Armenia: criminal charges against journalist and environmental human rights defender Tehmina Yenoqyan (joint communication)

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This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Armenia and other actors about the criminal charges brought against journalist and environmental human rights defender Tehmina Yenoqyan.

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This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Russia about the persecution of the environmental human rights defenders and anti-war activists Polina Oleynikova, Arshak Makichyan and his family members.

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Press release: The Chinese government must provide information about nine Tibetan environmental human rights defenders serving prison sentences of up to 11 years.

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This is the summary of an official communication sent to the Government of the Philippines about criminal charges, smears & harassment against human rights defenders working on Indigenous peoples, land & environmental rights.

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Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las personas defensoras

This image shows Herlín Odicio Estrella in traditional indigenous clothing, speaking into a microphone

Foto: Facebook Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las

BACKGROUND On 17 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication with other UN experts on the arrest and criminalisation of

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