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Cambodia: detention of WHRD Chhim Sithar upon her return to the country (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…

Success through perseverance and solidarity: 25 years of achievements by human rights defenders (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (15 March 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today urged States…

Country Visit Report: Greece
Official Letters and StatementsIn June 2022, I carried out an official country visit to Greece at the invitation of the Government. The purpose…

Bosnia and Herzegovina: filing of defamation lawsuits against two young WHRDs in face of their advocacy for the protection of the environment (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…

Greece: criminal investigations opened against human rights defenders Panayote Dimitras, Tommy Olsen, Madi Williamson and Ruhi Akhtar (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and another UN…

Thailand: two human rights defenders investigated and charged for offenses linked to their work protecting victims of torture and indigenous rights (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…

Madagascar : convocation par la police de deux défenseurs des droits humains et dirigeants de Transparency International Madagascar (communication conjointe)
Official Letters and StatementsCe qui suit est basé sur une communication écrite par la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la situation des défenseurs et défenseuses…

Kyrgyzstan: criminalisation, cancellation of his citizenship and deportation of HRD Bolot Temirov (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to the Government…

Algérie : Selon une experte de l’ONU, la répression contre la société civile et les défenseurs des droits de l’homme doit cesser (communiqué de presse)
Official Letters and StatementsGENÈVE (22 février 2023) – Une experte de l’ONU s’est déclarée aujourd’hui préoccupée par la répression croissante contre la société…

Perú: presuntas amenazas y actos de hostigamiento contra defensores de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en la Amazonía peruana
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las personas defensoras…

Bolivia: presunto uso indebido del derecho penal, amenazas y actos de hostigamiento contra el Sr. Waldo Albarracín Sánchez
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las personas defensoras…

Zimbabwe: successive assaults, detentions and charges against human rights lawyer Douglas James Coltart (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to the Government…