This month marks the anniversary of the 2019 Iranian uprising – a series of nationwide protests that called for regime change and the removal of Hassan Rouhani and Ali Khamenei. The protests took place in over 190 Iranian cities in all 31 provinces, eventually becoming the most violent and unprecedented … Read more →
Nasibe Semsai, an Iranian women’s rights activist who fled to Turkey in February, could face deportation after being arrested in Istanbul. Semsai sought refuge in Turkey following a 12-year sentence for taking part in protests against the headscarf. … Read more →
At least six journalists have been detained in Russia since 5 November 2020, whilst covering protests in Khabarovsk. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued a statement calling for Russian authorities to release all detained journalists … Read more →
On 16 November, world leaders and a coalition of governments came together for the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020, hosted by Canada and Botswana. This is the second annual event, with it previously hosted by Canada and the UK in 2019. … Read more →
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkist authorities violated the European Convention on Human Rights commitments when they arrested 10 individuals working for Cumhuriyet. … Read more →
A 25-year old man from Afghanistan is facing criminal charges for his son’s death, after their boat capsized trying to reach the Greek Island of Samos. The charges are for endangering his six year old son’s life. They left Turkey as part of a group of 25 people trying to reach Europe to seek asylum. … Read more →
A Chinese citizen journalist, Zhang Zhan, is facing up to five years in jail for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Zhang has been detained since May and is being charged with spreading false information. The former lawyer is currently being held … Read more →
The Kurdish-led administration of Rojava has handed 30 children of ISIS-linked parents over to Russian authorities. This is the fourth repatriation by Moscow in the last few months. The children were between the ages of two and 14 and were … Read more →
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) has upheld provisions which protect public servants and civilians who committed crimes while attempting to prevent a military coup, enacted under the State of Emergency following the failed coup in July, 2016. … Read more →
Sixty-three parliamentarians from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance of China (IPAC) have urged the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to accept a complaint on alleged genocide of Uyghur Muslims by China. … Read more →