Adam Lhedmat

Legal Officer @freedomnoworg

[Freedom Now @freedomnoworg]

Journalist Dzyanis Ivashyn has been imprisoned in #Belarus for more than 4 years. Please join us in sending him messages of solidarity and encouragement to let him know he has not been forgotten. https://t.co/eIP2xIbl8C

[AlterMidya @altermidya]

ALTERMIDYA CONDEMNS THE GUILTY VERDICT ON FRENCHIE MAE CUMPIO’S CASE:

We strongly condemn the guilty verdict against our colleague, Frenchie Mae Cumpio. While she was acquitted of charges related to the illegal possession of firearms and explosives, it is deplorable that she was convicted of terrorism financing charges.

We are outraged by the clear injustice of the court decision amid glaring evidence that the charges against Frenchie Mae, Marielle Domequil and the rest of Tacloban 5 are all fabricated. The decision is a grave injustice and is a serious peril to the already dire state of press freedom and free expression in the Philippines.

https://t.co/dLUQf7ovFE

[Freedom Now @freedomnoworg]

We are deeply concerned about the recent hospitalization of Abdoul Aziz Goma due to his hunger strike and ongoing health issues. Abdoul has spent the last seven years wrongfully imprisoned in #Togo merely for exercising his human rights. (1/2)

[Leila Nazgül Seiitbek🇰🇬 🇦🇹 🌻 @l_seiitbek]

Kyrgyzstan: The head of the media outlet Temirov Live, Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy, was sentenced to six years in prison, and the akyn of "Ait Ait Dese" Azamat Ishenbekov - to five.
Journalists Aktilek Kaparov and Aika Beyshekeeva were given three years of probation. The rest of the defendants in the case were acquitted due to the lack of evidence.
The authorities decide to put child of Bolot and Mahabat under child protective service/orphanage/foster family. Both Mahabat and Bolot have parents, who can and are willing to take care of their grandson, who is 12 y.o. The grandparents also tried to get a power of attorney to move the child to Bolot in the EU. But the authorities are preventing this and are unlawfully refusing to verify/notarize the power of attorney.

[Sanjaya Wilson Jayasekera @sanjayawilson]

Poet and teacher #AhnafJazeem aquitted. #lka #FreeAhnaf

[ALQST for Human Rights @ALQST_En]

🚨 ALQST has learned that #SaudiArabia’s SCC Appeal Court handed down a jail term of 30 years and six months, to be followed by a travel ban of the same length, to Fatima al-Shawarbi for her peaceful activism on Twitter through an anonymous account.

https://t.co/fpLJ3yQx4F

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

President Buhari: As you leave office, please exercise your last chance to free Mubarak Bala, a religious prisoner, husband and father of a three-year-old boy. Sentenced to 24 years in Nigeria for his nonviolent humanist activism, Bala must be released.

https://t.co/lJk0UVqGU4

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

Hours later we have heard that the whole core team @RepublicStaff are still being detained having not been given a reason. This goes against their basic human rights and their right to free expression. @metpoliceuk you must provide a reason and/or release them immediately

[Freedom Now @freedomnoworg]

Today we joined @HumanistsInt & @freedomhouse in filing a petition with @UNHumanRights on behalf of Mubarak Bala, a humanist sentenced to a 24 year prison sentence in #Nigeria. We call for his immediate release. https://t.co/F3aAgtnKCg #FreeMubarakBala #FreeThemAll

[Humanists International @HumanistsInt]

Today marks 3 years since Nigerian humanist, Mubarak Bala, was arrested. Humanists International, @freedomnoworg and @freedomhouse today jointly filed a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: https://t.co/94lUzC4rk9 #FreeMubarakBala #FreeThemAll

[Sanjaya Wilson Jayasekera @sanjayawilson]

Poet & teacher #AhnafJazeem 's Puttalam HC case trial ws taken up today. Principal & a student gave evidence. Student denied being taught anything indoctrinating by Ahnaf, n stated tht his statement ws never readout & explained to him by TID. Rushdie Habeeb AAL appeared for Ahnaf

[emily @SoupMuse]

The US government has rejected over 95% of Afghan humanitarian parole applications they have processed thus far.

Those who remained in Afghanistan in reliance on this program exist in continual--and in many cases rising--danger.

[Freedom Now @freedomnoworg]

9 yrs ago today #Tajikistan arrested politician Zayd Saidov, one of the initial victims of a widespread crackdown on opposition political parties. He is serving a 29 year sentence on fabricated charges. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. https://t.co/cwwjuIw4Zg

[USCIRF @USCIRF]

.@freedomnoworg Legal Officer, @adamlhedmat, and Advocacy Director, @schfm join @dwightbashir today to discuss the case of the 5 Sunni Muslims who remain imprisoned in #Kazakhstan for discussing their religious beliefs over WhatsApp. https://t.co/A3itDjfj08

[Sanjaya Wilson Jayasekera @sanjayawilson]

In an abhorrent and anti-democratic act of executive indecency, Wickremasinghe government includes poet and teacher Ahnaf Jazeem in a terrorist list, officially referred to as a List of Designated Persons, #HandsOffAhnaf
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[IBA's Human Rights Institute @IBAHRI]

The IBAHRI has jointly written to #Turkmenistan President, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, expressing grave concern over the continued arbitrary detention of #lawyer Pygamberdy Allaberdyev, who was a vocal critic of proposed changes to Turkmenistan's Constitution.
https://t.co/g9e8JXty2d

[Freedom Now @freedomnoworg]

2 years ago today #Kazakhstan sentenced activist Alnur Ilyashev to 3 years house arrest for criticizing the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We call for his immediate and unconditional release. https://t.co/56iCdLrhtS

[Freedom Now @freedomnoworg]

2 years ago #Kazakhstan imprisoned activist Alnur Ilyashev for criticizing the gov't's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In March, the UN declared his detention a violation of int'l law. We call for all restrictions on him to be lifted. https://t.co/4eRghmPtmn