Tag: Detained
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Saudi Arabia: Comedians Silent on Detained Activists
(Beirut) – Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival did not use their public platform…
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Egypt: Journalist Detained over Facebook Posts
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch…
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Tunisia: Lawyer arbitrarily detained – Amnesty International
Ahmed Souab, a 68 year-old lawyer and human rights defender, has been arbitrarily detained since…
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VENEZUELA: SOME RELEASED, HUNDREDS UNFAIRLY DETAINED
Between 23-24 August 2025, 13 politically motivated arbitrary detainees were released from detention in Caracas,…
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Equatorial Guinea: Further information: Release detained human rights defender: Joaquín Elo Ayeto
On 13 August 2024, Equatorial Guinean human rights defender, Joaquín Elo Ayeto, was transferred to…
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VENEZUELA: ONE DEFENDER RELEASED, FIVE STILL DETAINED
At approximately 21:00 on 12 August 2025, human rights defender Martha Lía Grajales was conditionally…
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China: Further Information: Artist detained for one year without trial: Gao Zhen
Chinese artist and US permanent resident Gao Zhen was first detained in August 2024 for…
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Venezuela: Another defender detained, other isolated
On 8 August 2025, human rights defender Martha Lía Grajales was taken by alleged police…
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Eswatini: Amnesty International designates arbitrarily detained MPs as prisoners of conscience
Four years since they were imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of…
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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
“Doctors, nurses, journalists, humanitarians, among them UNRWA staff, are hungry…fainting due to hunger and exhaustion…