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Journalism Is Not a Crime
Journalism is not a crime, yet the principles of free speech and a free press are threatened right across the world. To mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May,…
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Scholars Jailed in Turkey’s On-Going War Against Freedom of Expression: How You Can Take Action
Turkey has suffered from a series of horrendous attacks in recent months. The security challenges it faces are very real. Unfortunately, the rhetoric coming out of Ankara suggests that, under…
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Beaten, Arrested & Facing a Decade Behind Bars
On March 10, 2015 hundreds of student protestors were at a standstill near the city of Letpadan in Myanmar. They had reached the eighth day of a standoff between largely…
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Angola’s Activist to Prison Pipeline
The recent slump in oil prices has had serious repercussions across Angola. Citizens are suffering and the government is increasingly intolerant of dissent. It is in that atmosphere that Jose…
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What’s the State of Human Rights Around the World?
In 2015, Amnesty International investigated the human rights situation in 160 countries and territories worldwide. Progress continued in some areas, but many people and communities faced grave human rights abuses.…
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“My Heart Is Exhausted”: A Mother’s Story of Death Row in Saudi Arabia
By Nassra al-Ahmed, mother of Ali al-Nimr Ali al-Nimr was just 17 when he was arrested on 14 February 2012 a few months after taking part in anti-government rallies. He was…
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A Year of Bloody Repression Since Flogging of Raif Badawi
One year after Raif Badawi was publicly flogged, he and many other activists across Saudi Arabia urgently need your support. A year after the international outcry over his public flogging,…
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The Malaysian government has no sense of humor – and that’s dangerous
By Zunar, via The Washington Post I’m a cartoonist in a country where cartooning can be a crime. Under my pen name, Zunar, I expose corruption and abuses of power…
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On Your Birthday, You Are Not Forgotten
This week, Azam Farmonov, a prisoner of conscience in Uzbekistan, is spending his 37th birthday in prison. Azam has spent the last ten years jailed for peacefully exercising his right…
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My Husband is in Prison for Supporting Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
[caption id="attachment_66601" align="alignleft" width="975"] Samar Badawi, wife of imprisoned Saudi Arabian human rights lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, and their daughter Joud.[/caption] Samar Badawi's husband is Waleed Abu al-Khair, a prominent…