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New UN Report on Belarus details scale and patterns of human rights violations committed with impunity
Information ReceivedGENEVA (9 March 2022) – The fundamental human rights of tens of thousands of people in Belarus have been violated…
Ukrainian Human Rights Defenders Update UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor on their Responses to Invasion
Information ReceivedDublin, Thursday March 3, 2022: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement from UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor: This…
Statement by daughter of Natalya Estemirova on impunity for mother’s killing
Information Received– Statement made on 28 February 2022 – Dear Committee Members, My name is Lana Estemirova, I am the daughter…
Previous UN Special Procedures’ action on Yu Wensheng’s case
Information ReceivedPhoto: OMCT Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is due for release on 1 March 2022. He has been imprisoned since…
EU Proposal on Corporate Due Diligence a Welcome Step Forward but Forgets Human Rights Defenders, says UN Special Rapporteur
Information ReceivedDUBLIN 23 FEBRUARY 2022 – United National Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), Ms. Mary Lawlor,…
ABA Report: COVID-19 Related State of Emergency Measures: Impact and Responses
Information ReceivedYesterday I spoke at the launch of the American Bar Association’s launch of its report COVID-19 Related State of Emergency…
Critical part of the UNGPs 10+ Roadmap: Increasing the protection of human rights defenders in the face of strategic lawsuits against public participation
Information Received4 February 2022 The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, together with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human…
More Reports of Spyware Attacks on HRDs
Information ReceivedDetailed reports of the hacking of Human Rights Defenders’ phones are emerging at an alarmingly steady rate. Front Line Defenders,…
Mixed news from Egypt on Human Rights Defenders
Information ReceivedIn the past month and into the New Year, I have heard encouraging reports about Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in…
Disturbing information that WHRDs hacked using Pegasus software in Bahrain and Jordan
Information ReceivedA joint report from AccessNow and Front Line Defenders has revealed that Women Human Rights Defenders Ebtisam Al-Saegh from Bahrain…
Not guilty verdict of Polish Women Human Rights Defenders upheld
Information ReceivedOn Wednesday, 12 January 2021, a Polish court upheld the dismissal of the case against Women Human Rights Defenders Ela,…
Sahrawi WHRD Reports Violent Attacks Under House Arrest
Information ReceivedSahrawi Woman Human Rights Defender Sultana Khaya told me she has been forcibly held under house arrest for over a…