19 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
India
Journalist stopped from travelling abroad by authorities
India: Authorities must end alarming rise of arbitrary travel bans on journalists and activists (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Cuba
José Daniel Ferrer García, head of the unofficial political opposition group "Patriotic Union of Cuba", is held incommunicado and plans to go on hunger strike
Cuba: Prisoner of Conscience at risk; Second UA: 67/22 [AMR 25/6130/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Cuba
José Daniel Ferrer García, head of the unofficial political opposition group "Patriotic Union of Cuba", is held incommunicado and plans to go on hunger strike
Inhaftierter Oppositioneller erwägt Hungerstreik; UA-Nr: UA-067/2022-1 [AMR 25/6130/2022] (Appeal or News Release, German)
18 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Iran
Tehran: Evidence suggests that authorities used a fire in Evin prison as pretext for use of force against the facility's inmates
Iran: Tortured prisoners at Evin prison are in urgent need of international protection [MDE 13/6129/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Algeria
Appeals court upholds 12-year prison term against former military official and whistle-blower for "participating in a terrorist group" and "publishing fake news undermining national unity"; he has already been sentenced to death in absentia for espionage and desertion before he was extradited by Spanish authorities
Whistleblower activist’s conviction upheld; Third UA: 43/22 [MDE 28/6128/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
18 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Algeria
Appeals court upholds 12-year prison term against former military official and whistle-blower for "participating in a terrorist group" and "publishing fake news undermining national unity"; he has already been sentenced to death in absentia for espionage and desertion before he was extradited by Spanish authorities
Urteil gegen Aktivisten bestätigt; UA-Nr: UA-043/2022-2 [MDE 28/6128/2022] (Appeal or News Release, German)
17 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), Freedom from Torture (formerly: Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), CHRI – Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran et al. (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO statement calling for a session by the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights violations committed by Iranian authorities as part of their crackdown on protests
UN Human Rights Council must hold a special session on Iran [MDE 13/6123/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
India
Human rights defender acquitted by High Court after serving more than 5 years in prison on accusations based on the anti-terrorism law Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA)
India: Acquittal of human rights defender G.N. Saibaba is a triumph of justice over repression (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Somalia
Abdallle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), arbitrarily arrested after criticising the government's vaguely defined ban on disseminating extremist and terrorist ideology
Somalia: Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 October 2022 | AI – Amnesty International
Morocco
Blogger and activist sentenced to 2 years in prison and a fine for satirical comments on the Quran she published on social media
Release blogger jailed for offending Islam, First UA: 88/22 [MDE 29/6117/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
