Since protests began in Egypt on 20 September, nearly 2,000 people have been arrested and 81 children have been detained by the security forces. 42 of those were allegedly kidnapped and their parents remain uninformed of their whereabouts. A large number of women have also been forcibly disappeared; reports mention more than 38 women. Today, on 27 September, protests are continuing in many Egyptian provinces. Despite the risks, some were … Read more →
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New footage reveals hundreds of blindfolded and shackled Uyghur prisoners
Drone footage has emerged showing police leading hundreds of blindfolded and shackled Uyghur men from a train in what is believed to be a transfer of inmates in Xinjiang. The video was posted on YouTube last week anonymously by War on Fear and has been verified as authentic by Nathan Ruser, a satellite analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. About one million of Xinjiang’s 24 million inhabitants have been … Read more →
Global strikes in over 150 countries to pressure governments to tackle climate change
Protests and strikes inspired by the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg are planned in about 150 countries on Friday 20 September, just three days before the UN climate action summit to pressure governments to act to tackle the climate crisis. The strike will culminate in New York when Thunberg, who has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for her climate activism, will spearhead a rally at the United … Read more →
Europe’s largest annual human rights conference opens in Warsaw
The 23rd annual conference to discuss human rights and democracy in OSCE participating states, the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), kicked off in Warsaw on 16 September. The HDIM is Europe’s largest annual human rights and democracy conference, and, amongst others, an important forum for civil society voices to be heard at a time where democratic values are increasingly under threat. “We need the conversations between states and civil society, … Read more →
British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert named as a new dual national imprisoned in Iran
On 14 September, the Australian government named the third person revealed to be in detention in prison in Iran as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Melbourne academic from Britain who has published work on the 2011 Arab uprisings and authoritarian governments. Her case came to light last week along with those of another British-Australian woman, Jolie King, and her Australian boyfriend Mark Firkin, who have been held for the past 10 weeks … Read more →
Arrested for entering football stadium, Sahar Khodayari, known as the “Blue Girl”, dies in Iran after setting herself on fire
An Iranian football fan who set herself on fire a week ago has died. Sahar Khodayari, 29, set herself alight in Tehran after her trial, for attempting to enter a football stadium disguised as a man, was postponed. She has been dubbed the “Blue Girl” on social media, after the colours of her favourite football team. “This senseless tragedy should be a turning point for Iran’s government, which has been … Read more →