Vietnamese Blogger “Mother Mushroom” Released After Two Years Behind Bars

Vietnamese blogger and human rights defender Me Nam, well known for her use of social media to speak out against injustices, corruption and human rights abuses in Vietnam, has finally been released from prison.

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40 Arrested and Two Killed in New Attacks Against LGBT People in Chechnya

  • News, Russia
  • January 16, 2019

The authorities have started a new wave of detentions of LGBT people in Chechnya. The Russian LGBT N...

Respect for Human Rights Should be a Prerequisite to Ratify the EU Cuba Agreement

  • Cuba, News
  • January 9, 2019

This spring, the Swedish Parliament will vote to ratify the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agree...

One Year Behind Bars for Russian Human Rights Defender Oyub Titiev

  • News, Russia
  • January 9, 2019

It has been one year since Oyub Titiev, head of the Chechen office of Russian human rights group Mem...
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Renewed Crackdown on Journalists in Azerbaijan

  • Azerbaijan, News
  • January 4, 2019

Civil Rights Defenders condemns the renewed crackdown on journalists in Azerbaijan, including Mehman...
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Independent Voices from Belarus

We recently met with Pavlyuk Bykovski to learn more about the pressing situation for him and his colleagues in today’s Belarus.

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