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Bangladesh must end harassment of human rights defenders: UN experts (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress release: Bangladesh must end all acts of harassment against human rights organisations and their representatives.

Russia: UN experts dismayed at violent attack against journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Grozny (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress release following the violent attack on journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Grozny

India: detention and alleged ill-treatment of human rights defender Mohammad Ahsan Untoo (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of an official communication sent to the Government of India regarding detention and alleged ill-treatment of human rights defender Mohammad Ahsan Untoo.

Belarus: criminal proceedings against members of Human Rights Center Viasna (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of an official communication sent to the Government of Belarus about criminal proceedings against members of Human Rights Center Viasna.

Tajikistan: UN experts deplore criminal proceedings against human rights defenders (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (4 July 2023) – UN experts* today urged Tajikistan to show genuine commitment to improving the situation of human…

Russia: criminal charge filed against HRD Alexei Semyonov in the context of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN experts to the Government of Russia on 17 April 2023.

Indonesia: bomb attack perpetrated outside the home of journalist and human rights defender Victor Mambor (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a communication sent to the Government of Indonesia about a bomb attack perpetrated outside the home of journalist and human rights defender Victor Mambor.

Qatar: alleged intimidation and cyber-attacks against Mark Somos, following his communications with UN human rights bodies (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…

UN expert urges Zimbabwe to end judicial harassment of education and labour rights defenders (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (24 May 2023) – A UN expert today expressed concern about the ongoing legal proceedings against human rights defender…

Algérie : dissolution des associations Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme et Rassemblement Actions Jeunesse (communication conjointe)
Official Letters and StatementsCe qui suit est basé sur une communication écrite par la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la situation des défenseurs et défenseuses…

Colombia: amenazas y agresiones en contra de Berenice Celeita Alayón y Lina Yajaira Peláez Celada de la asociación Nomadesc (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las personas defensoras…

South Sudan: alleged abduction, enforced disappearance, deportation, detention and torture of human rights defender Morris Mabior Awikjok (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is a summary of a communication sent to the Government of South Sudan about the alleged abduction, enforced disappearance, deportation, detention and torture of human rights defender Morris Mabior Awikjok.