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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world.
Trump says US will send some migrants to Guantanamo Bay | BBC News
US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay which he said would hold as many as 30,000 people.
Egyptian rights lawyer and revolutionary facing slow death in prison | Middle East Eye
Hoda Abdelmoneim, who has suffered a stroke and heart attack behind bars, is being held in detention past the end of her sentence on recycled charges.
Vietnamese environmental activist wins human rights award while in prison | Radio Free Asia
Imprisoned Vietnamese lawyer and environmental activist Dang Dinh Bach has been awarded the Roger N. Baldwin Medal for Liberty by the US-based Human Rights First organisation in recognition of his work protecting communities from environmental harm.
The anti‑war lawyer jailed for a social media post | Mediazona
Dmitriy Talantov, a 64-year-old lawyer from Izhevsk, was recently sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army and “inciting hatred”.
Kuwait jails social media users for insulting the state, its ruler | Middle East Monitor
The Kuwaiti judiciary on Wednesday sentenced a social media user to four years in prison with hard labour after convicting him of insulting Gulf states.
The Crimean Tatar imprisoned by Russia, promoted to high office by Ukraine | Al Jazeera
Nariman Dzhelyal has been appointed as Ukraine’s new ambassador to Turkiye after facing the same bleak fate of many other Crimean Tatar activists.
Bangladesh needs systemic reform to end rights abuse: HRW | Al Jazeera
Bangladesh risks the return of the rights abuses seen under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unless robust reform is instituted, an international NGO has warned.
Polish court to rule on activist’s appeal in landmark abortion-rights case | EUobserver
A Polish activist for abortion rights, Justyna Wydrzyńska, was back in front of court on Thursday for an appeal hearing — after having been sentenced to eight months community service for helping a pregnant woman, a victim of domestic violence, get an abortion back in 2023.
A trans woman held in a US federal jail is suing president Donald Trump over an executive order that requires her to be housed in a male prison.
A drone strike by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) that hit a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance in northern Syria is an apparent war crime, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing a statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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