Iranian authorities have increased their crackdown on student protesters with prison terms and restrictions on their peaceful activities, says Human Rights Watch.
The Egyptian authorities are increasingly using counterterrorism, state-of-emergency laws and courts to unjustly prosecute journalists, activists, and critics for their peaceful criticism, says Human Rights Watch.
Twenty-six people were arrested following a peaceful protest against a regressive new finance law which will force the people of Niger to pay taxes on housing and electricity for the first time, while giving huge tax breaks to multinational companies.
On Monday 9 April 2018, human rights organisations, friends, and supporters of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja will join his daughters to protest at the Bahraini Embassy in London.
The hopes, fears and challenges for the future of our communities, countries and the world will be the theme of a new Joint Public Issues Team Conference in Manchester on 17 March.