Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was hospitalized after collapsing in prison. Her family says her condition has deteriorated since a March heart attack.
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From mall to torture site: The debate over El Helicoide’s future in Venezuela
Once a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela’s most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside.
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A Chinese man who filmed secret footage in Xinjiang risks deportation from the U.S.
Guan Heng sailed to the U.S. by boat from the Bahamas after publishing footage he filmed of purported detention camps in China. He has been held in immigration detention since August.
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Torture and treason trials: what’s happening in Tanzania?
Tanzania’s government is facing growing accusations of repression after prominent human rights defenders say they were beaten and sexually assaulted while in custody.
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The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency’s annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
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Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship’s mass grave
Brazil’s government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country’s military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.
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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China, activists say
The detainees were part of a group of some 300 Uyghurs who fled China and were arrested in Thailand in 2014. Thailand deported more than 100 of them to China in 2015, drawing condemnation.
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Trump plans to withdraw the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council
The president’s executive order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians.
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Azerbaijan’s human-rights record is under fire as it prepares to host UN climate talks
Azerbaijan has carried out an “escalating crackdown” on government critics and activists over the past two years, according to Human Rights Watch and Freedom Now.
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China frees American pastor after 18 years in detention
The State Department said that 68-year-old David Lin is coming home after being arrested in China on vague contract charges that he and his family deny. He had been jailed there for 18 years.
