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La défenseuse des droits humains nigérienne Samira Sabou prenant la parole lors d'un évènement. Elle tient un micro et a face à elle un smartphone sur un trépied.

Niger: arrestation arbitraire, disparition forcée et harcèlement judiciaire de la défenseuse des droits humains Samira Sabou (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication conjointe transmise au gouvernement du Niger à propos des allégations d’arrestation arbitraire, de disparition forcée et de harcèlement judiciaire de la défenseuse des droits humains Samira Sabou.
• 20th Feb 2024
The Brazilian flag on a pole blowing in the wind. The flag is green with a yellow diamond at its centre, inclosing a blue disc with a starry sky.

Call for Inputs: Country visit to Brazil / Chamada para Contribuições: Visita ao Brasil

Official Letters and Statements
[English / Português] Call for inputs for the official country visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders to Brazil in April 2024.
• 19th Feb 2024
Iranian woman human rights defender Leila Hossein Zadeh amongst a group of people. She is dressed in green and wearing a loose red hijab.

Iran: new charges against WHRD Leila Hossein Zadeh (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Iran about the new charges brought against woman human rights defender Leila Hossein Zadeh.
• 15th Feb 2024
Flag of Viet Nam gently blowing against a cloudy sky

Viet Nam: End convictions and deplorable detention conditions for human rights defenders, UN experts say (Press Release)

Official Letters and Statements
Press Release: UN experts urged the Government of Viet Nam to stop targeting, convicting, and mistreating human rights defenders, after environmental human rights defender Dang Dinh Bách began his third hunger strike to protest against his detention conditions.
• 14th Feb 2024
The flag of Saudi Arabia flying against a blue sky.

Saudi Arabia: criminalisation of sisters and WHRDs Manahel and Fouz al-Otaibi (joint communication)

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This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Saudi Arabia about the criminalisation of sisters and women human rights defenders Manahel and Fouz al-Otaibi.
• 14th Feb 2024
Destroyed buildings and rubbles following an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal area in Gaza City on October 9, 2023.

Israel/oPt: Enabling human rights defenders and peaceful protests vital for achieving ceasefire and lasting peace, say UN experts (Press Release)

Official Letters and Statements
Press Release: Undue restrictions imposed by States on peaceful protests and civil society in the context of the war on Gaza run contrary to States’ obligation under international law to prevent atrocity crimes.
• 13th Feb 2024
The flag of Colombia flying against a blue sky background.

Colombia: ataque armado contra tres personas defensoras de derechos humanos de las organizaciones IAP y CREDHOS (comunicación conjunta)

Official Letters and Statements
Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación enviada al Gobierno de Colombia sobre el presunto ataque armado contra tres personas defensoras de derechos humanos de las organizaciones IAP y CREDHOS.
• 8th Feb 2024
French author and human rights defender Rokhaya Diallo, a black woman, photographed in front of a teal background. She is smiling and looking to the right

France : harcèlement et diffamation à l’encontre de la journaliste et défenseuse des droits humains Rokhaya Diallo (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication officielle transmise au Gouvernement français à propos des différentes formes de harcèlement et de diffamation à l’encontre de la journaliste et défenseuse des droits humains Rokhaya Diallo.
• 1st Feb 2024
The Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, the Hague, Netherlands.

Gaza: ICJ ruling offers hope for protection of civilians enduring apocalyptic conditions, say UN experts (Press Release)

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Press Release: The landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice offers the first concrete hope to protect civilians in Gaza enduring apocalyptic humanitarian conditions, destruction, mass killing, wounding and irreparable trauma.
• 31st Jan 2024
Human rights defender Obedi Karafuru looking straight at the camera. He is standing against a pink wall and wearing a green cap and T-shirt.

République Démocratique du Congo : assassinat du défenseur des droits humains Obedi Karafuru (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication conjointe transmise au gouvernement de la RDC à propos de l’assassinat du défenseur des droits humains Obedi Karafuru.
• 31st Jan 2024
A black and white close-up shot of Senegalese human rights defender Aliou Sané looking straight at the camera against a black background.

Sénégal: arrestation et détention du défenseur des droits de l’homme Aliou Sané (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication officielle transmise au gouvernement du Sénégal à propos de l’arrestation et la détention du défenseur des droits de l’homme Aliou Sané.
• 26th Jan 2024
The Philippines flag is flying in the wind at the top of a pole, against a grey sky background.

Philippines: arbitrary detention of environmental WHRDs Miguela Peniero and Rowena Dasig (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of the Philippines about the arbitrary detention of environmental rights defenders Miguela Peniero and Rowena Dasig.
• 25th Jan 2024