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Nepal: harassment of a women’s rights organisation and its members in two separate incidents (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Nepal about the threats, acts of intimidation and verbal harassment against women human rights defenders in two separate incidents in May and June 2024.
• 25th Oct 2024
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Guinée-Bissau: répression et arrestations de défenseurs des droits humains lors de manifestations organisées par le Frente Popular (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication conjointe envoyée au gouvernement de Guinée-Bissau à propos de la répression et de l’arrestation de défenseurs des droits humains lors des manifestations organisées par la plateforme de la société civile Frente Popular en mai 2024.
• 24th Oct 2024
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Zimbabwe: enforced disappearance, cruel treatment, arbitrary detention and judicial prosecution of Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere and Samuel Gwenzi (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Zimbabwe about the alleged enforced disappearance, cruel treatment, arbitrary detention and judicial prosecution of Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere and Samuel Gwenzi.
• 21st Oct 2024
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Israel: killing of two Palestinian WHRDs in indiscriminate bombings and attacks against Palestinian human rights organisations (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Israel about the indiscriminate bombing in Gaza that resulted in the killing of Palestinian WHRDs Nour Nasser Abu-al-Nour and Dana Yaghi, and the attacks, smear campaigns and surveillance against Palestinian human rights organisations.
• 18th Oct 2024
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor speaking at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Opening remarks before the UN General Assembly (79th session)

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On 17 October 2024, I gave my opening remarks before the UN General Assembly in New York. I was presenting my latest report on Human Rights Defenders and the Sustainable Development Goals.
• 17th Oct 2024
Black and white photograph of Thai activist Netiporn Sanesangkhom smiling at the camera and doing a three-finger salute, which is symbolically associated with the pro-democracy movement in Thailand and other countries in the region.

Thailand: death in detention of young woman human rights defender Netiporn Sanesangkhom (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Thailand about the death in detention of young woman human rights defender Netiporn Sanesangkhom in May 2024.
• 16th Oct 2024
Indian Adivasi woman human rights defender Suneeta Pottam speaking at a press conference in 2018.

India: arbitrary arrest and detention of Adivasi woman human rights defender Suneeta Pottam (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of India about the arbitrary arrest and detention of women human rights defender Suneeta Pottam.
• 15th Oct 2024
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Colombia: amenazas de muerte contra el defensor de los derechos humanos y del medio ambiente Bernadino Mosquera (comunicación conjunta)

Official Letters and Statements
Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Colombia sobre las amenazas de muerte contra el defensor de los derechos humanos y del medio ambiente Bernadino Mosquera.
• 9th Oct 2024
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South Korea: lawsuit and criminal investigation against human rights defenders associated with the Center for Military Human Rights Korea (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of the Republic of Korea about the lawsuit and ongoing criminal investigation against human rights defenders and bereaved family members associated with the Center for Military Human Rights Korea, including its director Lim Tae-hoon.
• 3rd Oct 2024
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Tunisie : une experte de l’ONU alarmée par les arrestations et les campagnes de diffamation contre les défenseurs des droits des migrants (communiqué de presse)

Official Letters and Statements
[Français / English] Communiqué de presse: L’arrestation de défenseurs des droits des migrants et le climat général de discours de haine et de campagnes de diffamation à leur encontre en Tunisie est une nouvelle indication que le pays recule dans son engagement à protéger les droits de l’homme.
• 1st Oct 2024
Colombian human rights defender Narciso Beleño, a middle-aged man with a friendly expression, is wearing a brown wide-brimmed hat and a blue shirt. His skin is sun-tanned, and his face shows wrinkles from a life spent outdoors. He is standing outdoors, with a blurred background of greenery and people.

Colombia: asesinato del defensor de los derechos humanos Narciso Beleño (comunicación conjunta)

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Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de Colombia sobre el asesinato del defensor de los derechos humanos y líder campesino Narciso Beleño en abril de 2024.
• 27th Sep 2024
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Thailand: surveillance of WHRDs Angkhana Neelapaijit and Pranom Somwong during commemorative event on enforced disappearances (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Thailand about the alleged surveillance of woman human rights defenders Angkhana Neelapaijit and Pranom Somwong during commemorative events for the families of individuals who have been forcibly disappeared.
• 26th Sep 2024