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Greece: Rights Defenders on Trial
Click to expand Image Left: Panayote Dimitras. Right: Tommy Olsen. © 2019 EIN Secretariat – Agnes Ciccarone © 2015 Adam Rosser (Athens, October 3, 2026) – The ongoing prosecution of two prominent human rights defenders in Greece is a politically-motivated…
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Egypt: Authorities Arrest Entire Investigative Newsroom
Click to expand Image Six journalists from the independent investigative journalism platform Matsda2sh arrested by Egyptian security forces between September 28 and 29, 2026. © Photo courtesy of The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP). (Beirut) – Egyptian…
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US: Victims of Nicaraguan Government Risk Deportation
Click to expand Image Activists hold signs with the names of some of the 222 former prisoners released and expelled by the Nicaraguan government, as they await their arrival at Dulles International Airport, Virginia, United States, February 9,…
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US: Rights Concerns for Maritime Operations Near Ecuador
Click to expand Image A group of detained fishermen are transported on a National Police bus to the Community Surveillance Unit (UVC) from the port of Manta, Ecuador, on September 4, 2026. © 2026 ARIEL OCHOA / AFP…
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Mauritius Rights Body Calls for Marriage Equality
Click to expand Image Port Louis in Mauritius, November 12, 2024. © 2024 Xinhua/Shutterstock The National Human Rights Commission in Mauritius earlier this year urged the government to legally recognize same-sex marriages, stating that the refusal to recognize…
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Ex-Hungarian Minister Detained in $53 Million Graft Probe
Balázs Hankó, a former culture minister under Viktor Orbán, was ordered held in pretrial detention over allegations he funneled tens of millions in state cultural grants to political allies, marking a dramatic escalation in Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s…
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Amnesty Report Documents Morocco's Sustained Spyware Campaign Against Civil Society
A report from Amnesty International claims the Moroccan government used surveillance systems to silence human rights defenders over the course of the past two decades.
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Uzbekistan: Guarantee Karakalpak Lawyer’s Safety
Click to expand Image Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov in the defendants' cage on the last day of his trial on charges related to the July 2022 protests in Nukus, the main city in Karakalpakstan, at a court in Bukhara, Uzbekistan…
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The association between disability and mortality among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis
by Maureen Moyo-Chilufya, Arthemon Nguweneza, Sara Rotenberg, Hannah Kuper, Tracey Smythe Background Mortality is a fundamental marker of population health and equity. Despite major global declines in mortality over recent decades, disparities in survival persist across childhood and…
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United Arab Emirates: A Year On, Critic Remains in Detention
Click to expand Image Samuel Peter Oyay © Private (Beirut) – A South Sudanese political commentator remains in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) without charge a year after his arrest, Human Rights Watch said today. Emirati…
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