Ilham Tohti
Alexei Navalny Nominated for EP andrey Sakharov Human Rights Prize
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was nominated on Monday (27 September) for the European Parliament's annual human rights prize as European Union lawmakers sought to keep the public spotlight on his pro-democracy network, which has been banned in Russia.
‘Europe Recognises Balkan Anti-War Activism is Important’
Ivan Djuric, the programme director of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights' branch in Serbia, told BIRN in an interview that the organisation's nomination for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize is a recognition that anti-war campaigning remains necessary in the Balkan region.
Can Dündar nominated for Sakharov Prize
Former daily Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar has been named among the nominees of the European Parliament's (EP) prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2016.
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China targets rights lawyers as crackdown on activists widens
Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say.
Citing the need to buttress national security and stability, President Xi Jinping's administration has tightened government control over almost every aspect of civil society since 2012.
Turkey calls on China to release Uighur academic
Turkey urged China to release İlham Tohti, a well-known Uighur academic who was jailed for life for separatism
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