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Indonesia: Stop judicial harassment of human rights defenders – UN expert (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (26 November 2021) – Indonesia must immediately stop using criminal laws to harass four human rights defenders who have…
Tajikistan: Human Rights Defender, Abdulmajid Rizoev, sentenced to 5 and a half years for social media posts (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 20 September 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Tajikistan concerning the detention, conviction and…
Международный день борьбы за ликвидацию насилия в отношении женщин
Official Letters and StatementsФото: ООН-женщины Ты не одна: Вы подверглись жестокому обращению и нуждаетесь в помощи? Если вы чувствуете себя в опасности или нуждаетесь…
Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes
Official Letters and StatementsFoto: ONU Femmes Si vous avez été victime de maltraitance, si vous vous estimez menacée, en danger ou vous avez…
Yemen: killing of Human Rights Defender and Academic in Sana’a (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsPhoto credit: Gulf Center For Human Rights BACKGROUND On 16 September 2021, I wrote a joint communication concerning the killing…
Turkey: Irregularities in investigation into killing of environmental rights defenders (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 13 September 2021, I wrote a letter to the Government of Turkey and mining companies Bahçeci Mermer and…
Honduras: Liberen a los defensores de la comunidad Guapinol y cumplan con sus compromisos internacionales – instan expertos de derechos humanos de la ONU
Official Letters and Statements
Greece: Guilty verdict for migrant rights defenders could mean more deaths at sea – UN expert
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (18 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert urged judicial authorities in Greece against criminalising the work of…
Egypt: ill-treatment and continued detention of Oqaba Alaa Labib Hashad and Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 3 September 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Egypt regarding the contiuued arbitrary detention…
Cuba: amenazas, vigilancia y detenciones de personas defensoras del CIR y MCL (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsANTECEDENTES El 8 de septiembre de 2021, escribí una comunicación conjunta al Gobierno de Cuba en relación con amenazas, vigilancia…
India: Abduction, detention and externment of Human Rights Defenders (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 25 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of India concerning: The abduction of human…
Zimbabwe: Woman Human Rights Defender charged after preventing demolition of trade structures (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 24 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Zimbabwe concerning the arrest and criminalisation…