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Pakistan: Acquittal of Christian couple on death row for 'blasphemous' texts finally delivers justice

Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel were sentenced to death in 2014 Responding to the Lahore High Court’s decision to acquit Shagufta Kausar and her husband Shafqat Emmanuel, a Christian couple who...

Pakistan: 'Appalling' escalating attacks on journalists must stop

Authorities must stop stifling dissent, and instead protect the media A recent series of attacks and growing pressure on journalists who criticise the Pakistan government is a cause for serious...

Hong Kong: attendees at annual Tiananmen vigil face arrest and jail

Annual gathering in Victoria Park banned for second successive year Pro-Beijing figures have said participation could violate draconian national security law ‘People must not be punished for the...

Northern Ireland: Prosecution dropped for Black Lives Matter protestors

‘ The PSNI’s discriminatory approach to policing the Black Lives Matter protests, and their failure to consider the right to peaceful protest, demolished any supposed justification for pursuing...

Russia: human rights and pro-democracy leader detained after being pulled off plane

Andrei Pivovarov, executive director of Open Russia, removed from flight about to depart for Poland Pivovarov’s home searched, while others have homes raided by special forces ‘The witch-hunt against...