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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Russia jails lawyers who acted for late opposition leader Alexei Navalny | BBC News
Three lawyers who acted for late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been given jail terms of up to five-and-a-half years on charges of taking part in an “extremist organisation”.
Lawyer for Ugandan opposition politician ‘arrested and tortured’ | The Guardian
A human rights lawyer involved in a case featuring a prominent Ugandan opposition leader has been tortured after he was arrested and detained without trial, according to colleagues who have visited him.
Vietnam jails high-profile lawyer for 3 years over Facebook posts | Nikkei Asia
Vietnam has sentenced a high-profile attorney to three years in prison over Facebook posts that authorities say hurt the “prestige” of the nation’s top court out of “personal anger”.
The Istanbul Bar Association has called an extraordinary congress for 23 February after legal proceedings were launched against its president and board members. The case has been widely criticised as a political manoeuvre aimed at undermining the independence of the legal profession.
Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang ‘won’t bow’ despite 3 years of pretrial detention | Radio Free Asia
Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang, who has been behind bars without trial for three years on “subversion” charges, has issued a defiant statement to the authorities after they repeatedly extended his detention, saying he ‘won’t bow’ to them.
Cameroon: The lawyer risking everything to defend LGBT rights | BBC News
Despite being vilified, threatened and humiliated in public, veteran Cameroonian lawyer Alice Nkom is determined to uphold the rights of homosexual people in her country.
Rights group reports crackdown on human rights lawyers in Iran | JURIST
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) released a press release on Monday charging that Iran has escalated its crackdown on human rights lawyers and other dissenters as part of its expanding suppression of dissent.
There’s a sudden thaw in US-Cuba relations – but for how long? | CNN
Cuban officials on Thursday freed a prominent opposition activist, a last-minute diplomatic change in fortunes for the Biden administration which had sought his release but long seemed unable to influence events on the island.
Civil society rallies for human rights as AI Act prohibitions deadline looms | EURACTIV
Civil society organisations have criticised the European Commission’s drafting of guidelines on ambiguous Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act prohibitions in a joint statement, demanding human rights and justice be at its core.
The past year has marked the “absolute failure” of western democracies as champions of human rights around the world, the head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
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