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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 1d

Amadou Vamoulké, the former director of Cameroon's national radio service is serving a 20 year sentence. He is 74 years old. rsf.org/en/cameroon-...

Cameroon: RSF outraged by Amadou Vamoulké's 20-year prison sentence after unfair trial

Almost two years after being sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment for “embezzlement of public funds” – and having already been arbitrarily detained for eight years – the former director-general of Came...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 1d

Kingsley Fumunyuy Njoka, a journalist arrested in 2020 and serving a 10 year sentence for publishing articles critical of the government rsf.org/en/cameroon-...

Cameroon: RSF condemns absurd 10-year prison sentence for journalist Kingsley Fumunyuy Njoka

Barely a month after journalist Amadou Vamoulké was sentenced to 20 years in prison, freelance reporter Kingsley Fumunyuy Njoka, who has been in pre-trial detention for over four years, was sentenced ...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 1d

Mancho Bibixy Tse, a journalist imprisoned since 2017 for protesting the marginalization of the Anglophone community www.omct.org/en/resources...

Mancho Bibixy Tse, in prison for promoting Anglophone rights

➡ Learn more about our #FacesOfHope campaign He’s the man who launched the “Coffin Revolution”: on 21 November 2016, Mancho Bibixy Tse , a local radio…

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 1d

Other journalists wrongfully imprisoned in #Cameroon include Tsi Conrad, an independent journalist imprisoned since December 2016 for filming a protest where people shot and killed four people freedomhouse.org/article/hope...

Hope and Despair in Cameroon’s Yaoundé Central Prison

Tsi Conrad, a Cameroonian journalist who has been unjustly imprisoned since December 2016, is hopeful that President Donald Trump will continue to call out the Biya regime’s abuses and push for democr...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 1d

On Sunday, Cameroonians go to the polls to vote for president. But so long as journalists are persecuted for their reporting, elections cannot be truly democratic. Thomas Awah Jr and all wrongfully jailed journalists must be freed immediately. www.freedom-now.org/cases/thomas...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 11d

Since returning to power the Taliban have steadily eroded the rights of Afghans, especially the rights of Afghan women who have nearly been erased from public life. This unprecedented communications blackout is an escalation of these rights abuses and will also cause irreversible economic harm

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 11d

For a second day, Afghanistan is cut off from the outside world as the Taliban regime has instituted a near total communications blackout. Internet and mobile phones services have been cut nationwide in order to "prevent immorality." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Afghanistan ‘blind without phones and internet’ on second day of telecoms blackout

Taliban authorities cut fibre-optic network in nationwide shutdown of communications to prevent ‘vice’

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 12d

It has been 10 years since #Tajikistan arrested human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov. He remains imprisoned on politically motivated charges. Freedom Now and 11 human rights organizations renew our call for his immediate and unconditional release www.freedom-now.org/tajikistan-l...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · 29d

Gubad Ibadoghlu turns 54 years old today. It's the 3rd birthday he's spent in #Azerbaijan, a country he cannot leave because of politically motivated charges still pending against him. We call for charge to be dropped against Gubad and all political prisoners in Azerbaijan

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today we filed a petition with the UN on behalf of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Mariel Domequil, and Alexander Abinguna, three activists who have been wrongfully detained in the #Philippines since 2020 for their human rights work www.freedom-now.org/philippines-...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Sep 2

Because of the severe mistreatment he has suffered at the hands of the Togolese government after his arrest, his life is now at risk. We call on the government of Togo to comply with its international human rights obligations and release Abdoul! (2/2)

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Sep 2

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)

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 29

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. www.freedom-now.org/write-a-lett...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 28

The UN Human Rights Council must establish an independent international accountability mechanism for #Afghanistan to support accountability for gross and systematic human rights violations and abuses and crimes under international law www.freedom-now.org/afghanistan-...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders is looking for input from human rights defenders for her final report to the UN Human Rights Council🚨 Learn about the type of input sought and how to submit - www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

OHCHR | Call for Input - Raising their voices: HRDs respond to the human rights crisis

BackgroundIn her final report to the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders wishes to bring the voice of human rights defenders directly to the Council. At a time wh...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Four years ago today, the Taliban regime took control of #Afghanistan, launching a campaign of repression. On this painful anniversary, the international community must address Afghanistan’s human rights and humanitarian crises without legitimizing the Taliban. www.freedom-now.org/afghanistan-...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

A major issue in Togo exemplified by the continued imprisonment of Irish citizen Abdoul Aziz Goma there. Goma provided housing to several peaceful protestors in 2018 and has been serving a 10-year prison sentence for this action. www.freedom-now.org/cases/abdoul...

Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

#Togo: The report has no discussion of freedom of assembly

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

The report only notes that fear of retaliation leads many journalists to self-censor.

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

It would have been important to cite the case of Saidnuriddin Shamsiddinov, an anti-corruption activist who was jailed in 2020. He is serving a 9.5-year sentence for investigating the distribution of PPE by local authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. www.freedom-now.org/cases/saidnu...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

The report makes references to government corruption but does not provide a full assessment of this major problem. In Tajikistan, the president and his family largely control the economy and authorities often prosecute those who attempt to expose corruption.

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

Journalist Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov is serving a 7.5-year prison sentence for posts he made on Facebook criticizing the government’s crackdown on protests in 2022. www.freedom-now.org/cases/mamads...

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

#Tajikistan: The report does not look at how Tajikistan’s government routinely criminalizes digital expression.

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

Tadjimuratov is in fact a lawyer and journalist serving a 16-year prison sentence for delivering a public speech and participating in a peaceful protest calling for a constitutional referendum. www.freedom-now.org/cases/daulet...

Dauletmurat Tazhimuratov | Freedom Now

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Freedom Now @freedomnoworg.bsky.social · Aug 13

But it identifies Tadjimuratov only as “the alleged convicted ringleader” of protests.

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