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Yemen: UN experts call on Houthi de facto authorities to halt execution of human rights defender Fatima Al-Arwali
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Yauhen Merkis - CPJ profile
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Yader de los Ángeles Parajón Gutiérrez
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Winners of the Homo Homini Award for 2020
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Willy Roberto Racanac López
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Willy Fernando Guzmán Díaz
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We demand the release of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko illegally convicted in Crimea!
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We demand the immediate release of our comrade! Statement of the Free Russia Forum
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Voices Behind Bars: Defending Human Rights in Afghanistan
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Violeta Granera - Nicas Libres Ya
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Víctor Yobelni Ticay Ruiz
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Vadim Kharchenko
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Urgent Action: TEACHER SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS FOR TWEETS
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Urgent Action: Kuwaiti Bidun activist sentenced on appeal: Mohammad al-Barghash
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URGENT ACTION: ISSA AL- HAMID SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON
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Urgent Action: IMPRISONED NURSE MAY FULLY LOSE HEARING (Russia 28.23)
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Urgent Action: Four Women Jailed for Attending May Day Rally (Iran: UA 97.19)
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Urgent Action: 26 People Risk Execution in Relation to Protests
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URGENT ACTION AHMED MANSOOR SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
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Urgent Action - Türkiye: Environmental defender on trial: Esra Işık
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United Arab Emirates: Inclusion of 4 HRDs from “UAE 94” on a terrorist list
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United Arab Emirates: Further Information: Hunger-Striking Academic In Critical Condition: Dr Nasser bin Ghaith
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Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos - Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)
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UN Secretary General Report (September 2021) - Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
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UN Secretary General Report (September 2020)- Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
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UN Secretary General Report (September 2018) - Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
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UN Secretary General Report (September 2017) - Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights
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UN HRC54: UK Statement on Russia. Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Russian Federation
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Ukraine/Russia: Iryna Danilovich sentenced to seven years in prison in occupied Crimea
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Ukraine: Journalists in Russian captivity must be released
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UAE: UN experts condemn conditions of detention for jailed activist Ahmed Mansoor
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UAE: UN expert condemns long-term detention of human rights defenders
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UAE: Release human rights defenders serving long-term prison sentences, urges UN expert
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UAE: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its sixty-eighth session (13–22 November 2013)
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UAE: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its ninety sixth session, 27 March–5 April 2023
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UAE: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eightieth session, 20–24 November 2017
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UAE : Calling for the release of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Dr Mohammed Al-Roken
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UA - Ukraine/Russia: Journalist Iryna Danilovich starts a dry hunger strike while in detention
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UA - Two Siblings’ Trial Date Set For 19 September
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UA - Saudi Arabia: Further information: Release woman sentenced to 27 years for tweets: Salma al- Sheha
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UA - Release human rights defender Marfa Rabkova
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UA - Belarus: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Marfa Rabkova, Andrey Chapiuk and Nasta Loika
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UA - Belarus: Human rights defender Nasta Loika sentenced for the fourth consecutive time
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Tunisie: Campagne de diffamation contre Mme Sihem Bensedrine
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Tunisie : Sonia Dahmani menacée de dix nouvelles années de détention arbitraire
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Tunisia : Smear campaign against Ms. Sihem Bensedrine
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Tunisia : Harassment against human rights defenders
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Tunisia : Defamation campaign against several human rights defenders
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Transnational Institute: We condemn the arrest of Russian intellectual Boris Kagarlitsky
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Trade unionism is not a crime! Trade unionism is not extremism!
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Trade union activity is not extremism! Campaign
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Torture and ongoing arbitrary detention of Mr. Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy
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Tofik Abdulgaziev
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The United States condemns Russian court’s sentencing of six Crimean Tatars and calls for their immediate release
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The UIA-IROL Expresses Deep Concern and Calls for Immediate Release of Russian Lawyer Dmitry Talantov
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The Russian Federation’s Systematic Restrictions and Repressive Actions Against Human Rights Lawyers
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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The Campaign for the Release of Workers and Activists of Noida (The CaRWAN)
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The arrest and forced disappearance on human rights defenders, journalists and social media activists must stop!
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The arrest and detention of Ehsan Ali by Pakistan authorities
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Terrorising the dissent: abuse of terrorism-related charges in Russia
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Tamara Dávila - Nicas Libres Ya
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Take Action to help free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and support hunger-striking prisoners in Bahrain
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Suyen Barahona Cuán - Nicas Libres Ya
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Support The Free Ehsan Ali Campaign
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Stop Torturing Maksim Znak campaign
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Statement: Repression in Belarus escalates
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Statement: Fighting the dismantlement of Belarus’ independent trade unions
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Statement: Continued repression against union activists in Belarus
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Statement on the criminal prosecution and pre-trial detention of Dmitry Talantov
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Statement on the conviction of Belarusian lawyer Yuliya Yurhilevich
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Statement on the arrest of the lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir
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Statement on enforced disappearance of Iryna Danilovych in occupied Crimea
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Statement by the Spokesperson on the sentencing of six people from Ukraine’s Crimea and Sevastopol by a Court in the Russian Federation
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Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland on criminal proceedings against Yury Dmitriev
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Statement by the EEAS Spokesperson on sentencing Marya Kaliesnikava and Maksim Znak
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Statement by the Crimean Human Rights Group on the sentencing of Vladyslav Yesypenko
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Yauhen Merkis
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Yauhen Hlushkou
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Vyacheslau Lazarau
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Siarhei Satsuk
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Pavel Padabed
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Pavel Mazheika
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Navazhylau - Leushyna - Aliaksandrau
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Katsiaryna Andreyeva
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Kanstantsin Zalatykh
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Iryna Slaunikava
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Ihar Karnei
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Dzianis Ivashyn
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Andrey Kuznechyk
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Andrey Famin
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Andrei Tolchyn
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Alyaksandr Mantsevich
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Aliaksandr Ziankou
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Ales Sabaleuski & Yauhen Hlushkou
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Alena Tsimashchuk
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Kastsiuhova- Chekina- Zolatava
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Statement by Memorial - Konstantin Gabov is a political prisoner
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Statement by EFJ - Denis Ivashin
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Statement - Belarus: Former Journalist Larysa Shchyrakova Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison After Closed Trial
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Spreading The Echo (2025)
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Spreading The Echo (2024)
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Special procedures communication Fatima Saleh Al-Arwali
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Sonny Armando Figueroa Alvarado
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Solidarity for Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko
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Solidarity action: Independent trade unions in the line of fire
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Solidarity action by the Lithuanian Bar Council - Maksim Znak
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Sheikh Mohammed Al-Siddiq
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Sheikh Dr. Sultan Al Qasimi
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Server Mustafayev Profile - Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
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Server Mustafayev
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Sergio Gramajo Hernández
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Sergio Catarino Castilblanco Hernández
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Sergei Mikhailov
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Sergei Karelin - Memorial Statement
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Sentenced to 12 years: the Crimean human rights activist Tofig Abdulgaziev has been hospitalized with tuberculosis since March. Call him to set him free!
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Secuestrado Edgardo Cárcamo Díaz
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Sayed Sekandar Hussaini Bamdad
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Sayed Ahmad Rashid Kashifi
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Saudi authorities must release human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani and other ACPRA members who are arbitrarily detained
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Saudi Arabia: UN Special Procedures - Urgent Appeal
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Saudi Arabia: UN experts alarmed by imminent executions linked to NEOM project
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Saudi Arabia: Ten Years After His Arbitrary Arrest, NGOs Call for Saudi Human Rights Defender Waleed Abu Al-Khair to Be Released
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Qahtani still disappeared after one year
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Saudi Arabia: Release aid worker sentenced to 20 years: Abdulrahman al-Sadhan
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Saudi Arabia: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-third session, 19–23 November 2018
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Saudi Arabia: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-sixth session, 18–22 November 2019
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Saudi Arabia: Open letter to the authorities calling for Mohammed al-Qahtani’s release
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Saudi Arabia: Israa Al-Ghomgham no longer facing death penalty
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Saudi Arabia: Incommunicado detention and judicial harassment of Ms. Israa Al-Ghomgham
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Saudi Arabia: Further Information: Manahel al-Otaibi Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
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Saudi Arabia: Communication by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
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Saudi Arabia: Authorities must immediately release man convicted over social media posts after death sentence quashed
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Saudi Arabia must immediately release all women’s rights defenders, say UN experts
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Saudi Arabia must free detainees jailed for their online expression ahead of Internet Governance Forum
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Saudi Arabia - Joint Motion for a Resolution
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Santos Gerónimo Ramos Méndez
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