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Basilisa Montano Gutierrez

México: defensora indígena Basilisa Montaño Gutiérrez detenida desde septiembre de 2021 (comunicación conjunta)

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Foto: Avaaz Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las…
• 18th Jul 2022
Yirley Judith Velasco Garrido

Colombia: Amenazas de muerte en contra de Yirley Judith Velasco Garrido (comunicación conjunta)

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Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las personas defensoras…
• 15th Jul 2022
Russian flag on a flagpole, blowing in the wind

Russia: UN experts condemn civil society shutdown

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GENEVA (13 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued and heightened crackdown on civil society groups,…
• 13th Jul 2022
Foto de Jani Silva

Colombia: nuevo plan de seguimientos en contra de la lideresa ambiental Jani Silva (comunicación conjunta)

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Foto: ANZORC Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la Relatora Especial sobre la situación de las…
• 12th Jul 2022
Refugee camp on island of Samos

Ελλάδα: Η μεταναστευτική πολιτική «προκαλεί ασφυξία» στους υπερασπιστές ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων σύμφωνα με την Ειδική Εισηγήτρια του ΟΗΕ

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ΑΘΗΝΑ (22 Ιουνίου 2022) – Οι ελληνικές αρχές θα πρέπει να στραφούν προς μια μεταναστευτική πολιτική που να θέτει στο…
• 22nd Jun 2022
Refugee camp on island of Samos

PRESS RELEASE – Greece: Migration policy having “suffocating effect” on human rights defenders says UN expert

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ATHENS (22 June 2022) – Greek authorities must move towards a policy on migration that puts human rights and support…
• 22nd Jun 2022

Statement on preliminary observations and recommendations following official visit to Greece [Ελληνικά / English]

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• 22nd Jun 2022

Russia: Abubakar Iangulbaev, family and lawyers targeted by State authorities (joint communication)

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The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 22nd Jun 2022
Uzbekistan Flag on flagpole

Uzbekistan: smear campaign & criminalisation of Karomat Ashirova &  Zukhra Abdurakhmanova (joint communication)

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The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 17th Jun 2022
Lukpan Akhmedyarov headshot

Kazakhstan: detention and cruel, inhumane treatment of Lukpan Akhmedyarov (joint communication)

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The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 3rd Jun 2022
Ali Akram al-Bayati head shot

Iraq: Apparent judicial harassment of former Commissioner of Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (joint communication)

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Photo courtesy of Mr. al-Bayati via FIDH The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur…
• 1st Jun 2022
Protester walking with Nigeria flag

Nigeria: Threats and attacks against members of the #EndSARS movement (joint communication)

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The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 30th May 2022