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Togo: Abdoul Aziz Goma Released from Prison
Freedom Now welcomes the conditional release on January 1 of Abdoul Aziz Goma and calls on the Togolese government to immediately ensure his access to proper medical and psychological care and to remove conditions that continue restricting his freedom and wellbeing.
Rwanda: Petition Filed with UN on Behalf of Opposition Leader Victoire Ingabire
The Human Rights Foundation, Freedom Now, and the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice have submitted a joint complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of detained Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire.
Shadow Report: The Human Rights Situation of Women and Girls in Afghanistan
This report is a supplemental response to the State Department Human Rights Report on Afghanistan, intended to provide a more complete picture of the human rights situation in the country, focusing on women’s and girls’ rights.
Joint Statement on the International Day of Political Prisoners
On this International Day of Political Prisoners, we stand together to affirm a simple truth: no one should be imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights or for peacefully expressing their beliefs.
Vietnam: International coalition of human rights groups calls for Pham Doan Trang’s release on the 5th anniversary of her arrest
Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the detention of prominent Vietnamese journalist, writer and woman human rights defender Pham Doan Trang, an international coalition of non-governmental organisations is urging the global community to increase pressure on Vietnamese authorities to secure her release.
Azerbaijan: Human rights groups urge International Association of Judges to act
A coalition of human rights groups has written to the International Association of Judges (IAJ) ahead of its annual meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, calling for a strong resolution on the country’s lack of judicial independence and ongoing repression.
Tajikistan: Lawyer Wrongfully Held for a Decade
Freedom Now and 11 international human rights organizations call on Tajikistan to release wrongfully detained lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov on the 10th anniversary of his arrest.
Belarus: Journalist Igor Losik Released from Prison
Freedom Now welcomes the release of journalist Igor Losik from wrongful detention in Belarus. Losik had been imprisoned for more than five years for reporting on anti-government protests
Philippines: Freedom Now Petitions UN on Behalf of Activists Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Marielle Domequil, and Alexander Abinguna
Freedom Now and the international law firm Dechert LLP have filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of three Filipino human rights activists wrongfully detained since February 2020.
Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Council Should Establish Accountability Mechanism
Freedom Now joins 107 organizations calling on the UN Human Rights Council to act where it has long failed and establish an independent investigative mechanism for Afghanistan to advance accountability for past and ongoing grave crimes.
Write a Letter to Belarusian Political Prisoner Dzyanis Ivashyn
Please join us in sending messages of solidarity and encourage to Dzyanis, a reporter who has been wrongfully imprisoned in Belarus since March 2021.
Afghanistan: Four Years After the Fall of Kabul the International Community Must Do More to Hold the Taliban Accountable
On this painful anniversary, the international community must take concrete steps to address Afghanistan’s acute human rights and humanitarian crises without legitimizing the Taliban.
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