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Remarkable Resilience of Human Rights Defenders a Source of Hope Amid Global Rollback on Rights
05 May 2025 23:05 GMT
… to their work, human rights defenders (HRDs) … peacefully to defend human rights,” said Alan Glasgow … of the human rights they were defending. Counter-terrorism legislation and “ … (9%); human rights violations in conflict (7%); human rights movements (6% …
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Tunisia: Crackdown On Dissent Intensifies With Arrest Of Human Rights Lawyer Following Verdict In Sham Trial
25 Apr 2025 12:53 GMT
… figures, lawyers, and human rights defenders, to prison … being charged under counter-terrorism legislation, including preposterous accusations … groups, activists, and human rights defenders in Tunisia, … represent victims of human rights violations represents yet …
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Human Rights Watch urges UAE to remove dissidents from ‘terrorist’ list
23 Apr 2025 17:45 GMT
Human Rights Watch said in a … ’ detainees.”
Human Rights Watch criticised the UAE’s 2014 counterterrorism law for its … appears to lack even basic human rights protections.”
According to the … merely communicating with them.”
Human Rights Watch quoted one of the …
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A Daunting List of Human Rights Problems to Address
11 Apr 2025 04:53 GMT
… enforced disappearances while human rights defenders and journalists … arbitrary surveillance of human rights defenders and civil … human rights activist who works on issues related to counter-terrorism law … assistance protection of human rights, women’s rights …
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Families of people detained in recent crackdown on Gülen movement describe the situation as ‘deeply unjust’
10 May 2025 00:25 GMT
… to the European Convention on Human Rights. However, international watchdogs have repeatedly … that Ankara’s use of counterterrorism legislation violates basic legal safeguards and …
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Myanmar Domestic News Updates – May 09, 2025 Morning
09 May 2025 12:20 GMT
… release by the Ministry of Human Rights under the National Unity Government … Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law. On December 23, 2024, she …
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Security and freedom: Counter terrorism legislation in Sri Lanka
06 Mar 2025 20:54 GMT
… commitment to universally acknowledged human rights.
This was seen … threat. In Geneva, the Human Rights Council, in contentious proceedings … to target the human rights situation in Sri Lanka … of departure, a Counter Terrorism Bill was drafted and gazetted …
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World News | UN Urge Pakistan to Release Baloch Human Rights Defenders Amid Crackdown on Peaceful Protests
27 Mar 2025 11:30 GMT
… to immediately release detained Baloch human rights defenders and halt its … , BYC members, including prominent human rights defender Mahrang Baloch, organized a … to the use of counter-terrorism laws to target human rights defenders and demanded clarity …
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#HRC58: States must put civil society and human rights at the heart of counter-terrorism efforts
14 Mar 2025 01:47 GMT
… and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms … human rights focussed on the protection of human rights … rationales.
Security and counter-terrorism laws continue to be … silence human rights defenders (HRDs) uncovering grave human rights violations …
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Sierra Leone passes North Korea style counter-terrorism laws
12 Mar 2025 13:53 GMT
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 March 2025:
Many Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad are now seriously at risk of being declared terrorists, for simply criticising the government of President Julius Maada Bio who few years ago annulled the death penalty, only to …