Turkey: Top Court Upholds Rights Defender’s Life Term Conviction of Osman Kavala and Four Others Needs Urgent International Response An Unfair Political Show Trial A group of nine non-governmental organizations, including Human Rights Watch, has criticized the conviction and life sentence of rights defender and businessman Osman Kavala and four […]
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Inadequate Justice: Life Sentence for Uyghur Scholar Highlights Worsening Rights Situation in China
Chinese Court Imposes Life Sentence on Uyghur Scholar: Beijing Permanently Silences Another Intellectual from Xinjiang The Case of Rahile Dawut On September 22, 2023, it was confirmed by the human rights group Dui Hua Foundation that Chinese authorities have handed down a life sentence on internationally renowned Uyghur ethnographer Rahile […]