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A people's court in Linshu County, Shandong, China, sentences prominent human rights and democracy activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for subverting state power.
2023-04-10

Thirty-eight protesters are shot dead and 30 more are wounded by the military and police as protests against the February 1 coup continue across the country. A meeting of ASEAN nations called for restraint of the security forces but failed to unanimously call for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
2021-03-3

25-year-old Australian footballer and refugee from Bahrain, Hakeem al-Araibi, is ordered to defend an extradition order back to Bahrain in a Bangkok court, after being detained upon arrival in Thailand for his honeymoon with his wife in November 2018. International community is treating it as a human rights issue; a campaign to free al-Araibi and return him to Australia is growing.
2019-02-4

The United Nations issues a report calling for an end to the nation's state of emergency, claiming it has been used to violate human rights. Turkey responds, calling the report "biased" and "unacceptable".
2018-03-20

Venezuela's democratic opposition wins the Sakharov Prize, the European Union's top human rights award. ([https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-latin-america-41760899 BBC])
2017-10-26

The European Union warns Thailand that the country needs to quickly address the human rights and slavery issues in its seafood industry if it wants to avoid an EU import ban.
2015-12-18

Amnesty International calls on the People's Republic of China to stop the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of human rights lawyers.
2011-06-30

The United States announces plans to impose sanctions on the President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, and six members of his government, for alleged human rights breaches during the 2011 Syrian uprising.
2011-05-18

A Nigerian human rights group says 500 people were killed in violence in the north of the country following the presidential election.
2011-04-25

Iran arrests five human rights lawyers for security-related offences, the latest in a series of arrests of Iranian human rights' activists since last year's disputed presidential election.
2010-11-15