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Azerbaijan: conditions of detention, sentencing and transfer of journalists and WHRDs Sevinj Abbasova, Nargiz Absalamova and Elnara Gasimova (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication sent by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
UN experts raise concern about increasing attacks on National Human Rights Institutions (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (27 April 2026) – Attacks against National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) weaken their ability to fulfill their mandates and…
Iraq: UN experts demand investigation into murder of woman human rights defender Yanar Mohamed (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (24 April 2026) – UN experts* today condemned the murder of Iraqi human rights defender Yanar Mohamed in March…
Serbia: break-in at the house of woman human rights defender Ljiljana Nešić (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThe following is based on a communication sent by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
México: Persisten desafíos para garantizar un entorno seguro para la defensa de los derechos humanos (Comunicado de Prensa)
Official Letters and Statements
Türkiye: arbitrary dissolution of the Genç LGBTİ+ Association and criminal charges brought against multiple human rights defenders (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…
Sweden: dismissal of trade union leader and human rights defender Erik Helgeson following union blockade of military material destined for Israel (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…
Viet Nam: detention, prosecution, repeated sentencing and ill-treatment of WHRD Cấn Thị Thêu and sustained repression against her family (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Viet Nam about the arbitrary arrest, detention, prosecution, repeated sentencing and ill-treatment of woman human rights defender Cấn Thị Thêu and her sons, and the sustained and systematic pattern of repression against her family.
Uganda: arrest and arbitrary detention of WHRD Sarah Bireete (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Uganda about the arrest of Ms. Sarah Bireete on 30 December 2025 in the Mukono District, and her arbitrary detention in Kampala.
Philippines: criminal prosecution on charges of ‘terrorist financing’ against Carmilo Tabada (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of the Philippines about the criminal prosecution on charges of ‘terrorist financing’ against Mr. Carmilo Tabada.
China: arrest, prosecution, pre-trial detention and conditions of detention of Chow Hang-Tung and Lee Cheuk-Yan in Hong Kong (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of China about the arrest, prosecution, pre-trial detention and conditions of detention of Chow Hang-Tung and Lee Cheuk-Yan, two human rights defenders and democracy activists in Hong Kong.
Egypt: restrictions and precautionary measures against released human rights defenders (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Egypt about the restrictions and precautionary measures against released human rights defenders, including the renewed inclusion on the terrorism watchlist of Mohamed El-Baqer, and a continued travel ban and asset freeze as well as pending charges against. Gasser Abdel Razek, Karim Ennarah, Mohamed Bashir, and a travel ban against Ahmed Samir Santawy.