Human Rights Authority

Amnesty International says Türkiye's crackdown on LGBTI groups and activists is part of an escalating human rights crisis in the country. The organisation warns that authorities are intensifying pressure on civil society, with LGBTI activists facing detentions, bans and prosecution as broader restrictions on freedoms of assembly and expression deepen across Türkiye.

A Lao activist has reportedly disappeared in Thailand, adding to a series of enforced disappearances affecting Lao dissidents living across the border. Human rights groups have long expressed concern for the safety of exiled Lao activists in Thailand, where several have vanished in recent years. Calls are growing for Thai authorities to investigate and account for the activist's whereabouts.

Photojournalist Hamdy El-Zaeem has now endured roughly ten years of legal and administrative hardship, and recent delays attributed to security authorities have prolonged his case further. The report highlights how ongoing security clearance holdups continue to extend the suffering of a journalist who has spent a decade seeking resolution, drawing attention from press freedom and human rights observers.

A photo exhibition has opened in Lyon, France, aiming to raise public awareness of executions and human rights violations in Iran. The display documents what organisers describe as ongoing repression, and is drawing attention to the situation of prisoners and dissidents. Human rights campaigners hope it will spur French and European audiences to press for accountability from the Iranian authorities.