Israeli police banned at least 10 Palestinian journalists from Jerusalem’s disputed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramadan this year, CPJ has found, in what many view as a deliberate effort to censor coverage of the holy site. The true figure is likely higher, as many journalists

China’s threat to academic freedom in the UK | Letters theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

#Iran: We condemn the sentencing of a school teacher to 15 years in prison over "insulting" Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei among other charges. Forugh Khosravi's arrest is part of a wider crackdown by the state on dissenting voices: iranwire.com/en/women/14603…

#Cuba An outraged father raises his voice: “He went out to protest peacefully — and that’s the democracy we have in this country?” His sons Jorge and Nadir Perdomo bravely took to the streets on July 11, 2021, demanding freedom and democracy. They remain unjustly imprisoned for

Tanzania is facing a deepening human rights crisis. Under President Samia Suluhu Hasan, Tanzanian authorities have been deliberately silencing dissent by targeting government critics, journalists, civil society, human rights defenders, and opposition voices. Take action with

Expansionist Chinese Communist Party continues to menace Taiwan. Worrying times for those of us concerned with human rights. theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

How China is trying to silence UK academics - podcast theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

Nicaragua under Ortega: a close ally of Cuban despot Diaz-Canel has an equally dismal human rights record. globalr2p.org/countries/nica…

Other commentators have noted the figure "300 million", like so much else from Chinese state propaganda outlets, may be outright fakery, and mathematically and physically impossible. ps. My take on China's Genocide Tourism Strategy: thediplomat.com/2024/08/chinas…

The status and rights of #Uyghur communities in Turkiye are deeply precarious, and overlooked by researchers and civil society organisations since 2017. It's now being more fully documented (see additional sources 👇) #China #Turkiye #TransnationalRepression

The cost of silence in Sudan’s civil war is too high; ohchr.org/en/stories/202…

#Cuba Why is Sissi Abascal in prison? For wanting the most basic human rights for her people: freedom of expression, association, and assembly. For wanting every Cuban to speak without fear. For that noble and just dream, the Cuban dictatorship arbitrarily sentenced her to 6

Civilians including kids continue to be Russian missile targets in Ukraine as Putin’s failing invasion splutters on.

Indescribable stupidity in the UK. The CCP regime is noted for surveilling and pursuing those who disagree with it. And they’re being allowed to check passports…

Sai is a prisoner whose release Amnesty International campaigns for, with good reason. His incarceration is utterly without justification. @CPJMyMyanmar journalist Sai Zaw Thaike repeatedly beaten, abused in prison cpj.org/?p=455782 via CPJ Asia

#Cuba If you believe Cuba’s political imprisonment is immoral, inhumane, and one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies facing thousands of Cuban families, we ask for your solidarity. Support this petition for a Law of Amnesty and the Decriminalization of Dissent—a demand of the

Japan: Last high court ruling a damaging step backwards on same-sex marriage amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Important new report on Cuba from Amnesty: Cuba: The State represses women human rights defenders amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Iran: Kurdish Woman Activist Sentenced To Death amnesty.org.uk/urgent-actions…

Two prominent human rights violators meet: Belarus’s Lukashenko becomes second only leader to visit Myanmar since coup | Elections News | Al Jazeera aje.io/4wjm4r via Al Jazeera English