Human Rights Watch

According to a Human Rights Watch report, the basic rights of religious minorities, women and girls, and LGBTQI+ communities in Indonesia continued to come under attack during 2021 with little government response.

IFEX has signed on to a joint letter to the UN calling for robust civil society participation throughout all stages of the development and drafting of a Cybercrime Convention, and stressing that any proposed convention must include human rights safeguards applicable to both its substantive and procedural provisions.

Governments should immediately urge UAE authorities to allow independent and international monitors access to check on the safety of Mansoor and other detained human rights defenders.

Hundreds of people have been detained and dozens injured in protests that have swept Kazakhstan since 2 January. Access to the internet has been blocked for periods during the protests and at least two journalists were briefly detained.

If the order to close schools is not reversed, around 30,000 Rohingya refugee children will lose their access to education.

Allowing the prosecution of civilians before a military tribunal is a violation of the right to a fair trial and due process guarantees, said Human Rights Watch.

Thirty signatory organizations have sent a letter to South Korea’s National Assembly urging the body to immediately pass a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, which would meaningfully address pervasive discrimination against marginalized groups in the country.

Fazilhoja Arifhojaev faces charges of threatening public security based on an innocuous social media post commenting on whether it is appropriate for a Muslim to congratulate non-Muslims on their religious holidays.