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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.
Algérie : la Rapporteuse spéciale consternée par la poursuite de la criminalisation des défenseurs des droits humains après sa visite (communiqué de presse)
Official Letters and Statements[Français / English] Communiqué de presse : l’Algérie continue à restreindre et harceler les défenseurs des droits humains pour leurs activités pacifiques.
Uganda: increasing harassment against Students for Global Democracy and its members (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Uganda about the increasing harassment against Students for Global Democracy and its members, who allegedly face intimidation, harassment, and are prosecuted for their legitimate human rights work, including Mike Gesa Munabi, Samuel Kayiwa and Johnbosco Mutyaba.
Türkiye: Expert dismayed by continued misuse of counter terrorism law to keep human rights defenders in long-term detention (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor expressed deep concern at the continued long-term detention in Türkiye of nine prominent human rights defenders and lawyers, all of whom were arbitrarily arrested in connection with their peaceful work and convicted in unfair trials on spurious terrorism-related charges.
Egypt: Special Rapporteur concerned about use of anti-terrorism legislation against human rights defenders (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: Independent human rights expert Mary Lawlor expressed concern about the continued application of anti-terrorism legislation in Egypt to imprison human rights defenders.
Philippines: conviction of teachers and defenders of the rights of Lumad indigenous communities in Mindanao (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of the Philippines about the conviction of nine teachers and defenders of the rights of Lumad indigenous communities in Mindanao, as well as four other advocates of the right to education.