Rights group accuses Vietnam of abducting Australian and Norwegian activists
Vietnam says the men entered the country illegally and accused them of planning terrorist activities.
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Vietnam says the men entered the country illegally and accused them of planning terrorist activities.
According to lawyers in Tunisia, at least 11 people have been arrested after calling for the release of jailed organisers of a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.
Hundreds of Tunisians have protested in Tunis, demanding the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists.
Activists Shrishti Khanna alleged Mumbai police personnel are showing up in civilian clothes to intimidate venues to cancel the documentary screening in solidarity with Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.
The protest comes as the health of one detainee deteriorates after more than a month on hunger strike.
Turkish courts have jailed more LGBTQ activists and supporters, raising to 62 the number remanded in custody following a weekend crackdown, a legal rights group said on Wednesday. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Koen Slootmaeckers, Reader in International Politics at City St George's, University of London, says that Turkish President Recep Tayyp Erdogan wants to claim "the idea of a strong, masculine state and LGBTQ people are a threat to this ideal".
Eight members of Turkish LGBTQ+ rights group Kaos GL were jailed pending trial on Tuesday as part of a national operation the government says is protecting family values and children, but which rights groups say targets fundamental rights.
Turkish police on Sunday swooped on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, arresting at least 60 people in raids authorities said were aimed at boosting traditional family values, officials and activists said. Turkey's LGBTQ community has frequently been targeted by the government, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashing it as a "deviant movement" of "perverts" responsible for the falling birth rate. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis speaks with Yildiz Tar, Editor-in-Chief of KaosGL.org.
Kenya · POLITICS Key Facts —What happened Kenyan authorities have repeatedly used treason rhetoric and treason charges against activists and opposition figures since the June 2024 anti-tax protests. —The catch Treason is among the most serious offences in Kenya’s Penal Code and can attract the death penalty, making it a powerful political weapon even when […] The post Kenya and Its Neighbours Are Reaching for Treason Charges Against Their Critics appeared first on The Rio Times.
Hong Kong jails Tiananmen vigil activists for seven years
Convictions came under draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong in 2020 following huge protests.
A Hong Kong court sentenced three former organizers of annual vigils marking China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
SFI lashes out at police action against activists during a recent demonstration at Kerala University.
Retired Catholic leader Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other activists have lost an appeal against their convictions for failing to register their legal defence fund for those involved in the 2019 anti-government protests in Hong Kong. The Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a magistrate’s findings that the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund fell within the definition of a society under the Societies Ordinance and its members were required to register the group with police or ask for an...