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Thailand: Authorities abusing laws to muzzle online critics of government and monarchy

Government using a series of repressive laws to crack down on critical voices New report reveals how dozens targeted for their online posts currently await trial and could face up to five years in...

Syria: Germany torture trial provides 'renewed hope' for Assad government's victims

Two former members of Assad’s security services face ‘historic’ trial in city of Koblenz Call on other countries to follow Germany’s lead ‘We’d like to see the UK government providing much more...

Vietnam: Facebook’s censorship of posts that criticise government is a ‘devastating turning point for freedom of expression’

Facebook’s policy shift makes them complicit in suppression of freedom in the country Ten percent of Vietnam's prisoners of conscience have been jailed in relation to their Facebook activity...

Lebanon: Thousands of prisoners held in 'revolting' conditions at risk of COVID-19

Some detainees reportedly held in overcrowded jails without trial for at least 13 years Prisoners sprayed with water and Dettol to supposedly help protect them from the virus ‘Lebanon’s prisons are...

USA: Trump is 'manipulating' coronavirus pandemic with immigration halt

Announcement on plans to suspend all US immigration is part of White House’s ‘bigotry and xenophobia’ Responding to plans announced by US president Donald Trump to sign an executive order “to...

UK: Premier League must consider Saudi human rights situation in Newcastle United deal

Letter to Chief Executive Richard Masters urges him to examine Saudi Crown Prince’s human rights record Numerous Saudi dissidents and human rights activists languishing in jail ‘Unless the Premier...

Tanzania: crackdown on journalists reporting on COVID-19 must end

Tanzanian authorities yesterday suspended journalist Talib Ussi Hamad for six months for reporting on COVID-19, the latest in a string of attacks on media freedom during the pandemic, said Amnesty...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: extension of temporary release welcomed

‘There should be no question of Nazanin ever being sent back to Evin Prison’ - Kate Allen Responding to reports that the British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will have her temporary release from...

UK slipping on World Press Freedom Index comes as 'no surprise' thanks to dangers faced by journalists in Northern Ireland

UK has slipped to 35th place on Reporters Without Borders list because of violence and intimidation faced by journalists in Northern Ireland ‘Press freedom is the cornerstone of a rights respecting...

Death penalty in 2019: Saudi Arabia executed record number, but global executions down

New report shows Saudi Arabia executed 184 people last year, including mass execution of Shia dissidents after torture and unfair trials Thousands believed to have been executed in China, where...