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June 19, 2019

MPs urge Jeremy Hunt to press Bahrain to end 'punitive measures' against female detainees

Sixteen cross-party MPs and Peers have delivered a letter to the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to press the Bahraini government to end the abuse of female political prisoners.
January 13, 2019

Critical juncture for human rights in North Korea, says UN expert

Human rights expert says 2019 represents a critical test for peace, denuclearisation and human rights.
May 27, 2018

British citizen Andy Tsege is pardoned by Ethiopia

After almost four years on death row in Ethiopia, British citizen Andy Tsege has received a pardon from the Ethiopian Government.
May 1, 2018

Iranian authorities 'bulldozing mass grave sites to destroy evidence'

New report says the Iranian authorities are destroying mass grave sites from 1988 massacre which saw thousands of political prisoners secretly killed.
March 12, 2018

Call for China to allow UN rights experts into Tibet

The Chinese government’s repression of political dissent in Tibetan areas warrants fact-finding visits by United Nations human rights experts, says Human Rights Watch, releasing a new compilation of cases and sentences against Tibetans.
April 2, 2014

Protestors call for the release of Papuan political prisoners in Indonesia

Around 100 protestors demonstrated today outside the Indonesian embassy in London to call for the unconditional and immediate release of all Papuan political prisoners.

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