Tag: Arrests
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Iran: Tsunami of Arbitrary Arrests, Enforced Disappearances
Iran’s intelligence agencies and security forces have carried out mass, arbitrary, violent arrests and detentions…
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Senegal Arrests 12 Men Using Punitive Anti-LGBT Laws
The recent detention of 12 men in Senegal using homophobic laws have intensified concerns over…
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Refugees in hiding amid crackdown involving arrests
In recent months, the Egyptian authorities renewed their campaign of arbitrarily detaining and unlawfully deporting…
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Italy, Hungary’s Snub of ICC Arrests Should be a Wake-Up Call for the EU
For the second time in less than a year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has…
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Vietnam: Arrests Escalate Ahead of Party Congress
(Bangkok) – The Vietnamese government has escalated arrests of perceived dissidents in the weeks before Vietnam’s…
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UK: Further information: Over 600 further arrests at peaceful protests
Between 18 and 29 November, over 600 more protesters were arrested for peacefully opposing the…
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Cameroon: Killings, Mass Arrests Follow Disputed Elections
(Nairobi) – The authorities in Cameroon responded to widespread opposition-led protests following the October 12,…
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Cameroon: Killings, Mass Arrests Follow Disputed Elections
(Nairobi) – The authorities in Cameroon responded to widespread opposition-led protests following the October 12,…
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GEORGIA: ESCALATING REPRESSION AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS THREATEN RIGHT TO PROTEST
Amnesty International is gravely concerned over the recent wave of arrests and reprisals against protesters…
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New Houthi Arrests of UN Staff
Forces belonging to the Houthis, who control much of Yemen, raided several United Nations offices…