Tag: REPRESSION
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Tanzania: Deepening Repression Threatens Elections
The Tanzanian government has intensified political repression, raising grave concerns that the general elections scheduled…
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Afghanistan: Relentless Repression 4 Years into Taliban Rule
(New York) – The Taliban have deepened their repression since taking over Afghanistan on August…
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Horrifying secret executions amid mounting political repression
Responding to the arbitrary executions of tortured political dissidents, Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani,…
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Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression
As Amnesty International signed on to a joint statement ahead of the 10-year anniversary of…
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Violent repression of protests in Togo
The Togolese authorities must put an end to unnecessary and excessive use of force against…
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Joint statement by the international legal and human rights organizations – Türkiye: Unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escalating repression of the legal profession
The undersigned international legal and human rights non-governmental organizations strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of…
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UN Human Rights Office Calls for Action on ‘Transnational Repression’
Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational…