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June 28, 2022 News Release

India: Free, Drop Charges Against Teesta Setalvad

Stop Harassing Activists for Defending Human Rights

Protestors demand the release of activist Teesta Setalvad after she was arrested in Mumbai, India.
June 28, 2022 Commentary

Sudan: Voices of Protesters Should Be Heard, Not Sidelined

“We are determined in our peacefulness despite the repression that we are confronting.”

Sudan protesters
June 27, 2022 Dispatches

Maldives Arrests Suspects in Cases of Murdered Activists

Integrity of Prosecution, Court Crucial for Justice

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June 24, 2022 Dispatches

Crackdown in Russia Requires Dedicated UN Monitoring

47 Countries Speak Up against Russia’s War on Critics

Police officers detain a demonstrator holding a poster reading "Hands off Memorial, freedom for political prisoners"
June 21, 2022 Commentary

High Stakes for Armenian Democracy in Rights Defender’s Trial

Sashik Sultanyan
June 13, 2022 News Release

Kazakhstan: Opposition Politician Could Face 10-Year Sentence

Drop Unfounded Charges; Free Party Leader; Ensure Justice for Rights Abuses

Zhanbolat Mamay
June 13, 2022 News Release

Rwanda: Jailed Critic Denounces Torture in Prison

Commonwealth Leaders Should Call for Credible Investigations, Prisoner Releases

Aimable Karasira (left) and Dieudonné Niyonsenga (right).
June 11, 2022 Letter

Public Letter to UK Home Secretary on Expulsions to Rwanda

June 10, 2022 News Release

Afghanistan: Taliban Torture Civilians in Panjshir

Collective Punishment Over Armed Group’s Actions Is Unlawful

Taliban soldiers gather with weapons and machinery in Panjshir province, northern Afghanistan, September 8, 2021.
June 10, 2022 Letter

Call for Commonwealth Leaders to Speak Up for Rights of Rwandans

Joint Letter to Commonwealth Heads of Government

The Commonwealth leaders at the formal opening of the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace in London, April 19, 2018.
June 9, 2022 Statement

Bangladesh: Stop Punishing Human Rights Work

Deregistration of Bangladeshi organization Odhikar is part of pattern of curbs on rights groups

June 9, 2022 Letter

Call for respect of the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in the Republic of Guinea

Joint letter to the Prime Minister

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May 27, 2022 News Release

Russia: Authorities Double Down on Persecuting 'Undesirables'

First Prison Sentence on Sham Charges

Mikhail Iosilevich, head of the local branch of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Pastafarianism), an independent group,  November 2020.
May 26, 2022 News Release

Tajikistan: Stop Abusing Autonomous Region Protesters

Effectively Investigate Use of Lethal Force; Release Journalist; Restore Communications

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon attends a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
May 23, 2022 News Release

Thailand: Free Detained Monarchy Reform Activists

Lengthy Pre-trial Detention in Lese Majeste Cases Unwarranted

 Tantawan “Tawan” Tuatulanon, a Thai pro-democracy activist, has been on a hunger strike since April 20, 2022 to protest her pre-trial detention on lese majeste charges.

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