Demand Dignity
Turkey: Release academics detained for signing an appeal for peace
Four academics who signed an appeal for peace in January 2016 have been charged with “making propaganda for a terrorist organisation”. If convicted they face up to seven and a half years’ imprisonment.
Honduras: Protect human rights defender; safety in jeopardy
Mexican human rights defender Gustavo Castro Soto, sole witness to the murder of Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres, is not allowed leave Honduras and he fears for his safety.
Myanmar: Demand release of student activists Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing
Student activists Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing are facing additional charges for organising peaceful student protests.
Seven activists arrested for gathering outside a court have been freed
Seven activists who had been criminally detained after gathering outside a court in Beijing during the trial of prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang have been released.
Court overturns sentences of flogging for indecent dress
The Court of Appeal in Sudan has overturned the sentence of Fardous Al Toum, one of the 10 female Christian students charged with “indecent dress”.
Chen Zhenping reunited with her family
On 9 October, former prisoner of conscience Chen Zhenping arrived at Helsinki airport in Finland and was reunited with her family.
Protection given to Indian sisters due to be raped as punishment for their brother’s ‘crime’
The Supreme Court in India has ordered the Delhi police to provide protection to two sisters and their family after they fled their village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, fearing for their safety.
Amnesty Calls For Release of Three Journalists Working For VICE in Turkey
“It is completely proper that that journalists should cover this important story. The decision to detain the journalists was wrong, while the allegation of assisting Islamic state is unsubstantiated, outrageous and bizarre.”
Mozambique: Trial of academic and editor over Facebook post makes mockery of justice
Today’s trial of economist Carlos Nuno Castel-Branco and newspaper editor Fernando Mbanze over a Facebook post criticising Mozambique’s former president makes a mockery of justice and violates freedom of expression, said Amnesty International.
India: Protect Meenakshi Kumari and her sister from being raped as ordered by a village council
On 30 July, an unelected all-male village council in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, ordered that a Dalit woman and her teenage sister be raped and paraded naked.
