Jurist News

March 28, 2025

Moroccan Rights Activist Faces Prison Over Social Media Post Amid Growing Repression

March 28, 2025 – Morocco –  In late 2024, Fouad Abdelmoumni, a prominent Moroccan human rights activist and economist, was arrested after posting on Facebook alleging […]
March 16, 2025

Reporters Without Borders Demands Release of Detained Iraqi Kurdistan Journalists

March 16, 2025  – Iraq/Kurdish –  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urgently called for the release of two investigative journalists, Bashdar Bazyani and Sherwan Sherwani, who […]
November 28, 2024

Kazakhstan Must Ensure Fair Appeal for Journalist Daniyar Adilbekov

November 28, 2024 – Kazakhstan – Investigative journalist Daniyar Adilbekov was handed a harsh 4½‑year prison sentence on October 18, 2024, by the Astana interdistrict court, convicted under […]
November 26, 2024

Russia Intensifies Crackdown: Arrest Warrant Issued for France 24 Journalist in Sensational Case

November 26, 2024 – Russia/Ukraine – The Leninsky District Court in Kursk, Russia, issued an arrest warrant for France 24 journalist Catherine Norris Trent, accusing her of […]