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Salah Hammourri sitting at a desk

Israel: ill-treatment and arbitrary detention of Mr. Salah Hammouri (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…
• 25th Oct 2022
Images of Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva & Manuchechr Kholiknazarov

Tajikistan: arbitrary detention of Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva & Manuchechr Kholiknazarov (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…
• 21st Oct 2022

Guatemala: proceso de criminalización en contra de Claudia Paz y Paz y otros hechos en contra de defensoras de derechos humanos (comunicación conjunta)

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Foto: By EneasMx – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Lo que sigue se basa en una comunicación escrita por la…
• 19th Oct 2022
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Peru: UN experts concerned that criminalising women activists will silence victims of sexual harassment

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Leer en español GENEVA (17 October 2022) – UN experts today expressed grave concern for the rights and liberty of…
• 18th Oct 2022
the peruvian flag flying in the wind on top of a building

Perú: Expertas de la ONU preocupadas de que criminalizar a las mujeres activistas silenciará a las víctimas de acoso sexual (comunicado de prensa)

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Read in English GINEBRA (17 de octubre de 2022) – Expertas de la ONU expresaron hoy su grave preocupación por…
• 17th Oct 2022
Nayyab Ali speaking at a podium

Pakistan: trans woman human rights defender Nayyab Ali threatened at gunpoint (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 Oct 2022
The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo blowing in the wind.

République Démocratique du Congo: la sécurité de la défenseuse des droits humains Miriam Furaha (communication conjointe)

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Ce qui suit est basé sur une communication écrite par la Rapporteuse spéciale sur la situation des défenseurs et défenseuses…
• 13th Oct 2022
The flag of Guatemala blowing in the wind from the top of a flagpole, outdoors

Guatemala: la criminalización de líderes indígenas Q’eqchi, Jorge Coc Coc y Marcelino Xol Cucul (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…
• 10th Oct 2022
Daisy Macapanpan raising fist in the air

Philippines: arrest & detention of environmental woman human rights defender Daisy Macapanpan (joint communication)

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[Photo credit: Defend Southern Tagalog] The following is based on a communication written by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human…
• 10th Oct 2022

México: situación de riesgo en la que se encuentra Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz (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…
• 5th Oct 2022
Iasonas Apostolopoulos bringing a child onto a boat

Greece: smears & threats against human rights defender Iasonas Apostolopoulos (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…
• 26th Sep 2022
A group of hands joined together with Myanmar flag painted on the wrists

Myanmar: UN experts urge more help for human rights defenders in push for accountability (Press Release)

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GENEVA (16 September 2022) – UN experts said today human rights defenders documenting and responding to atrocities by Myanmar’s military…
• 16th Sep 2022