Two other prominent human rights defenders, Mohammed al-Qahtani – another ACPRA co-founder – and Essa al-Nukheifi, were held arbitrarily for more than two years beyond their prison terms before being ...

On July 31, 2025, PEN America and 10 human rights organizations wrote to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey ...

International attention helped Mubarak Bala survive his incarceration for discussing humanism and religion online.

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En el año posterior a la toma de posesión del presidente de Guatemala Bernardo Arévalo—un momento decisivo para la democracia del país—Freedom House se unió con orgullo a una delegación internacional ...

July 29 marks 1,095 days since the beginning of the arbitrary detention of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora, founder of elPeriódico and one of the most prominent voices in journalism in Guatemala and ...

We are writing to request that the government of Morocco immediately release human rights defender Nasser Zefzafi on humanitarian grounds so he can care for his elderly father, who was recently ...

Freedom House helps citizens defend their rights against government abuses in several countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The final report spotlights community journalism in Guatemala as a vital tool for giving a voice to indigenous and historically oppressed communities, deeply rooted in cultural identity and local ...

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