There has been a flurry of good news in some of our cases over the past few days, so in case you missed them, here’s a thread to start your weekend on a positive note👇
Yesterday, @Europarl_EN voted to urge #Morocco “to guarantee, among other things, a fair trial to imprisoned journalists, specifically highlighting Omar Radi, whose case @TrialWatch monitored with our partners @usc_humanrights, finding it “an abuse of process” and giving it a D.
Last week, the Supreme Court of #Kyrgyzstan acquitted human rights defender @KamilRuziev, putting an end to a saga that lasted over two years, in which he had faced up to 5 years in prison. @usc_humanrights monitored his trial on behalf of @TrialWatch.
Also in #Kyrgyzstan, activist Askhat Zheksebaev had been in detention for illegal entry since fleeing his unfair trial and conviction in #Kazakhstan in November 2022. This week, however, he was released and the case against him in Kyrgyzstan was dismissed. cfj.org/news_posts/kaz…
In a huge victory for freedom of speech in #Uganda, its Constitutional Court has declared "null and void" a section of the country's cybercrime law that has been used to prosecute government critics.
Our @TrialWatch team previously monitored the trial of women's rights activist @DrStellaNyanzi, who was prosecuted under this same cybercrime provision for a poem she had written about the country's president. cfj.org/news_posts/clo…
CFJ will continue to wage justice until all of the cases that we are working on have positive outcomes like these.
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In the coming days, an appeals court in #Tunisia will decide whether to send blogger and activist Myriam Bribri to prison for sharing and commenting on a Facebook video that depicted apparent police violence.
In December 2021, Bribri was convicted of offending security officials under #Tunisia’s Telecommunications Code and sentenced to 4 months’ imprisonment, but her sentence was stayed pending appeal.
The trial court concluded that insulting security officers, even general statements about those ‘exercising violence against citizens,’ was not protected by international and Tunisian law on freedom of expression.
This week in New York we will honor some brave and brilliant justice defenders from all over the world in our inaugural Albie Awards, named after Justice Albie Sachs, revered for his heroic commitment to ending apartheid in South Africa. #TheAlbiescfj.org/news_posts/cfj…
On September 29. five awards will be given to some remarkable people and organisations who have put themselves at great risk in the name of justice.
A Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Albie Sachs, for his service in helping to write the Constitution of #SouthAfrica, and his fifteen years on the country's Constitutional Court at the appointment of #NelsonMandela his seminal role in the anti-apartheid movement.