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Country Visit Report: Algeria
Official Letters and StatementsIn November 2023, I carried out an official country visit to Algeria at the invitation of the Government. What follows is my official visit report, presented on 5 March 2025 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Guinea Ecuatorial: arresto y privación de libertad del abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Guinea Ecuatorial sobre el arresto y la privación de libertad del abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang, su paradero actual y sus condiciones de detención.
Viet Nam: sentencing of HRD Duong Van Thai to 12 years in prison following his alleged abduction in Thailand (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Governments of Viet Nam and Thailand about the sentencing of journalist and human rights defender Duong Van Thai to 12 years in prison in October 2024, following his alleged abduction in Thailand, enforced disappearance and forcible return to Viet Nam.
Belarus: search, involuntary dissolution and misuse of counter-extremism legislation against the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Belarus about the inspection of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, the search of its office, its involuntary dissolution, and the designation of its online resources as extremist materials.
Türkiye: continued arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and lawyers on terrorism-related charges (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Türkiye about the long term detention of human rights defenders Özgür Yılmaz, Behiç Aşçı, Engin Gökoğlu, Süleyman Gökten, Barkın Timtik, Selçuk Kozağaçlı, Oya Aslan, Aytaç Ünsal and Turan Canpolat.
République Démocratique du Congo : assassinat présumé de la défenseuse des droits humains Nyiramudasumba Aimé et de sa fille de cinq ans (communication conjointe)
Official Letters and StatementsCe qui suit est basé sur une communication conjointe envoyée au Gouvernement de la RDC à propos de l’assassinat présumé de la défenseuse des droits humains Nyiramudasumba Aimé et de sa fille de cinq ans, et des menaces de mort contre trois autres membres de l’ONG Tous pour la Paix et la Cohésion Sociale.
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.