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China: ongoing imprisonment of nine Tibetan HRDs on account of their environmental protection work (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of China about the ongoing imprisonment of nine Tibetan environmental rights defenders.

Viet Nam: detention and criminal charge against environmental WHRD Hoang Thi Minh Hong for alleged tax evasion (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Viet Nam about the detention and criminal charge against environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong for alleged tax evasion.

Russia: persistent judicial harassment against human rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Russia about the persistent judicial harassment, namely two pending administrative charges, against the human rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov.

Lao PDR: detention and imminent risk of deportation to China of HRD and lawyer Lu Siwei (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of the Lao PDR about the detention and imminent risk of deportation to China of HRD and lawyer Lu Siwei.

Uzbekistan: sentencing of human rights defender Dauletmurat Tajimuratov to 16 years in prison (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Uzbekistan about the sentencing of HRD Dauletmurat Tajimuratov to 16 years in prison.

Turkey: threats and attack of human rights lawyer Aytekin Aktaş and repression of the “Life Watch” movement (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Turkey about the threats and attack of human rights lawyer Aytekin Aktaş and the repression of the “Life Watch” movement.

Russia: treatment and state of health of human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku while in detention (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Russia about the treatment and state of health of human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku while in detention.

China: arbitrary detention of human rights defender Li Yuhan (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of China about the arbitrary detention of human rights defender Li Yuhan.

Angola: intimidation and harassment of trade union leader Eduardo Peres Alberto and his family (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Angola about allegations of intimidation and harassment of HRD and trade union leader Eduardo Peres Alberto and his family, as well as an alarming attack on his daughter.

Lao PDR: UN expert calls out alarming pattern of violations against human rights defenders (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress release: UN expert points to a pattern of serious human rights violations targeting human rights defenders in Lao PDR, including summary executions and enforced disappearances.

Turkey: imminent risk of refoulement of a human rights defender to his country of origin (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Turkey about the imminent risk of refoulement of a human rights defender to his country of origin.

Bahrain: UN expert alarmed by health of human rights defenders in prison (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress release: The deteriorating health conditions of human rights defenders Mr Abduljalil Al-Singace, Mr Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mr Naji Fateel, held in detention in Bahrain, is alarming.