Today marks 2913 (!) days and soon 8 years since Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali, Swedish and EU citizen, was arbitrarily detained and has been ever since held hostage in Iran. We demand his freedom and we demand the Swedish government to act NOW to #FreeDjalali and #BringDjalaliHome

La vie des femmes iraniennes est en danger. Le régime islamique a choisi de recourir à tous les moyens pour leur imposer le voile. Les arrestations et enlèvements violents et arbitraires se multiplient, et nous savons déjà comment cette histoire se terminera.
Jina #MahsaAmini

🇯🇴 #JORDAN : The 2023 #Cybercrime Law has been employed to prosecute and imprison peaceful protesters for social media posts expressing solidarity with Gaza residents, reports @Gulfcentre4HR: ow.ly/Qwqh50RfvZK

#Journalismisnotacrime

Today marks ten years since the arrest of Waleed Abu al-Khair, winner of the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize for a Writer of Courage.

We join colleagues around the world in continuing to call for his immediate & unconditional release. #FreeWaleed alqst.org/en/post/ten-ye…

On this day, ALQST again calls on the #Saudi authorities to #FreeWaleed immediately and to allow him access to the medical care he requires in the meantime.

Read our joint statement marking this anniversary, signed by 15+ NGOs, below:
alqst.org/en/post/ten-ye…

🔔Who is Waleed Abu al-Khair ? وليد أبوالخير
He is a Saudi Arabian lawyer & human rights activist, and the head of the Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (MHRSA) organization.
He is the first activist to be prosecuted by the Terrorism Law.
He was arrested on 15 April…

Happening now: join our YouTube on this link to listen to some incredible insight by #Dalit journalists in #India and how they see issues that are impacting their democracy and civil society. Rabia Mushtaq . رابعہ مُشتاق @asthasavyasachi
Bhumika Saraswati Bhavani Etikala
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“For the sake of every child, I urge the parties to the conflict to release all Israeli hostages, implement an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and facilitate unfettered humanitarian access, and refrain from any further violence against children.”

Read the full statement by…

⚠️ No matter what assurances the US has provided in the final stages of extradition proceedings against Julian Assange, the grounds of his appeal deserve proper consideration by the UK High Court. We’ll be back in court to monitor the hearing on 20 May. It’s time to #FreeAssange !

Cezaevindeki kızı ve arkadaşına para gönderdiği gerekçesiyle hapis cezası verilen 75 yaşındaki #HaticeYıldız , evinden sedye ile çıkarıldıktan sonra tutuklandı. Avukat görüşünde fenalaşıp baygınlık geçiren Yıldız, 13 Nisan’dan bu yana hapiste tutuluyor. 👇

In Iran, women and girls bravely exercise their fundamental right to freedom of expression by protesting the state's forced-hijab rule, only to face increased repression and violence from the government. Tehran Police Chief Abbasali Mohammadian's announcement of intensified…

941 days since the Taliban banned school for girls in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is the only country in the world that women are banned from education.

#Afghanistan 🇦🇫

Amid escalating state violence against women in Iran for appearing in public without the state-mandated hijab, journalist Dina Ghalibaf was arrested in Tehran on April 16th after tweeting about being tasered and sexually harassed in Sadeghiyeh metro station for defying…

360 Iranian activists have boldly spoken out against the government's warmongering tactics, condemning the use of potential conflict as a shield for suppressing peaceful dissent.

'The current atmosphere of war serves to mask the regime's failure to address monumental crises and…

I will share a statement shortly.

#FreeAssangeNOW

Tortured and then imprisoned in Iran without a lawyer, Sakineh Parvaneh's plight highlights the urgent need for international action to hold the Islamic Republic accountable for its gross violations of human rights.

Her story will break your heart.

🔗iranhumanrights.org/2024/04/tortur……

Stand against this silent war against Iranian women

I call on international community and the global feminist movement to urgently respond to the escalating crisis in Iran, where women are enduring relentless persecution by the morality police.
Women are being subjected to…

🇳🇬 10 years ago 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram at the town of #Chibok in the North of the #Nigeria
More than 180 have either since escaped or been freed.

#BringBackOurGirls #Chibok Girls

Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country, but what’s the truth? Just ask our female activists | Lina Alhathloul لينا الهذلول theguardian.com/commentisfree/…