Reports that the Iranian government plans to establish "cyber police"to fight "crimes" on the internet indicate they are intensifyingtheir attack on freedom of ...
Two male Azerbaijani youth activists and bloggers Emin Abdullayev (aged 30) and Adnan Hajizade (aged 26) have been sentenced to two and a half years and two years ...
The Iranian authorities must halt the imminent execution of SherkoMoarefi, a Kurdish man convicted of "enmity against God" over hisalleged membership of a proscribed ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 27/008/2009. 13 November 2009. Amnesty International expresses solidarity with civil society in Gambia. ...
Youth activists Emin Abdullayev and AdnanHajizade have been sentenced to 30 and 24 months' imprisonmentrespectively on charges of 'hooliganism' and 'inflicting ...
This week’s decision by the Syrian Bar Association to issue a lifetime ban against Muhannad al-Hassani, president of the Syrian Organization for Human Rights (Sawasiyah ...
On 6 November, male environmentalist Andrei Zatoka was released after he paid a fine of 1000 Manat (about US$350). Eight days earlier, on 29 October, he had been ...