Publication May 6, 2026 La ONU declara arbitraria la detención de Anacleto Micha y pide su liberación inmediata En noviembre de 2025, el Grupo de Trabajo de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Detención Arbitraria adoptó la Opinión núm. 70/2025 relativa al abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, cuya versión oficial ha sido publicada recientemente, el 16 de febrero de 2026, pidiendo su liberación inmediata.
Publication May 6, 2026 La ONU exige la liberación inmediata de Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang La Human Rights Foundation ha anunciado una decisión importante para el abogado y defensor de derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang.
Publication May 6, 2026 Chinese artist Gao Zhen and his family stuck in repressive legal limbo over his Mao sculptures The verdict is imminent, and Zhao Yaliang can no longer bear the wait. As calm as she is determined, the 48-year-old is finally about to learn the fate of her husband, artist Gao Zhen, who has already been detained for a year and a half.
Publication Apr 20, 2026 Art on trial – a sculptor’s arrest highlights new extremes for censorship in China Jesus Christ stands at gunpoint, palms upturned, seven figures in a firing squad around him. The bronze riflemen are unmistakable in their likeness.
Publication Apr 3, 2026 Families React After Supreme Court Denies Bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in Delhi Riots Case Families of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam expressed disappointment after the Supreme Court of India denied them bail in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case.
Publication Apr 1, 2026 My year in solitary confinement has not broken me. My peaceful fight for Baloch rights in Pakistan goes on It’s 9pm and I’m sitting alone in my cell in block nine as I write these lines. I’ve been in solitary confinement for a year now. In fact, I turned 30 here.
Publication Mar 31, 2026 US-based dissident artist put on trial in China over satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group The Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of China’s former leader Mao Zedong, has been tried over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs”, his wife and a rights group have said.
Publication Mar 29, 2026 The Secret Trial of a Chinese Artist Accused of Mocking Mao Zedong A prominent New York-based Chinese artist known for his provocative and irreverent sculptures of Mao Zedong stood trial on Monday, accused of slandering the country’s heroes in a case underlining how little criticism is allowed under China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
Publication Mar 20, 2026 Rights Groups Call For Release of Kashmiri Journalist Irfan Mehraj After Three Years in Detention The rights groups have also sought the release of human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been detained in the same case since 2020, and described both arrests as politically motivated.
Publication Mar 4, 2026 Victoire Ingabire mu rukiko rw’Ikirenga yasabye ko hari ingingo ivanwa mu mategeko mpanabyaha Itsinda ry’abunganira umunyapolitike ufunze utavugarumwe n’ubutegetsi mu Rwanda, ryasabye Urukiko rw’Ikirenga gukuraho ingingo ya 106 y’igitabo cy’amategeko mpanabyaha kuko basanga inyuranyije n’Itegeko Nshinga.
Publication Jan 26, 2026 After Serving 20 Months in Prison, Koet Saray’s Appeal Against 4-Year Sentence Fails After 20 months in prison on incitement charges, youth activist Koet Saray’s conviction was upheld this morning by the Phnom Penh Appeal Court, which has left his family and human rights group feeling “deep regret”.
Publication Jan 16, 2026 Yulia Navalnaya: Dictators are coming for the lawyers Yulia Navalnaya is a Russian opposition leader and the widow of Alexei Navalny. She is also chair of the Human Rights Foundation and of the Anti-Corruption Foundation advisory board.
Publication Jan 5, 2026 No bail for Indian activists after five years in jail without trial Two prominent student activists in India have been denied bail after being held in prison for more than five years without trial.
Publication Dec 23, 2025 Calling on President Trump to secure Jimmy Lai’s immediate release We write as Hong Kong community organizations in the United States and international NGOs to urge swift Congressional action in response to the recent guilty verdict against Jimmy Lai and the continued imprisonment of six other Apple Daily executives in Hong Kong.
Publication Dec 23, 2025 Calling for the US Congress to take swift action in response to the guilty verdict against Jimmy Lai We write as Hong Kong community organizations in the United States and international NGOs to urge swift Congressional action in response to the recent guilty verdict against Jimmy Lai and the continued imprisonment of six other Apple Daily executives in Hong Kong.
Publication Dec 10, 2025 Joint NGO World Human Rights Day Statement: Hong Kong Should Immediately Release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan We, the undersigned legal and civil society organisations, urgently call upon the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government to release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan without delay, to withdraw all outstanding criminal charges against them, and to quash their previous convictions.
Publication Dec 3, 2025 Joint appeal for a Council of Europe Convention on Transnational Repression We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call upon the Member States of the Council of Europe to take urgent and collective action to address the growing phenomenon of transnational repression (TNR) through the adoption of a Council of Europe Convention dedicated to preventing and combating this serious and evolving threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
Publication Nov 9, 2025 A huge, flying conflict of interest What does Qatar want from America? Nick Cleveland-Stout on Doha’s massive influence operation in Washington.
Publication Nov 9, 2025 Equatorial Guinea: Arbitrary Detention of Lawyer and Activist Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang The International League Against Arbitrary Detention urges the Government of Equatorial Guinea to implement United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion No. 70/2025 concerning Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang by immediately releasing him and granting him an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations in accordance with international law.
Publication Oct 30, 2025 Her dad was detained in China for leading a church. She hopes Trump can free him in meeting with Xi When Grace Jin Drexel couldn’t contact her father on October 10, she tried not to panic. She had just heard that one of the pastors of his underground Christian church in China had been detained by authorities; maybe he was busy sorting out the situation.
