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A close-up photo of Chinese woman human rights defender Li Yuhan standing in front of prison bars. She is wearing glasses, a blue headband and a white and light green shirt.

China: arbitrary detention of human rights defender Li Yuhan (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of China about the arbitrary detention of human rights defender Li Yuhan.
• 26th Sep 2023
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Angola: intimidation and harassment of trade union leader Eduardo Peres Alberto and his family (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This 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.
• 22nd Sep 2023
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Lao PDR: UN expert calls out alarming pattern of violations against human rights defenders (press release)

Official Letters and Statements
Press 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.
• 22nd Sep 2023
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Turkey: imminent risk of refoulement of a human rights defender to his country of origin (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This 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.
• 19th Sep 2023
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Bahrain: UN expert alarmed by health of human rights defenders in prison (press release)

Official Letters and Statements
Press 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.
• 15th Sep 2023
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Georgia: refusal of entry for HRDs Dariana Gryaznova & Evgenii Smirnov (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Georgia about the alleged refusal of entry to Georgia for human rights defenders Dariana Gryaznova and Evgenii Smirnov and the alleged recognition as a “threat to national security” and revocation of the residence permit of the latter.
• 13th Sep 2023
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México: uso de tecnología de vigilancia comercializado por el NSO Group para vigilar a las personas defensoras de derechos humanos (comunicación conjunta)

Official Letters and Statements
Lo que sigue es una comunicación enviada a los Gobiernos de México e Israel y a la empresa NSO Group en relación con el uso de tecnología de vigilancia comercializado por el NSO Group para vigilar a las personas defensoras de derechos humanos.
• 7th Sep 2023
A close up photo of Mongolian woman human rights defender Sukhgerel Dugersuren. She is wearing her wavy brown hair in a short bob and has glasses.

Mongolia: status of the criminal investigation against WHRD & environmentalist Sukhgerel Dugersuren (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Mongolia about the status of the criminal investigation opened against WHRD & environmentalist Sukhgerel Dugersuren.
• 5th Sep 2023
Syrian human rights defender Jdea Abdullah Nawfal is posing in front of a hilly landscape, his arm rested on a ledge and holding a cigarette. He has white hair and a moustache. He is wearing sunglasses and a black leather jacket.

Syria: physical attack and targeted intimidation of HRD Jdea Abdullah Nawfal (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic about the physical attack against, and targeted intimidation of HRD Jdea Abdullah Nawfal.
• 31st Aug 2023
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México: Expertas de la ONU muestran indignación por los ataques y asesinatos contra mujeres defensoras de los derechos humanos (comunicado de prensa)

Official Letters and Statements
Comunicado de prensa – México: Expertas de la ONU muestran indignación por los ataques y asesinatos contra mujeres defensoras de los derechos humanos.
• 30th Aug 2023
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Viet Nam: continued detention of HRD Dang Dinh Bach and administrative & judicial harassment of his wife, WHRD Tran Phuong Thao (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Viet Nam about the continued detention of HRD Dang Dinh Bach and the administrative & judicial harassment of his wife, WHRD Tran Phuong Thao.
• 29th Aug 2023
A photograph of GN Saibaba sitting in his wheelchair indoors, with a wooden door in the background.

India: End inhumane detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba (Press Release)

Official Letters and Statements
Press release: India should end the inhumane detention of human rights defender GN Saibaba
• 21st Aug 2023