Saudi Arabia: Detained football fans could face up to five years in prison for chanting during match
Authorities in Saudi Arabia must immediately release 12 football fans detained solely for reciting a folkloric chant commemorating the birth of Imam Ali, a figure revered by Shia Muslims, at a football match in January 2024 and publishing a video of it on social media, said Amnesty International, ahead of their upcoming trial session on 28 […]
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El Salvador: The institutionalization of human rights violations after two years of emergency rule
Two years after declaring a state of emergency, a measure that is considered extraordinary and temporary, and implementing a series of amendments to criminal law that undermine the presumption of innocence and the right to defense, among other guarantees of due process, the government of El Salvador continues to ignore its international human rights obligations […]
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Georgia: Halt legislative assault on LGBTI rights
Reacting to the news that Georgia’s ruling party has proposed a discriminatory constitutional bill that, among other restrictions, bans any public expression of opinion or public gatherings that could be regarded as “promoting same-sex relationships,” Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “This proposed initiative is a blatant attack on […]
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