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The image features the logo of the organisation Urgences Ivoiriennes on a white background. It is a red circle at the centre of which is the outline of the country Côte d'Ivoire with its flag colours. The logo features the text "URI" and "Urgences Ivoiriennes".

Côte d’Ivoire : arrestation et condamnation des défenseurs des droits de l’homme Kipré Pacôme, Diangoné Bi Roland, Dolé Anicet et Séri Romuald (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Version écourtée d’une communication transmise au gouvernement de Côte d’Ivoire à propos de l’arrestation et la condamnation de défenseurs des droits humains membres d’Urgences Ivoiriennes.
• 14th Apr 2023
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Occupied Palestinian Territory: Letter to Mr. Karim A. A. Khan QC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court

Official Letters and Statements
Letter sent by 30 UN independent human rights experts to Mr. Karim Khan QC, Prosecutor of the ICC
• 7th Apr 2023
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Saudi Arabia: concerns at the detention of HRDs Mohammad Al-Rabiah, Issa Al-Nukhaifi and Mohammad Al-Qahtani & their state of health (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
Summary of an official communication sent to the Government of Saudia Arabia on the detention of human rights defenders Mohammad Al-Rabiah, Issa Al-Nukhaifi and Mohammad Al-Qahtani, along with the Government’s reply
• 30th Mar 2023
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Eswatini: assassination of human rights defender and lawyer Thulani Maseko (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
This is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Eswatini raising concerns as to the killing of human rights defender and lawyer Thulani Maseko.
• 29th Mar 2023
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India: UN expert demands immediate end to crackdown on Kashmiri human rights defenders (Press Release)

Official Letters and Statements
GENEVA (24 March 2023) – India must immediately end its crackdown against Kashmiri human rights defenders, UN expert* said today,…
• 24th Mar 2023
Cambodian woman human rights defender Chhim Sithar is raising her first in the middle of a crowd, outside. She is smiling.

Cambodia: detention of WHRD Chhim Sithar upon her return to the country (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 22nd Mar 2023
Un Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor speaking at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 15 March 2023

Success through perseverance and solidarity: 25 years of achievements by human rights defenders (Press Release)

Official Letters and Statements
GENEVA (15 March 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today urged States…
• 15th Mar 2023
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Country Visit Report: Greece

Official Letters and Statements
In June 2022, I carried out an official country visit to Greece at the invitation of the Government. The purpose…
• 15th Mar 2023
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: filing of defamation lawsuits against two young WHRDs in face of their advocacy for the protection of the environment (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 14th Mar 2023
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Greece: criminal investigations opened against human rights defenders Panayote Dimitras, Tommy Olsen, Madi Williamson and Ruhi Akhtar (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and another UN…
• 9th Mar 2023
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Thailand: two human rights defenders investigated and charged for offenses linked to their work protecting victims of torture and indigenous rights (joint communication)

Official Letters and Statements
The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and other UN…
• 2nd Mar 2023
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Madagascar : convocation par la police de deux défenseurs des droits humains et dirigeants de Transparency International Madagascar (communication conjointe)

Official Letters and Statements
Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication écrite par la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la situation des défenseurs et défenseuses…
• 1st Mar 2023
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