Human Rights Watch

Women, adolescents, and LGBTQI+ people are bearing the brunt of the ruling Law and Justice party’s moves to undermine sexual and reproductive health rights and demonise gender-nonconformity.

Askarov, 69, was serving a life sentence imposed after an unfair trial on politically motivated charges, for which he was arbitrarily arrested and tortured. He was in poor health and activists had been calling for his release due the threat of COVID-19.

Askarov, who was handed a life sentence after a dubious conviction in 2010, has a history of cardiac and respiratory problems. He is currently unable to walk on his own, has no appetite, has lost weight and has fevers. He is at extreme risk of contracting COVID-19.

33 civil society organizations urge the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States to echo the European Union (EU) in its call for the respect of human rights in Cambodia.

The Home Affairs Ministry declared that street protests and marches could only be held with prior written approval from the police. In addition, the Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Ministry stated that nongovernmental organizations should not support “actions that are detrimental to national security and national interests.”

On July 3, Sergatskova published an article detailing alleged friendships between the leaders of far-right or neo-Nazi groups and the directors of StopFake, a nonprofit organisation that aims to stop the dissemination of false information about Ukraine.

The FSB alleges that Safronov sent classified information to a NATO member state; he faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Yulia Tsvetkova is charged with “pornography dissemination” because she runs a social media group that features artwork depicting vulvas, celebrating female bodies, and protesting taboos around female anatomy and menstruation.