These activists, many of them eminent scholars, writers and poets, have worked for the welfare of India’s poorest and most marginalised people over decades. Yet they have been turned into politcal prisoners and incarcerated. They have not been granted bail despite the fact that in the prisons of Maharashtra where they are being detained, some inmates have died and many others have tested positive for COVID-19.
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India: To dissent is not a crime! More than 500 concerned citizens call for the release of activists on humanitarian grounds.
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Maroc : une blogueuse condamnée à deux ans de prison pour atteinte à la religion musulmane
17 août 2022, par siawi3Son « délit » est d’avoir commenté sur un ton satirique, sur sa page Facebook, des versets du Coran et des hadiths du prophète Mahomet
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Pakistan: Overcrowding in jails declared unconstitutional by IHC
8 April 2020, by siawi3Islamabad High Court issues 38-page verdict in prisoners’ case, allowing inmates to sue govt, jail authorities for inhumane treatment. Overpopulation, lack of sanitation, lack of medical care in times of coronavirus will fall under these provisions.
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Palestinians continue boycott of Israeli military courts to protest their illegal administrative detention
28 January 2022, by siawi3The detainees began their collective boycott of the military courts on January 1. They are also boycotting appeal hearings in higher courts
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Algeria’s political prisoners go on hunger strike amid escalating repression
13 February 2022, by siawi3Independent trade unionists in Algeria have been persecuted for their engagement in the Hirak
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UK: Join us Sunday 10/04/2022 Marking 3 years from the brutal and arbitrary arrest of Julian Assange on 11/04/2019.
28 March 2022, by siawi3Join our Protests as and when you can on the 10th of April.
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Saudi Woman Given 34-Year Prison Sentence for Using Twitter
18 August 2022, by siawi3The Shehab case proved Saudi Arabia’s view that dissent equates to terrorism.
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