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Kenya: Charges still pending against human rights defenders Messrs Francis...
bunge_la_mwananchi.jpgOn 15 May 2013, human rights defenders Messrs Francis Sakwa, John Abok and Patrick Kamotho, along with thirteen other protesters, were released from Nairobi parliament police...
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Kazakhstan: Update - Human Rights Defender Mr Berik Zhagiparov Sentenced to...
On 24 May 2013, the journalist Berik Zhagiparov was sentenced to 15 days imprisonment by the Inter-district Administrative Court of the city of Astana. He was convicted for participation in an...
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Angola: Arrests and violence at a vigil to mark one year since the...
vigil_poster.jpgOn 27 May 2013, at least nine human rights defenders were arrested, including Messrs Manuel Nito Alves, Albano Bingo, Nicola, Domingos Cipriano “Aristocrata”, Adolfo Miguel Campos...
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Georgia: Threats against members of LGBTI rights organisation Identoba
identoba1.jpgOn 27 May 2013 the non-governmental organisation Identoba submitted a complaint to the Georgian Ombudsman Mr Ucha Nanuashvili and the Georgian Lawyers Association.Take Action non-active...
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United Kingdom: Case against anti-racism campaigner Barbara Muldoon dismissed
SUCCESS (green highlight): SUCCESS! On 11 July 2013, the Magistrate's Court in Belfast dismissed a case brought against human rights defender Ms Barbara Muldoon relating to an incident at a protest...
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Egypt: Update – Release of human rights defender Mr Hassan Mustafa
SUCCESS (green highlight): SUCCESS! On 4 August 2013, the Alexandria Criminal Court decided to release human rights defender Mr Hassan Mustafa without bail, pending his trial on 2 September...
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Bahrain: Maryam Al-Khawaja prevented from travelling to Bahrain ahead of...
On 9 August 2013, Ms Maryam Al-Khawaja was prevented from boarding a British Airways flight from Copenhagen to Manama. She was informed that she has been banned from entering Bahrain by the authorities...
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Burma: Detention of Mr Ko Htin Kyaw on charges of insulting the state
map_of_myanmar.jpgOn 2 August 2013, human rights defender Mr Ko Htin Kyaw was arrested on charges of insulting the state after participating in a peaceful protest against illegal land seizures on 30...
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Bahrain: Government Abandons even the Rhetoric of Reform
As the Government of Bahrain prepares to implement a new series of draconian security measures, human rights defenders and political activists are preparing to use the 14th August anniversary of...
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China: Detention of human rights defender Mr Yang Maodong
_yang_maodong.jpgOn 17 August 2013, it emerged that Guangzhou-based human rights defender Mr Yang Maodong, better known by his pen name Guo Feixiong, had been detained on charges of “assembling a crowd...
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Cambodia: Human rights defender Tep Vanny, assaulted by security forces...
tep_vanny.jpgDuring a peaceful protest on 18 October 2013, in Phnom Penh, human rights defender, Ms Tep Vanny, was assaulted by security forces from Khan Daun Penh while they attempted to confiscate...
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China: Update – Yang Maodong finally permitted access to lawyer
On 14 November 2013, more than three months after his initial detention, human rights defender, Mr Yang Maodong, was finally permitted access to a lawyer. He has been detained in Tianhe District...
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Mexico: Second razing of Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Juchitán's protest camp
appj.jpgIn the early hours of 28 January 2014, the protest camp of the Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Juchitán – APPJ (Popular Assembly of Juchitán), located in communal territories of Juchitán de...
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Guatemala – Temporary detention, and subsequent release, of human rights...
10151358_623309994453510_168895252308478904_n2.jpgHuman rights defenders Ms Norma Lila Sut Sancir and Mr Carlos Alfredo Juárez Díaz were released on 22 September 2014 following their arrest in the...
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Kenya: Eight human rights defenders arrested during peaceful demonstration
bunge_la_mwananchi_2.jpgOn the morning of 19 December 2014, eight activists appeared before the Milimani Law Courts following their arrests the previous day during a peaceful demonstration to protest...
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