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Uzbekistan: Defender of freedom of expression and LGBTI rights threatened and attacked (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsPhoto credit: Facebook On 4 June 2021, I wrote to the Government of Uzbekistan regarding the alleged physical attack and…
Turkey: Criminal charges against the Saturday Mothers/People (Joint Communication)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 12 May 2021 I wrote to the Government of Turkey about my concerns regarding the criminal charges brought against…
Philippines: Harassment, Raids and Arrests of Human Rights Defenders (Joint Communication)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 27 May 2021, I wrote a letter jointly with six other mandate-holders to the Government of the Philippines regarding…
Guatemala: Dejar de tratar a los defensores de los derechos humanos de los indígenas como delincuentes – expertos de la ONU (Comunicado de Prensa)
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Long-term detentions of Human Rights Defenders in Turkey (Joint Communication)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 20 May 2021, I wrote a joint communication to the Government of Turkey, jointly with seven other mandate holders,…
Nicaragua: Detención arbitraria y sentencia de la señora Celia Cruz y el señor John Christopher Cerna Zúñiga, a largas penas de prisón (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsEl 19 de mayo de 2021, escribí una comunicación conjunta con seis otros expertos de la ONU al Gobierno de…
Myanmar: Human rights defenders under siege, say UN experts (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (19 July 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed their utmost concern for the situation of human rights…
Egypt: Human rights defenders held incommunicado, face spurious charges, says UN expert (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (15 July 2021) – A UN expert today expressed dismay at the continued widespread arrest and extended pre-trial detention…
India: Death in custody of priest Stan Swamy is devastating – UN expert (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsGENEVA (15 July 2021) – The death in custody of Catholic priest Stan Swamy, a renowned human rights and social…
Faisal Yousef Mohamed killed and Waad Bahjat sentenced in Sudan (Joint Communication)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 4 May 2021, I wrote a letter to the Government of Sudan on the killing of human rights defender…
Uso indebido del derecho penal en contra personas defensoras del medio ambiente en Peru (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsEl 27 de abril de 2021, escribí una carta al Gobierno de Perú sobre la confirmación en última instancia de…
VOICE subjected to cyber-attack in Viet Nam (Joint Communication)
Official Letters and StatementsOn 3 May 2021, I wrote a communication jointly with three other UN experts to the Government of Viet Nam…