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Censorship and Freedom of Expression (1525)
Aug 9 2019 4:47pm
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender sentenced to 12 years
Huang Qi, founder and director of Sichuan-based human rights website “...
Aug 9 2019 12:35pm
Urgent Action update: Hunger-striking labour rights activist at risk
Labour rights activist Sepideh Gholian has been on hunger strike since...
Aug 9 2019 12:02pm
Urgent Action: Grassroots women activist held incommunicado
Chen Jianfang, a devoted grassroots human rights defender has been hel...
Aug 9 2019 11:21am
Urgent Action update: Palestinian journalist still arbitrarily held
During the night of 21/22 July 2019, Israeli authorities attempted a w...
Aug 8 2019 4:04pm
Urgent Action: Writer faces up to 10 years jail for story
Shakthika Sathkumara, an award-winning Sri Lankan writer, was arrested...
Aug 8 2019 2:52pm
Urgent Action update: A decade in jail for defying forced veiling
Two Iranian women’s rights defenders, Yasaman Aryani and Monireh Arabs...
Aug 5 2019 12:31pm
Urgent Action: Activist held incommunicado for months
Yang Zhengjun, a prominent workers’ rights activist has been held inco...
Aug 2 2019 3:22pm
Urgent Action: Newspaper editor detained without charge
On 15 July 2019, Michael Rial Christopher, a 40-year-old South Sudanes...
Aug 2 2019 11:56am
Urgent Action update: Filmmaker charged, health concerns remain
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, a prominent filmmaker, has been formally charged a...
Aug 2 2019 10:56am
Uganda: Academic found guilty of cyber harassment of president after Facebook post
‘The mere fact that forms of expression are considered insulting to a ...