Dr Christophe Sahabo, a Burundian doctor, was arrested on 1 April 2022 over a dispute regarding the management of Kira hospital and has remained in detention ever since. On 10 September, he vomited and collapsed during a trial hearing. He was admitted to hospital, but transferred back to Ruyigi...

Left to right: Adolfo Campos, Gildo das Ruas, Tanaice Neutro, Pensador ©amnesty

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Amnesty International submits this briefing ahead of the seventh periodic review of Ecuador by the UN Human Rights Committee in October 2024. This is not an exhaustive set of issues. It sets out the organization’s main concerns regarding the protection of certain civil and political rights in the...

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On 13 January 2024, the Internal Security Agency (ISA), a security agency allied with the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), a powerful armed group in de facto control of eastern and southern Libya, arrested the activist and blogger Maryam Mansour al-Warfalli, known as “Nakhla Fezzan,” at ISA’s Sabha...

On 16 September 2023, four activists- Adolfo Campos, Abraão Pedro Santos, Gilson Morreira, and Hermenegildo Victor José – were arrested. On 19 September 2023, they were summarily tried, convicted and sentenced without any evidence to 2 years and 5 months in prison for ‘disobedience and resisting...