7 February 2019 | Human Rights Watch (Author), published by HRW – Human Rights Watch
Russian Federation
Appeal to release journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, who was detained for making critical remarks about the government when reporting on a young man's suicide attack on a secret service office
Russia: Journalist Faces Unjustified Criminal Charges (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 February 2019 | RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russian Federation
Khanty-Mansiysk and Mordovia: Police detain several members of the Jehovah's Witnesses
More Jehovah's Witnesses Detained In Russia After Danish Adherent's Conviction (Media Report, English)
7 February 2019 | FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights; Fray Juan de Larios Diocesan Human Rights Center; Families United for Searching for and Locating Disappeared Persons; CMDPDH - The Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights; et al. (Author), published by FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights
Mexico
Joint NGO statement calling for former governor of Guerrero state to be tried for murder, enforced disappearances, torture and crimes against humanity
FIDH: Mexico must try former Coahuila governor Torres Lopez for crimes of enforced disappearance, torture and murder, before any extradition to the US (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 February 2019 | RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Russian Federation
Moscow: University student accused of bomb-making rearrested after brief release from custody; there is evidence showing that he was tortured during detention
Moscow Student Rearrested After Brief Release From Detention Following Torture Claims (Media Report, English)
7 February 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
Algeria
Activist sentenced to fine and 6 months in jail for anti-government placard
Algeria: Activist jailed over anti-government placard must be released (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 February 2019 | BBC News
Pakistan
Police detained human rights activists protesting against human rights violations by military and Taliban insurgents in border region with Afghanistan while national media is silent on the events
A protest Pakistan wants to hide from the world (Media Report, English)
7 February 2019 | ACCORD – Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation
Afghanistan
Query response on Afghanistan: Taliban activities in Kama district (Nangarhar province) between September 2016 and today
Anfragebeantwortung zu Afghanistan: Aktivitäten der Taliban im Distrikt Kama (Provinz Nangarhar) zwischen September 2016 und heute [a-10872-1] (Response, German)
7 February 2019 | AI – Amnesty International
Russian Federation, Ukraine
Crimea: Russian authorities order online video platform to remove video about human rights defender and political prisoner Emir-Usein Kuku
Crimea: YouTube must not cooperate with Russia’s persecution of activists (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 February 2019 | Jamestown Foundation
Moldova, Republic
Article on the political situation ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for 24 February 2019 (dominant political parties, Russian government's influence)
Russia’s Current Political Objectives in Moldova; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 16 Issue: 16 (Special or Analytical Report, English)
7 February 2019 | OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Russian Federation
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns sentencing of a Jehovah's Witness to 6 years in prison for "organising the activity of a banned extremist group"
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on criminalising the right to freedom of religion for Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia (Appeal or News Release, English)