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Honduras: Liberen a los defensores de la comunidad Guapinol y cumplan con sus compromisos internacionales – instan expertos de derechos humanos de la ONU
Official Letters and Statements
Greece: Guilty verdict for migrant rights defenders could mean more deaths at sea – UN expert
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (18 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert urged judicial authorities in Greece against criminalising the work of…
Egypt: ill-treatment and continued detention of Oqaba Alaa Labib Hashad and Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 3 September 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Egypt regarding the contiuued arbitrary detention…
Cuba: amenazas, vigilancia y detenciones de personas defensoras del CIR y MCL (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsANTECEDENTES El 8 de septiembre de 2021, escribí una comunicación conjunta al Gobierno de Cuba en relación con amenazas, vigilancia…
India: Abduction, detention and externment of Human Rights Defenders (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 25 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of India concerning: The abduction of human…
Zimbabwe: Woman Human Rights Defender charged after preventing demolition of trade structures (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 24 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Zimbabwe concerning the arrest and criminalisation…
Afghanistan: Human rights defenders living under “climate of fear” – UN expert (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (3 November 2021) – Human rights defenders in Afghanistan describe living under a climate of fear, threats, intense insecurity…
Kyrgyzstan: Investigate death threats against human rights defender – UN expert (press release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (2 November 2021) – Kyrgyzstan must investigate death threats against human rights defender Kamilzhan Ruziev instead of harassing him…
Sri Lanka: HRDs, journalists and trade union leaders detained, threatened and intimidated (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 17 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication with other UN experts to the Government of Sri Lanka…
UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestinian human rights defenders as terrorist organisations
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (25 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister…
Cambodia: Mother Nature Cambodia members arrested and charged (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsBACKGROUND On 17 August 2021, I wrote a joint communication with other UN experts on the arrest and criminalisation of…
Come clean about persecution of human rights defenders, UN expert tells governments
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (14 October 2021) – Governments around the world must stop jailing people for peacefully standing up for human rights,…