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Phnom Penh Appeals Court Upholds Kem Sokha Conviction, Adds 5-Year Travel Ban

Rights groups say the ruling shows courts are used to sideline opposition.

Tunisia Suspends Nobel-Linked Human Rights League for One Month

Student Protests Renew at Tehran Campuses as Clashes and Crackdowns Mount

Five Nations Say Independent Tests Show Epibatidine Killed Alexei Navalny

Neo‑Nazi ‘Day of Honour’ Draws Thousands in Budapest as Police Quash Antifascist Response

Venezuela Frees Rafael Tudares, Son-in-Law of Opposition Figure Edmundo González, After 380 Days

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party Votes to Dissolve, Ending Major Organized Opposition

Tunisia Detains Activist Chaïma Issa During Free-Speech Protest After Mass Appeal Sentences

Russia Declares Human Rights Watch 'Undesirable,' Banning Its Work

Tunisia Orders Release of Lawyer and Commentator Sonia Dahmani

Tanzania Arrests Opposition Deputy as Hundreds Face Treason Charges After Disputed Election

Tunisian Opposition Leaders Launch Hunger Strikes as Ben Mbarek’s Health Is Disputed

European Parliament Awards 2025 Sakharov Prize to Jailed Journalists From Belarus and Georgia

Iran’s 2025 Execution Toll Tops 1,000 in Prison ‘Mass Killing,’ Rights Group Says

Amnesty Demands Release of 36 Cameroon Opposition Supporters Held Since 2020

Ugandan Judge Denies Bail to Kizza Besigye, Citing 12-Day Shortfall

Calls Intensify for Release of Egyptian Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah as Sentence Nears End

EU and Latin American Leaders Demand Transparency in Venezuela's Disputed Election