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Dec 10 2019 12:53pm
First update: Rights defender facing trumped-up charges
The trial of Server Mustafayev has started, following his transfer to ...
Dec 5 2019 5:04pm
Women activists face prison sentences
11 Saudi women activists on trial before the Criminal Court in Riyadh ...
Dec 3 2019 4:37pm
Human rights organisation threatened
Members of dhColombia have been under surveillance, from unknown men, ...
Nov 29 2019 12:01am
Governments failing to protect women activists from increasing attacks – new report
Women activists subjected to sexual violence, smear campaigns and thre...
Nov 28 2019 4:14pm
Pakistan: Disappeared human rights defender at risk of torture
Muhammad Idris Khattak, a Pakistani human rights defender and independ...
Nov 26 2019 3:59pm
The Maldives: NGO shut down and staff at risk of attack
The Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) was permanently shut down by the...
Nov 25 2019 11:15am
Human rights defender's body found after 40 days missing
Authorities found the body of indigenous human rights defender, Arnulf...
Nov 21 2019 3:13pm
Scott Warren found not guilty in court
Geography professor Dr Scott Warren faced charges of 'harbouring' ...
Nov 12 2019 4:22pm
Charges against activist must be dropped
The trial against Yana Antonova, a human rights defender from Krasnoda...
Oct 28 2019 3:10pm
Urgent Action: Stop harassment of human rights activist
Human rights defender Elżbieta Podleśna had just returned from a trip ...