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28th October 2022
Iran: UN must act urgently after authorities unlawfully kill eight protesters in less than 24 hours

25th October 2022
Protect the Protest: Regulate the trade in policing equipment.

Children look on at the damage after Israel attacks on Gaza

25th October 2022
Israel/OPT: Investigate war crimes during August offensive on Gaza

Emine Ocak, a member of Saturday Mothers Turkish group is detained by Turkish female riot police during a demonstration on August 25, 2018 in Istanbul. - Istanbul police break up a regular demonstration by Turkish mothers and other relatives of people that were forcibly disappeared in the 1980s and 1990s, detaining dozens as they marked holding the 700th such weekly protest. (Photo by Hayri TUNC / AFP) (Photo credit should read HAYRI TUNC/AFP/Getty Images) ------- The photo shows Emine Ocak, mother of Hasan Ocak, who was forcibly disappeared in the hands of the state in 1995 at age 23. The longstanding peaceful vigil known as the ‘Saturday Mothers’ vigil first started as a response to the hundreds of reported cases of enforced disappearances during the 1980s and 1990s by relatives of people who were forcibly disappeared and to protest against the prevalent impunity for grave human rights violations of the day. The exact circumstances of the disappearances in the vast majority of cases are still unknown, including the fate and whereabouts of hundreds of victims, and those responsible have not been brought to justice. Saturday Mothers have held 699 peaceful gatherings since May 1995. During this time, many participants have faced intimidation, harassment, excessive use of force, arbitrary detention and unjust prosecution. In 1999, as a result, the organizers decided to stop holding the weekly vigils, which resumed in 2009 to continue with their demand of truth and justice for all cases of enforced disappearances. On 25 August, police in Istanbul used unnecessary and excessive force, including tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons, to disperse participants of a weekly vigil - known as the ‘Saturday Mothers vigil’ - held for victims of enforced disappearance. The longstanding protest was marking its 700th week since it was first held in 1995. Scores of participants, including elderly relatives of people who were forcibly disappeared in the hands of the state, were ill-treated and 47 people were detained before being released from police custody later that day.

25th October 2022
Protect the Protest of Saturday Mothers/People’s weekly vigil

Houses in one of the residential areas of Lviv, Ukraine, have been completely cut off from electricity due to Russian missile attacks.

20th October 2022
Ukraine: Russian attacks on critical energy infrastructure amount to war crimes

20th October 2022
Qatar: Labour reform unfinished and compensation still owed as World Cup looms

16th October 2022
Write For Rights 2022: Nasser Zefzafi – MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA: Locked up for 20 years for demanding change

Children unlawfully killed during protests in Iran

14th October 2022
Iran: At least 23 children killed with impunity during brutal crackdown on youthful protests

13th October 2022
Latvia: Refugees and migrants arbitrarily detained, tortured and forced to ‘voluntarily’ return to their countries

Workers deal with the aftermath of the Russian shelling in Kyiv

10th October 2022
Russia/Ukraine: Russian attacks on Kyiv and cities across Ukraine are an escalation of aggression and apparent violations of laws of war

At least three young men in Saudi Arabia are at imminent risk of the death penalty after an appeal court confirmed their sentences between June and October this year

10th October 2022
Saudi Arabia: Young men face imminent execution despite assurances on re-sentencing juveniles to prison terms

10th October 2022
Americas: Military monitoring of civil society organisations shows deteriorating respect for human rights

Security forces in Iran have shot and killed at least 82 protesters and bystanders in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, since 30 September 2022.

6th October 2022
Iran: At least 82 Baluchi protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown

A group of activists hold placards of Japanese citizen Toru Kubota, who is detained in Myanmar, during a rally in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo on July 31, 2022.

6th October 2022
Myanmar: Japanese filmmaker jailed for seven years in latest attack on independent media

5th October 2022
Cuba: Tactics of repression must not be repeated

4th October 2022
Sri Lanka: Human rights compliant recovery measures critical to stop spiralling hunger and poverty

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