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Jimmy Lai · ChinaFormer Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule.See the Story
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Human RightsCivil Society Appeal to the Member States of the Council of Europe zevans@freedom… Wed, 12/03/2025 - 03:00
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We, the undersigned civil society organizations, 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) th…See the Story
Civil Society Appeal to the Member States of the Council of Europe
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United Nations · VietnamJoint Statement by Human Rights Organizations regarding Y Quynh Bdap zevans@freedom… Mon, 12/08/2025 - 15:47
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We, the undersigned human rights organizations and legal representatives of Vietnamese human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap, express our deepest concern following Thailand’s decision to forcibly return him to Vietnam on 28 November 2025, in violation of Thailand’s binding obligations under international a…See the Story
Joint Statement by Human Rights Organizations Regarding Y Quynh Bdap
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