Category: Free speech
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Arrests and Repression During Indonesia’s August–September 2025 Protests
A group of Indonesian activists, Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, Muzaffar Salim, Khariq Anhar, Syahdan Hussein, Wawan Hermawan, Saiful Amin, Shelfin Bima
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Activist shot while livestreaming; held without adequate care
Activist Serrote José de Oliveira was shot in the leg on 28 July by armed men who witnesses believe were
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Trump’s record of human rights abuses
It has been less than a year since Trump’s second term as the US president, yet his record of human
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Arrest of Council of Europe Youth Delegate Enes Hocaoğulları
Enes Hocaoğulları was elected as a youth delegate to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of
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Digital Repression in Belarus through ‘Anti-Extremism’ Laws
Belarus’s anti-extremism and anti-terrorism laws have become key tools for institutionalised political and digital repression. Vaguely worded provisions and administrative
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Kurdish Journalist Nedim Türfent is targeted by the Turkish Government, again
Nedim Türfent, a journalist and a poet who focuses on human-rights abuses Kurdish people face in Türkiye, is being charged
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Rwanda Opposition Leader Victoire Ingabire Re-Arrested Amid Human Rights Concerns
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, an opposition leader in Rwanda, was re-arrested in June 2025. Ingabire, who returned from exile in 2010
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Chad’s Democratic Decline: The Silencing of Opposition Voices
The recent arrest of opposition leader Succès Masra in Chad has sparked widespread concern over the erosion of democratic principles
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Osman Kavala
Osman Kavala is a well-known philanthropist and rights advocate in Turkey. Yet, he has been behind bars for over 86
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José Rubén Zamora/Guatemala
José Rubén Zamora, a distinguished journalist and the director of the newspaper “El Periódico,” was arrested on July 29, 2022.