: Reveal Fate and Whereabouts of 2 Men

Investigate Enforced Disappearances; Free, or Charge All Held Arbitrarily

May 2, 2018 News Release

Iran: Assault on Access to Information

Judiciary Blocks Popular Messaging Application Telegram

People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017. © 2017 Reuters

May 1, 2018 News Release

Equatorial Guinea: Government Critic Blocked from Leaving Country

Unreasonable Delay in Renewing Cartoonist’s Passport

Equatorial Guinea frequently harasses government critics. These cartoons are part of a campaign to free Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé, a cartoonist who has been in prison since September 2017.

April 30, 2018 News Release

Russia: Assault on Internet Freedom, Cybersecurity

Stop Blocking Telegram Site; Repeal Restrictive Laws

ople release paper planes, symbol of the Telegram messenger, during a rally in protest against court decision to block the messenger.

April 27, 2018 News Release

Nicaragua: Protests Leave Deadly Toll

Stop Attacks on Media, Allow Rights Body Visit

Demonstrators protest against police violence and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, April 23, 2018.

April 27, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Journalists Convicted for Doing Their Jobs

Harsh Sentences for Cumhuriyet Staff in Politically Motivated Case

Press freedom activists read opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet during a demonstration in solidarity with the jailed members of the newspaper outside a courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 28, 2017.

April 26, 2018 News Release

Colombia: Witness Linked to Uribe Probe Murdered

Others Involved in Ex-President’s Case Threatened

Alvaro Uribe, Colombia's former president, attends a debate as a senator at the Congress in Bogota, Colombia, October 3, 2016. © 2016 Reuters

April 26, 2018 News Release

Iraq: Local Forces Banish ISIS Suspects’ Families

Relatives Punished Though Considered Innocent

Minutes of a meeting in al-Ba’aj on February 7, 2018, where sheikhs and mukhtars were instructed not to grant security clearances to relatives of ISIS members. © 2018 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch

April 26, 2018 News Release

Lebanon: Political Parties Shun Rights Issues

May Elections a Chance to Strengthen Human Rights Protections

Candidates for Lebanon’s parliamentary elections should commit to human rights reforms.

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