Aniversários sombrios de assassinatos de defensores dos direitos humanos no Brasil

Posted on

24 May 2021

Type of article

Information Received

This is a tabbed section of 2 tabs with each tab content area containing the same text but translated to a different language

Grim anniversaries of human rights defender killings in Brazil

This week marks the ten year anniversary since the killing of Environmental Rights Defenders José Claudio Ribeiro and Maria do Espírito Santo and four years since ten Land Rights Defenders were killed in the Pau D’Arco massacre. This is my message on the lethal culture of impunity for human rights defender killings in Brazil.

Actions

Submit Information

Submit confidential information on a HRD at risk

Communications and Press Releases

How do communications and press releases work?

Contact Mary

Request a meeting with Mary or her team

More Information Received

Poet and writer Nikita Gill is standing outdoors, in front of the Human Rights Defenders Memorial in Dublin. She is smiling at the camera. She has long black hair tied into a braid, a ring in her nose and is wearing a black jacket.

Launch of poem to mark the 25th Anniversary of the HRD Declaration

Information Received
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, I commissioned a poem from British-Kashmiri writer Nikita Gill.
• 8th Dec 2023

Report by FORUM-ASIA: Defending in Numbers

Information Received
Asian-Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) have published an interesting and in-depth report on the situation of Human Rights
• 2nd Jul 2021
Screen capture of a video call between UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor, a member of her team and eight Tunisian human rights defenders. Four men are visible on the call while the other participants had their camera off and name blurred for safety reasons.

Rencontre avec des défenseur·e·s des droits humains en Tunisie

Information Received
[Français / English] Lors d'une réunion en ligne avec des défenseurs des droits humains tunisiens, j'ai appris que les restrictions à leur encontre s’étaient intensifiées et étendues à de nouveaux secteurs, créant un climat de peur accru dans tout le pays.
• 1st Oct 2024
This website is not managed by the Office of the High Commissioner for human rights Its content does not reflect the position of the United Nations