Summits
Coronavirus would be ‘disastrous’ for China’s Muslim concentration camp prisoners and the world might never find out, Uyghur activist warns David Brennan – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Coronavirus poses a serious risk to millions of inmates in China’s Muslim prison camps, where overcrowding and
‘We Are Very Worried.’ Jailed Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi’s Family Say They Have Not Heard From Him In Over a Month Billy Perrigo – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, currently serving a 10 year prison sentence for criticizing the Saudi Arabian regime online,
New data on China’s detention of Uyghurs: ‘They could charge you for anything’ The World Staff – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Around 1 million Uyghurs have been forcibly detained by the Chinese government in a widespread network of prisonlike facilities. Chinese authorities call the detention camps
GENEVA, February 18, 2020 – An international coalition of 25 human rights organizations will today award a prestigious international human rights prize to Biram Dah Abeid, a descendant of former slaves who has been called “the Nelson Mandela of Mauritania,” for dedicating his life to ending slavery in the country. The award will be presented today
GENEVA, February 18, 2020 – An international coalition of 25 human rights organizations will today present a prestigious international women’s rights award to Shaparak Shajarizadeh, a prominent Iranian women’s rights activist who was jailed, beaten and brutalized for removing her headscarf in public. The Iranian activist became a leader in the “Girls of Revolution Street”
GENEVA, February 16, 2020 — Russia’s leading anti-corruption activist will put Moscow in the hot seat tomorrow at the United Nations just one week before foreign ministers gather in the same building to open the 2020 U.N. Human Rights Council. Lyubov Sobol, a Russian lawyer and rights activist who has become one of the country’s