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India: arrest of four freelance journalists investigating sand mining (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the arrest of four media workers in August 2024, which seems to be linked to their work investigating irregularities around sand mining activities in Chhattisgarh state.

Argentina: campaña de desprestigio contra la abogada ambientalista Alicia Chalabe (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Argentina sobre una campaña de desprestigio contra la abogada ambientalista Alicia Chalabe por su trabajo relacionado con el negocio de litio.

India: arbitrary arrest, detention and physical assault of environmental human rights defender Bijendra Korram (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the arbitrary arrest, detention and physical assault as a form of torture and/or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of environmental human rights defender Bijendra Korram in July 2024.

Italy: arbitrary detention and degrading treatment of human rights defender Valentina Corona (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Italy about the arbitrary detention and degrading treatment of Valentina Corona, a climate activist involved with Extinction Rebellion, in July 2024.

Progress of Latin American and Caribbean states towards ratification of the Escazú Agreement (joint communication)
Official Letters and Statements[EN·ES·FR] I wrote to the governments of Brazil, Haiti, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru, Paraguay and Venezuela to request information on their progress towards joining the Escazú Agreement.

Thailand: charges against journalist and HRD Asmadee Bueheng, in apparent relation to his work documenting extrajudicial killings (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Thailand about the charges brought against journalist and human rights defender Asmadee Bueheng, which appear to be linked to his work on documenting and denouncing extrajudicial killings.

Mozambique: acts of intimidation and threats against human rights defender Wilker Dias (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Mozambique about the acts of intimidation and threats against human rights defender Wilker Dias in the context of recent elections in the country.

Brazil: threats and attacks against human rights defender Antônio Francisco de Sousa Araújo (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Brazil about the threats and attacks against human rights defender Antônio Francisco de Sousa Araújo in the state of Maranhão, and concerns for his physical safety and that of other human rights defenders in the rural Vergel community.

Iran: conviction and prison sentence of lawyer and ethnic minority rights defender Taher Naghavi (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Iran about the conviction and prison sentence of Taher Naghavi, a lawyer and ethnic minority rights defender, whose treatment in prison and limited access to hospital care have raised serious concerns.

India: physical attack, detention and criminalisation of human rights defenders Manohar Pegu and Ritupan Pegu (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the physical attack against human rights defenders Manohar Pegu and Ritupan Pegu and their subsequent detention and criminalisation in August 2024.

India: attacks and harassment against human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam and his family (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the attacks and harassment faced by human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam and his family.

Sudan: arrest, sentencing and detention of lawyer and HRD Montaser Abdullah (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Sudan about the arrest, sentencing and detention of lawyer and human rights defender Montaser Abdullah.