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Kyrgyzstan Shut Down Independent News Outlet
In the most recent in a string of attacks on freedom of media and freedom of…
Lebanese Comedian Arrested for Critical Jokes
Lebanese judicial authorities should refrain from bringing charges against Hajjar, and others, prosecuted merely for peacefully…
Congo: Deadly Crackdown
Congolese security forces shot and killed dozens of protesters, and wounded scores more, gathering in the…
Free Speech in Chad
Last October, protests against Chad’s transitional government were met with brutal repression as scores of people…
Vietnam: Drop charges and immediately
One dissident at the time, the Vietnamese government is pursuing a campaign to systematically eliminate what’s…
Rome’s Anti-Migration Summit
The controversial “Team Europe” deal with Tunisia’s autocratic leader, Kais Saied, set a new low in…
Indigenous Community Needs Further Support to Relocate
Gardi Sugdub is a tiny, flat, and crowded island of nearly 1,300 people just off Panama’s…
Germany’s Broken Promises
The Federal Admission Program, initiated in October 2022, was supposed to bring up to 1,000 Afghans…
Humanitarian Visas for Afghans
The last two years have seen Afghanistan plunge into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Two-thirds…
Brazil’s Candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council
In establishing the Council in 2006, the General Assembly provided that Council members “shall uphold the…