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Blog Post: In Afghanistan, There’s a Future Worth Fighting For
A year after the Taliban seized power human rights remain at risk, but brave activists are working to safeguard freedom.
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Azerbaijan: Freedom Now Condemns Detention of Lawyer Elchin Sadigov and Journalist Avaz Zeynalli
Freedom Now strongly condemns the detention of lawyer Elchin Sadigov and journalist Avaz Zeynalli. We call for their immediate release and all charges against them to be dropped.
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Kazakhstan Should Comply with UN Decision and Quash Activist’s Conviction
The Clooney Foundation for Justice and Freedom Now have issued a letter requesting information on the implementation of a UN decision regarding human rights activist Alnur Ilyashev
Afghanistan: Dispatch from the Taliban’s War on Women
The Taliban’s conquest of Afghanistan has been a chaotic affair, yet a year later one constant remains – intolerance for women’s rights.
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