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Russian police officers speak with climate activist Arshak Makichyan during a single-person demonstration in central Moscow, Russia in 2020.

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People attend an opposition rally in Moscow in April 2021.

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Anti-torture activist hospitalised after attack at his home in Russia

Igor Kaliapin is best known in Russia for founding the NGO Team Against Torture and was appointed to the Kremlin's Human Rights Council.

25/08/2022

Activists from the LGBTQ+ community in Lebanon shout slogans as they march calling on the government for more rights in the country gripped by economic and financial crisis.

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Abuses against Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ rise after blast and financial crisis

Two years after the explosion at Beirut’s port, abuses against Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ community have skyrocketed.

05/08/2022

Diplomats from several countries wait outside the court building where a trial is going on for Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Maykel Castillo in Havana, Cuba, M

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Cuban artists stand trial for government critique

Prosecutors are seeking 6 years for rapper Maykel Castillo and seven years for visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.

31/05/2022

FILE - In this undated image from the Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page, Ramy Shaath poses for a picture Jan. 2, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt.

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Expelled Egyptian-Palestinian activist arrives in Paris

Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath arrived in Paris on Saturday after he was released from prison in Egypt and deported.

08/01/2022

This handout image provided by Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), shows rights activist Patrick George Zaki hugging his sister after his release, on Dec. 8, 2021.

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Egyptian activist released from prison after nearly two years

He was arrested in February 2020, shortly after landing in Cairo on what was supposed to be a short visit home from Italy. His trial has been postponed until February next year.

08/12/2021

A police officer walks by a mural of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

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Serbia: Clashes over mural of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic

Several NGOs said they would gather to remove the mural on the International Day Against Fascism and Antisemitism, but Serbia's police banned the rally.

10/11/2021

People hold portraits of Natalya Estemirova during a 2009 rally in Moscow.

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Russia failed to investigate activist's murder, says European court

The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for "failing to properly investigate" the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova.

31/08/2021

Police carry documents and computers out of the office of the Belarusian Association of Journalists in Minsk in February.

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Activists detained amid raids at human rights NGOs in Belarus

The Viasna human rights centre has stated that Belarusian security forces have searched its offices and arrested several activists.

14/07/2021

Hong Kong activist Nathan Law, centre, taking part in an anti-Beijing protest in Berlin, Germany.

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Hong Kong security law used to close overseas pro-democracy website

Web host Wix was asked by Hong Kong police to shut down a website run by exiled activists. It has since reinstated it and apologised.

03/06/2021

Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng has been jailed by the Chinese authorities after promoting human rights

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Allegedly tortured while in prison in China, Yu Wensheng switched from being a successful corporate lawyer to fighting for human rights before he was arrested.

12/02/2021