Recent alerts received highlight a deeply concerning pattern of arbitrary detention, attacks, and judicial persecution targeting journalists and human rights…
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In recent months, a troubling pattern has emerged in Ecuador, in fact a series of alerts received by ProtectDefenders.eu paint…
Recent alerts received highlight a continued pattern of judicial harassment and pressure on human rights defenders, lawyers, and professional associations…
In August 2025, the response to a wave of mass protests triggered by the government’s decision to increase parliamentary allowances…
This March, in the month of International Women’s Day, the human rights community mourned the loss of one of Iraq’s…
Recent cases in China illustrate the continued use of arbitrary detention, incommunicado imprisonment, and denial of medical care to punish…
In Kazakhstan authorities are targeting human rights defenders, LGBTI activists, journalists, and lawyers through criminal prosecutions, arbitrary detention, and retaliatory…
In Egypt, authorities continue to rely on arbitrary arrests, vague national security charges, and exorbitant bail amounts to intimidate and…
Iran is currently facing one of the most severe waves of repression in its recent history. As protests and expressions…
Serious concerns have emerged in Uganda following the suspension of several human rights organisations, the arbitrary detention of a prominent…
