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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 11h

Many journalist killings are preceded by death threats — and often those threats are slow to be addressed and investigated. Even in nations where journalist killings are rare, threats against members of the press are still highly concerning. cpj.org/issue/intern...

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2025 - Committee to Protect Journalists

Despite concerted efforts to tackle impunity, the lack of meaningful improvement in accountability for journalist killings in the past decades indicates more must be done to deliver justice. Amid stag...

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 2d

Thousands of people in Nigeria and Sudan are being slaughtered. Today.
#HumanRights #Genocide

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 2d

The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan are massacring civilians.

They're armed by the United Arab Emirates - a key Western ally.

This is yet more genocidal mayhem armed and facilitated by the West.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 8d

North Korea still needs our help.

Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Nevertheless, he remains in prison.

#HumanRights #Tajikistan

Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Authorities have banned visits from his wife and warned his family against advocating on his behalf to the wider world.

In May 2019, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention stated Tajikistan’s treatment of Mr Yorov violated international law and called for his immediate release.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Just as in Yorov’s first trial, the proceedings were rife with fair-trial violations, including prohibiting him from freely communicating with legal representatives whilst simultaneously being told he was unable to conduct his own defence.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Since then, his sentence has twice been shortened, before authorities repeatedly brought new, trumped-up charges against him, most recently in July 2023.

The added convictions have extended his sentence, pushing his expected release date to September 2043, by which time he will be 72 years old.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Mr Yorov was held in pre-trial detention for eight months, during which he was beaten and held in solitary confinement. On October 6, 2016, in a trial riddled with due process violations, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

An image by Justice Upheld with text highlighting a brutal crackdown on political opposition in Tajikistan, alleging orchestrated control by the president, long-term imprisonment without fair trial, torture, and kidnappings. Protesters hold signs with “Dictator Rahmon Stop” and photos.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

On September 28, 2015, police arrested Yorov, raided his home and offices without a warrant, and charged him with forgery, fraud, “arousing national, racial, local or religious hostility,” and extremism.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

…one of the few officially registered opposition parties in the country, before it was labelled a terrorist organisation and banned by the state that same month.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Yorov, 54, is a fearless human rights lawyer who built a name for himself by taking on high-profile legal cases representing individuals prosecuted by the government on politically motivated charges.

Early Sept 2015, Yorov began representing members of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights lawyer for 10 years for exercising his human rights.
Buzurgmehr Yorov is serving a 23-year prison sentence because of his work representing political opposition leaders.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

Image by Justice Upheld highlighting the case of Buzurgmehr Yorov, a Tajik human rights lawyer sentenced to 23 years in prison for defending government opposition leaders. The image includes the Tajikistan flag, the text “Justice Denied” stamped in red, and a photo of Yorov in a white shirt and blue tie. The message reads: “In Tajikistan, defending human rights is treated as a crime. Buzurgmehr Yorov’s imprisonment is proof.”

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · 9d

If you aren’t already, follow the great work @pressfreedom.bsky.social are doing.

Graph showing number of press members killed by country in the Middle East.
Israel 237. Syria 6. Iraq 4. Yemen 2. Killed in Israel 2. Saudi Arabia 1.

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 NEW: CPJ is challenging Israel’s ban on international media access to Gaza in the Israeli Supreme Court. Israel has killed 197 Palestinian journalists and media workers in two years, silencing journalists and their vital reporting. cpj.org/2025/10/cpj-...

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stephvbothmer.bsky.social @stephvbothmer.bsky.social · Sep 1

human rights used to mean something, be non-negotiable, something to strive for, not relativised or conditional.

#humanrights

30 basic human rights with their icons

#l. All human beings are born free & equal.
#2. All are entitled to their rights & freedoms without discrimination.
#3. The right to life, abetty a security of person.
#4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.
#5. No One shall be subjected to torture or Inhumane cruelty.
#6. The right to be recognized as a person
#7. All are entitled to equal protection of the law.
#8. The right to treated fair by constitution and by law.
#9. No subjection to arbitrary arrest, unfair detention or exile.
#10. All are entitled in full equality in a fair trial & public hearing.
#11. Innocent until proven quilty in a fair public trial & defence.
#12. The right to privacy & protection against interference.
#13. The freedom of movement and residence.
#14. The right to seek & enjoy asylum from persecution.
#15. The right to a nationality & the freedom to change it.

30 BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS

[ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ]

#ProtectHumanRights #FightForFreedom #UDHR

#16. When at full age, the right to marriage & to found a family.
#17. The right to own & to not be deprived of one's property.
#18. The freedom of thought, conscience & religion.
#19. The freedom of opinion & expression.
#20. The treedom of peaceful assembly & association.
#21. The right to take part in the government (democracy, voting).
#22. The right to social security.
#23. The right to work & social protection.
#24. The right to rest & leisure (reasonable work hours, holidays)
#25. The right to social service & standard of living
#26. The right to an education.
#27. The right to enjoy the cultural life of
#28. Al rights
recognized worldwide.
#29. Protect rights & freedoms as a duty to the community.
#30. Human rights can never be

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 9

‘A deadly scheme’: Palestinians face indiscriminate gunfire at food sites

Investigation based on visual evidence, bullets, medical records and testimony appears to show sustained pattern of Israeli shootings Warning: includes images of blood and graphic scenes Ehab Nuor, a 23-year-old barber, lies flat on the sand behind entangled metal, hiding from heavy machine-gun fire, as hundreds of Palestinians scramble away, carrying backpacks in which they had hoped to collect food. Continue reading...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 9

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combined Tech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week. Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), have grown increasingly alarmed about the growing threat from sextortion and other crimes targeting teenagers. Continue reading...

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · Aug 8

About that…

www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Refugees @refugees.skyfleet.blue · Aug 8

More than 30,000 children displaced by heavy fighting in northern Mozambique – Save the Children #Refugees

More than 30,000 children displaced by heavy fighting in northern Mozambique – Save the Children

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Just Fair @justfairuk.bsky.social · Aug 8

🗓️ Join Amnesty International UK’s “Everyday Rights” briefing on 9 Sep to explore how human rights impact daily life.

Essential learning for advocates, educators, and anyone who believes rights belong to all of us. @amnestyuk.bsky.social

👉 Learn more and register: www.amnesty.org.uk/e...

A Briefing on Everyday Rights

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 7

Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations

The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

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Justice Upheld @justiceupheld.bsky.social · Aug 8

www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

www.declassifieduk.org

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