Ukraine: Reject Discriminatory LGBT Laws
(Moscow) – The Ukrainian parliament should reject two draft laws that would discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) [...]
Kuwait: Drop Charges for ‘Offending Emir’
(Beirut) – The Kuwaiti authorities should drop criminal charges against dozens of online activists, journalists, and politicians for legitimately exercising [...]
Saudi Arabia: Free Detainee in ‘Eye-for-an-Eye’ Case
(Beirut) – Judicial authorities in Saudi Arabia should take urgent steps to end the indefinite detention of a man who [...]
Burundi: New Law Would Muzzle Journalists
(New York) – The adoption of a new media law by Burundi’s National Assembly on April 3, 2013, is an [...]
Libya: Release Ailing Newspaper Editor
(Tripoli) – Libyan authorities should immediately drop criminal defamation charges and free Amara Hassan al-Khatabi, editor of al-Ummah daily. Al-Khatabi, [...]
Tunisia: Release TV Station Director
(Tunis) – Tunisia’s new justice minister should ensure the immediate release of Sami Fehri, the director of the privately owned Attounissia TV [...]