HANOI, VIETNAM — A Vietnamese court sentenced independent journalist Truong Huy San (also known as Huy Duc) to 30 months in prison on Thursday for Facebook posts criticizing the government. …
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Mohammad Aminifar (Jokhur), a 40-year-old Kurdish man from Aliabad, Naqadeh, has been transferred to Naqadeh Central Prison to serve a 29-month sentence, following a summons from the city’s Public and …
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Kuwaiti politician Mesaed Al-Quraifa has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour for “insulting the authority of the emirate.” This comes just weeks after the country’s emir, …
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Peyman Esmaeilpour, a 33-year-old resident of Bukan, and Afshin Alizadeh, a 31-year-old from Salmas, have been forcibly detained by Iranian security forces, with their whereabouts currently unknown. According to a …
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Peyman Kazemi, a 30-year-old political activist from Amlash, Iran, was arrested by intelligence forces on Friday, March 8, 2024, at his home and taken to an undisclosed location. His family, …
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The recent arrest of three religious scholars critical of the Taliban’s leadership has sparked widespread condemnation from Islamic scholars, former prosecutors, and human rights groups. The detentions …
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On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, five Kurdish individuals from Javanrud were arrested by Iranian security forces and transferred to the Naft Square Detention Center in Kermanshah. The detainees, identified as …
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The arrest of two Sunni Arabs, Hossein Albou Obeid and Emad Mazraeh, has raised alarm amid ongoing crackdowns in Khuzestan Province. Both individuals were detained by Iranian security forces and …