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Egypt to Deport Eritrean Asylum Seekers Back to Eritrea Where They Could Risk Torture

22 October 2021 | Egyptian authorities have been holding a group of 18 Eritrean asylum-seekers arbitrarily detained in Aluqsur prison on the Red Sea since 2019. The America Team for Displaced Eritreans received news that Egyptian authorities will be sending back eight of the Eritrean asylum seekers on Saturday 23, 2021. In 2019, Egyptian authorities arrested …

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PAKISTAN: UN Human Rights Experts Call on Pakistan to Immediately Release Christian Blasphemy Law Victim – Stephen Masih

WASHINGTON, D.C., 21 October 2021 – UN human rights experts urgently appeal to Pakistan to release Stephen Masih, a Pakistani Christian man, who the authorities have detained for over two years awaiting trial for alleged blasphemy. The experts also urge the Government of Pakistan to comply with its international obligations, recognising freedom of religion or belief and …

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ALGERIA: IRF Roundtable Members Call on Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Chairs to Advocate for the Release of Algerian Christian Hamid Soudad

WASHINGTON, D.C., 19 October 2021 – As USCIRF releases its latest country update on Algeria, Jubilee Campaign together with 18 other human rights organizations call on the co-Chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to work for the release of the Algerian religious prisoner of  conscience Hamid Soudad and the religious freedom and human …

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Human Rights Council 48th Session: Jubilee Campaign Supports Joint Oral Intervention on Algeria

29 September 2021 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | The case of Algerian Christian refugee Slimane Bouhafs – abducted from Tunisia to Algeria and who Algerian authorities are currently detaining on trumped up charges for his activism – is highlighted during the Panel Discussion on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Peaceful Protests …

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AFGHANISTAN : President Biden Must Ensure We Leave No One Behind“Please Lord, help [us] save one more”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “Please Lord, help [us] save one more”  WASHINGTON DC, August 24 — 31 August marks the cut-off date for the exit of US troops from Afghanistan. President Biden announced on August 24 that he would not extend the US presence, and there are reports that the Biden Administration is already pulling out troops. …

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