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Israel: killing of Palestinian human rights defender Ihab Marwan Kamal Faisal and his family in a bombing (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Israel about the killing in a bombing of Palestinian human rights defender Ihab Marwan Kamal Faisal, a staff member of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, and his family in Gaza in January 2025.
Serbia: criminalisation, surveillance, use of spyware and smear campaigns against human rights defenders, election observers and journalists (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Serbia about what appears to be a systematic campaign aimed at discrediting human rights defenders, election observers and journalists in the country, through surveillance, use of spyware, concerted media campaigns, and criminalisation.
UN expert on human rights defenders to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor will conduct a country visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 9 to 20 June 2025.
India: death of environmental human rights defender Jagabar Ali (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the death of environmental human rights defender Jagabar Ali in Tamil Nadu on 17 January 2025.
Egypt: arrest without a warrant and subsequent enforced disappearance of human rights defender Ahmed Mohamed Hamza Mohamed Hamza (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Egypt about the arrest without a warrant in September 2024 and the subsequent enforced disappearance of human rights defender Ahmed Mohamed Hamza Mohamed Hamza.
México: detención arbitraria del defensor de los derechos humanos Mario Gómez López en Chiapas (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de México sobre la presunta detención arbitraria del defensor de los derechos humanos Mario Gómez López en Chiapas.
Saudi Arabia: continued ill-treatment and intimidation of detained woman human rights defender Manahel al-Otaibi (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Saudi Arabia about the continued ill-treatment and intimidation of detained human rights defender Manahel al-Otaibi, as well as her conviction under the Law on Combatting Crimes of Terrorism and its Financing in 2024.
Ecuador: seguridad y integridad física del defensor indígena Waorani Juan Bay y otras personas defensoras indígenas Waorani (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Ecuador sobre la seguridad y la integridad física del defensor indígena Waorani Juan Bay y otras personas defensoras indígenas Waorani.
Azerbaijan: UN experts alarmed by year-long arbitrary detention of Azerbaijani human rights defender (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: UN independent experts express grave concern over the continued detention of Anar Mammadli, a prominent Azerbaijani human rights defender who was arbitrarily detained on 29 April 2024.
Thailand: criminal proceeding and charges pressed against human rights defenders for their peaceful participation in a Malay-Muslim cultural gathering (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Thailand about the criminal proceeding and charges pressed against Muhammad Aladee Dengni, Hasan Yamadibu, Sukiplee Kamae, A Nas Daereh and five other individuals for peacefully participating in Melayu Raya, a Malay-Muslim cultural gathering in Southern Thailand in 2022.
Tajikistan: UN expert calls for release and retrial of Rukhshona Khakimova (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor expresses serious concern over the conviction of 31-year-old journalist and woman human rights defender Rukhshona Khakimova, calling on the Government of Tajikistan to release her immediately and grant her a fair retrial in line with international standards.
Turkmenistan: poisoning attempts, involuntary hospitalisation and ongoing harassment against WHRD Gurbansoltan Achilova (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Turkmenistan about the poisoning attempts, involuntary hospitalisation & other alleged human rights violations against Gurbansoltan Achilova and her family.