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Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In its first year in office, President Xiomara Castro’s government has not been decisive in fulfilling its international human rights obligations. Although it has taken some timely actions that advance its commitments in this area, the Honduran government will have to be more forceful to counteract...
January 27, 2023
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Iran
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Young protesters Javad Rouhi, Mehdi Mohammadifard and Arshia Takdastan are at risk of execution in Iran following grossly unfair trials in connection with protests in Noshahr, Mazandaran province. The Revolutionary Court stated that they “incited riots” by dancing, clapping, chanting or throwing...
January 27, 2023
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Europe and Central Asia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
A surveillance scandal that has smouldered for almost a year erupted this week when the leader of Greece’s main opposition party filed a no-confidence motion against the government after a string of exposés revealed cases of journalists and politicians targeted with spyware and/or under state...
January 26, 2023
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Middle East and North Africa
Detention
Saudi Arabian citizen Hassan Al Rabea, who was detained at Marrakesh airport in Morocco on his way to Türkiye on 14 January 2023, must not be returned to Saudi Arabia where he would be at real risk of torture and other human rights violations, Amnesty International said today. Al Rabea was arrested...
January 26, 2023
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Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Amnesty International releases this open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, in the context of his visit to Venezuela, to suggest taking into consideration issues as the closure of civic space and stigmatization of human rights defence, the release of politically...
January 26, 2023
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Lebanon
International Justice
UN rights body should investigate Lebanon’s general prosecutor on January 25, 2023, ordered the release of all suspects detained in connection with the catastrophic explosion in Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The unprecedented move...
January 25, 2023
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Egypt
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
This submission highlights Egypt’s deep-rooted and ongoing human rights and impunity crisis, characterized by an alarming regression of legal protections for human rights since 2013, and widespread violations of its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It...
January 25, 2023
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Lebanon
Justice Systems
Responding to the news that the Lebanese authorities are refusing to allow Judge Tarek Bitar to resume his domestic investigation into the deadly Beirut blast, even after he presented a detailed legal analysis that would allow him to do so, Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for...
January 23, 2023
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Eswatini
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The Eswatini authorities must ensure that the unlawful killing of Thulani Maseko is promptly investigated in an effective, thorough, impartial and transparent manner, completely independent of government, Amnesty International said today. The unlawful killing of human rights defender and lawyer...
January 23, 2023
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Iran
Death Penalty
Mohammad Ghobadlou is at grave risk of execution in connection with Iran’s nationwide protests. He has received two death sentences after grossly unfair sham trials, marred by torture-tainted “confessions” and failure to order rigorous mental health assessments despite his mental disability....
January 20, 2023