https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/07/congo-jails-12-activists-repression-intensifies-east
Last Friday, a military court in Beni, North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sentenced 12 activists from the citizen movement Lucha...
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https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/human-rights-online-violence-information-integrity-initiative-united-nations-women-december-2025/
Dec 11, 2025 - Online violence is spilling offline: 4 in 10 of the women surveyed also reported experiencing offline attacks connected to digital abuse
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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-11-27-human-rights-activists-urge-icc-to-act-at-against-tanzanian-president-for-crimes/
Nov 27, 2025 - The activists allege that Tanzanian security forces deliberately killed between 700 and 3,000 protesters after the October elections.
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https://app.memria.org/stories/public-story-view/3d1c319633f44062b2f7545b190b3610/
Please tell us your name (unless you want to be anonymous), and why you defend rights. For example, was there a moment in your life that motivated you?
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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/4/3/chinese-gender-activists-imprisoned-in-beijing
Three gender activists held by authorities underlines dissent of any type is unwelcome in China, lawyers say.
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https://www.hra-iran.org/article/an-inner-view-to-the-human-rights-activists-in-iran-keyvan-rafiee-founder-and-director-of-human-rights-activists-in-iran/
Aug 2, 2025 - The establishment and activism of the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI), also known as Human rights Activists (HRA), began in February 2006. Since then,...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/22/europe-heats-silencing-climate-activists-emerging-troubling-trend
As the climate crisis accelerates, some European governments are seeking to silence groups that are trying to raise the alarm. Scientists have linked extreme...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/23/thailand-free-detained-monarchy-reform-activists
Thai authorities should immediately drop the charges and release pro-democracy activists detained for insulting the monarchy. Holding activists in lengthy...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/02/03/turkish-activists-look-germany-support-rights-crackdown
Human rights activists, independent journalists, academics and others in Turkey are sounding the alarm bells over a dramatic worsening of human rights...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/31/zimbabwe-opposition-activists-wrongfully-denied-bail
Zimbabwe’s authorities should immediately take measures to end the prolonged pretrial detention of over 70 opposition activists, most of them young people,...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/01/zimbabwe-rights-activists-acquitted-after-year-long-trial
A Zimbabwe court’s acquittal of three human rights activists on disorderly conduct charges more than a year after their arrest highlights the authorities’...
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