Rights orgs call for naming a street in Manchester after Ahmed Mansoor

More than 30 rights organizations called on Manchester’s mayor Andy Burham to name a street in the city after the award-winning Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor.

In a letter sent to mayor Burham, the organizations appealed for his support for Ahmed Mansoor’s release.

We believe that this will be facilitated by raising awareness of his case by naming a street after him in Manchester, the letter reads.

Last Tuesday, UAE authorities sentenced Mansoor to 10 years in prison for criticising serious human rights violations in his country.

Read the letter here: https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2018/05/dear-andy-burnham-name-a-street-in-manchester-after-ahmed-mansoor/