Israeli authorities must stop targeting Palestinian human rights defenders (Press Release)

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Press Release: The Israeli authorities continue to target human rights defenders in the Occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, through prolonged administrative detention without charge, humiliation and ill treatment.

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This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Angola about the alleged arbitrary house arrest and detention of lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi in January 2024.

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This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Georgia about the re-introduction in Parliament of the so-called ‘Foreign Agents Law’, the draft law ‘On transparency of foreign influence’, and the suppression of the protests against the draft law.

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Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication envoyée au gouvernement de la RDC à propos d’actes présumés d’intimidation, d’attaques et d’intrusions au domicile du défenseur des droits humains Dismas Kitenge.

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This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Rwanda about the criminal prosecution and detention of journalists and human rights defenders Théoneste Nsengimana and Dieudonné Niyonsenga and opposition politician Théophile Ntirutwa.

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This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Malawi about the continued harassment, intimidation and threats against journalist and human rights defender Gregory Gondwe.

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Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication envoyée au gouvernement de Madagascar à propos de menaces, intimidations et poursuites pénales à l’encontre de défenseurs des droits humains, qui semblent être en lien avec leur travail de défenseurs des droits humains, lanceurs d’alerte et observateurs électoraux.

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This is the summary of a joint communication about the terrorism charges and arrest warrants issued against human rights lawyers Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelmajeed and Mohamed Issa Rajeh, who work with the Egyptian Front for Human Rights.

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Press Release: Adoption of the controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ law by the Georgian Parliament will have a chilling effect on civil society, journalists and human rights defenders and sends an extremely negative signal about the country’s commitment to human rights.

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This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Tajikistan about the reported liquidation of over 700 NGOs from May 2022 to August 2023.

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