Sahrawi Defender Protests over UN Decisions On Gdeim Izik
Relatives of Sahrawi human rights defender Naâma Asfari have alerted that he and eight other detained activists have renewed their hunger strike on 23 September 2026. By International Service For Human Rights September 30, 2026 Naama Asfari © Antony Jean Naâma Asfari’s family also reported that, during a phone call on 29 September, he confirmed to them that he had been transferred to a Marrakesh prison and that he was continuing the hunger strike he has been waging alongside
International Service for Human Rights
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Burkina Faso imposes military training on journalists
By Rédaction Africanews August 15, 2026 Troops ride in a vehicle near the French Embassy in central Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Friday March 2, 2018. More than 40 journalists in Burkina Faso have taken part in a military-style "patriotism" training course imposed by the authoritarian ruling junta. Burkina Faso, like several of its neighbours, has for more than a decade been hit by deadly violence by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Under captain
Africanews
Aug 14
Putin critic Semyon Skrepetsky shot dead in Poland
Copyright AP Photo 16 July 2026 Skrepetsky was known for his caricatures comparing Putin to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. A Russian artist well-known for satirising President Vladimir Putin has been shot dead in eastern Poland, officials said on Tuesday. "An investigation is being conducted...into the murder of a 44-year-old citizen of the Russian Federation...known in the media as Semyon Skrepetsky," a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Lublin, Marcin Kozak, told journa
Vietnam sentences political activist to 6 years in prison
CNN Story by Reuters Wed April 12, 2023 Vietnam sentences political activist to 6 years in prison for anti-state activities Vietnamese...
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Apr 19, 2023
Yemen: Government Must Stop Prosecution of Journalists
© Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images The internationally recognized government (IRG) of Yemen must end its harassment and...
Amnesty International
Aug 17, 2022
Turkmenistan: Rights be damned
By Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Far from Turkmen people acquiring new rights, there is every reason to believe things are poised...
Eurasianet
Jul 26, 2022
