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Zimbabwe: Woman Human Rights Defender charged after preventing demolition of trade structures (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 24 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Zimbabwe concerning the arrest and criminalisation…
Afghanistan: Human rights defenders living under “climate of fear” – UN expert (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (3 November 2021) – Human rights defenders in Afghanistan describe living under a climate of fear, threats, intense insecurity…
Kyrgyzstan: Investigate death threats against human rights defender – UN expert (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (2 November 2021) – Kyrgyzstan must investigate death threats against human rights defender Kamilzhan Ruziev instead of harassing him…
Sri Lanka: HRDs, journalists and trade union leaders detained, threatened and intimidated (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 17 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication with other UN experts to the Government of Sri Lanka…
UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestinian human rights defenders as terrorist organisations
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (25 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister…
Cambodia: Mother Nature Cambodia members arrested and charged (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 17 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication with other UN experts on the arrest and criminalisation of…
Come clean about persecution of human rights defenders, UN expert tells governments
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (14 October 2021) – Governments around the world must stop jailing people for peacefully standing up for human rights,…
Iraq: Killing and kidnapping of Human Rights Defenders engaged in popular protest (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 12 August 2021, I wrote a letter jointly with other UN experts regarding the killing, kidnapping, alleged arbitrary arrest…
State of Palestine: Mohannad Karajah detained and charged; supporters arrested (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 4 August 2021, I wrote a communication jointly with four other UN experts to the State of Palestine…
Israel: Retaliation against defenders of the right to adequate housing and healthcare workers in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsPhoto: Twitter BACKGROUND On 30 July 2021, I sent a communication jointly with ten other UN experts to the Government…
Guatemala: detención y el uso excesivo de la fuerza en contra de personas defensoras del pueblo indígena Maya Q’éqchi’ de Chicoyogüito (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsANTECEDENTES El 29 de julio de 2021, escribí una comunicación al Gobierno de Guatemala sobre la presunta detención arbitraria de…
Kazakhstan: Harassment and intimidation of defenders of LGBTIQ rights (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 15 July 2021, I wrote a letter with four other UN experts to the Government of Kazakhstan regarding…