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Venezuela: anulación de los pasaportes de varias personas defensoras de los derechos humanos y detención arbitraria de una de ellas (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Venezuela sobre la presunta anulación de los pasaportes de varias personas defensoras de los derechos humanos y la detención arbitraria de una de ellas al intentar salir del país.
República Dominicana: ataques contra personas y organizaciones defensoras de los derechos de la población migrante y de ascendencia haitiana (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de la República Dominicana sobre los presuntos ataques contra defensores de derechos humanos y miembros de organizaciones de la sociedad civil que defienden los derechos de la población migrante y de ascendencia haitiana.
China: dire conditions in detention and deteriorating health of human rights defender Xu Zhiyong (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of China about the dire conditions of human rights defender Xu Zhiyong in detention, whose health is reportedly deteriorating after he has been on a hunger strike since the beginning of October 2024 to protest the violation of his human rights in prison.
Georgia: widespread human rights violations and retaliation against human rights defenders in the context of protests (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Georgia about the widespread violations of the human rights to security and liberty of person, freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly in the context of the protests in Georgia in November and December 2024.
Opening remarks before the UN Human Rights Council (58th session)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 5 March 2025, I gave my opening remarks before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. I was presenting my latest report: Out of Sight: Human rights defenders in rural, remote and isolated contexts, as well as my country visit reports on Algeria and Brazil.
République Démocratique du Congo: une experte des Nations Unies exprime son extrême préoccupation pour la sécurité des défenseurs des droits de l’homme dans l’est de la RDC (communiqué de presse)
Official Letters and Statements[Français / English] Communiqué de presse : Alors que la situation continue de se détériorer dans l’est de la RDC, une experte des Nations Unies appelle aujourd’hui à un soutien urgent et concret aux défenseurs des droits de l’homme dans la région.
Country Visit Report: Brazil
Official Letters and StatementsIn April 2024, I carried out an official country visit to Brazil at the invitation of the Government. What follows is my official visit report, presented on 5 March 2025 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Country Visit Report: Algeria
Official Letters and StatementsIn November 2023, I carried out an official country visit to Algeria at the invitation of the Government. What follows is my official visit report, presented on 5 March 2025 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Guinea Ecuatorial: arresto y privación de libertad del abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Guinea Ecuatorial sobre el arresto y la privación de libertad del abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, su paradero actual y sus condiciones de detención.
Viet Nam: sentencing of HRD Duong Van Thai to 12 years in prison following his alleged abduction in Thailand (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Governments of Viet Nam and Thailand about the sentencing of journalist and human rights defender Duong Van Thai to 12 years in prison in October 2024, following his alleged abduction in Thailand, enforced disappearance and forcible return to Viet Nam.
Belarus: search, involuntary dissolution and misuse of counter-extremism legislation against the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Belarus about the inspection of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the search of its office, its involuntary dissolution, and the designation of its online resources as extremist materials.
Türkiye: continued arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and lawyers on terrorism-related charges (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Türkiye about the long term detention of human rights defenders Özgür Yılmaz, Behiç Aşçı, Engin Gökoğlu, Süleyman Gökten, Barkın Timtik, Selçuk Kozağaçlı, Oya Aslan, Aytaç Ünsal and Turan Canpolat.