Tag: activists
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Thailand: Free Speech Activists Get 32-Month Sentences
(Bangkok) – A Thai court on February 20, 2026, sentenced a prominent free speech activist…
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Hong Kong: Conviction of Activist’s Father a Grim Milestone
(New York) – A Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of a prominent US‑based…
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Hong Kong: Activists suffer under solitary confinement: Chow Hang-tung, Jimmy Lai, Owen Chow
Imprisoned activists Chow Hang-tung, Jimmy Lai and Owen Chow are among many detained in Hong…
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Hong Kong: Conviction of Activist’s Father a Grim Milestone
(New York) – A Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of a prominent US‑based…
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Azerbaijan Expands Crackdown on Activists in Exile
Courts in Azerbaijan have handed down further politically motivated in-absentia convictions against journalists, bloggers, and…
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Hong Kong: Conviction of ‘wanted’ activist’s father a ‘disturbing escalation’
Responding to a Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of US-based pro-democracy activist Anna…
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Kazakhstan: Drop charges against Atajurt activists facing up to 10 years in prison for peaceful protest
Ahead of the start of the trial of 19 activists from the Kazakhstani human rights…
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Hong Kong: Trial of Tiananmen activists a cynical attempt to erase historical memory
The prosecution of Hong Kong activists for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown is a further…
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Free Jailed Hong Kong Activists
Since September 2021, authorities have detained Hong Kong activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan on…
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Peaceful Protest Against Whaling in Iceland Lands Two Activists in Court
At 4 a.m. on Sept. 4, 2023, two environmental activists, Elissa Phillips and Anahita Sahar…