The Latest Breaking News from Mary Lawlor

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in full

Wheelchair-bound ex-Delhi University professor is acquitted after 10 years of imprisonment over alleged Maoist links.

Guardian investigation finds growing number of countries passing anti-protest laws as part of playbook of tactics to intimidate people peacefully raising the alarm

Activist says she wants to meet her jailed father Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who is currently on hunger strike.

Alarm over nearly decade-long detention of former English professor who is 90 percent disabled and bound to wheelchair.

Al Jazeera Media Network denounces the Egyptian move to reinstate a number of its journalists on ‘terror’ list.

Irfan Mehraj, who worked with a prominent human rights organisation, was accused of funding ‘terror’ activities.

Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government information