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Hong Kong: Article 23 Law Used to ‘Normalize’ Repression One Year Since Enactment

Just one year after its passage, Hong Kong’s Article 23 law has further squeezed people’s freedoms and enabled authorities to…

March 19, 2025

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Mexico: The State Must Investigate the Finding of Mass Graves in Jalisco and Tamaulipas

Mexico continues to face a serious crisis of disappearances linked to the context of violence and insecurity that has increased…

March 18, 2025

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Israeli Air Strikes Kill Over 400 Palestinians Across Gaza Following Unilateral Resumption of Mass Attacks

Israel brazenly resumed its devastating bombing campaign in Gaza killing at least 414 people in their sleep, including at least…

March 18, 2025

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China: Authorities Must Ensure Labor Activist’s Full Freedom After Unjust Imprisonment

The Chinese authorities must ensure all arbitrary restrictions on Wang Jianbing are immediately lifted and guarantee the full enjoyment of…

March 18, 2025

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Georgia: Authorities Freeze Accounts of Organizations Supporting Protesters, to Kill the Peaceful Protests

The Georgian authorities must immediately end their relentless crackdown against civil society and peaceful protest.

March 18, 2025

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Hungary: Pride Ban is Full-Frontal Attack on LGBTI People and Must Not be Signed into Law

This law is an attack on the LGBTI community and a blatant violation of Hungary’s obligations to prohibit discrimination and…

March 18, 2025

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DRC: M23’s Rampant Human Rights Abuses Demand Concerted International Action

The alarming scale and frequency of abuses in eastern Congo should shock the world.

March 18, 2025

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Niger: Authorities Failing to Uphold Their Commitment to Respect Human Rights Since Military Coup

New report sheds light on the deterioration of civic space and violations of civil and political rights since the overthrow…

March 18, 2025

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Iran: Authorities Target Women’s Rights Activists with Arbitrary Arrest, Flogging and Death Penalty

Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on women’s rights defenders, journalists, singers and other activists in a bid to quash…

March 17, 2025

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Mozambique: Two Years Without Justice for Protester Shot in the Eye with Rubber Bullet

Inocêncio Manhique’s case is emblematic of the impunity that security forces enjoy in Mozambique.

March 17, 2025

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Invoking Alien Enemies Act Is Incredibly Cruel Move by Trump Administration

President Trump's anticipated invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798—which was used as the basis for Japanese internment in…

March 15, 2025

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Türkiye: Acquittal of Saturday Mothers Protesters Brings End to an Ordeal that has Lasted Almost Seven Years

For more than one thousand Saturdays since 1995, the Saturday Mothers and their supporters have become a powerful symbol of…

March 14, 2025