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Azerbaijan: UN experts alarmed by year-long arbitrary detention of Azerbaijani human rights defender (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: UN independent experts express grave concern over the continued detention of Anar Mammadli, a prominent Azerbaijani human rights defender who was arbitrarily detained on 29 April 2024.
Thailand: criminal proceeding and charges pressed against human rights defenders for their peaceful participation in a Malay-Muslim cultural gathering (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Thailand about the criminal proceeding and charges pressed against Muhammad Aladee Dengni, Hasan Yamadibu, Sukiplee Kamae, A Nas Daereh and five other individuals for peacefully participating in Melayu Raya, a Malay-Muslim cultural gathering in Southern Thailand in 2022.
Tajikistan: UN expert calls for release and retrial of Rukhshona Khakimova (Press Release)
Official Letters and StatementsPress Release: UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor expresses serious concern over the conviction of 31-year-old journalist and woman human rights defender Rukhshona Khakimova, calling on the Government of Tajikistan to release her immediately and grant her a fair retrial in line with international standards.
Turkmenistan: poisoning attempts, involuntary hospitalisation and ongoing harassment against WHRD Gurbansoltan Achilova (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Turkmenistan about the poisoning attempts, involuntary hospitalisation & other alleged human rights violations against Gurbansoltan Achilova and her family.
Colombia: actos de hostigamiento e intimidación contra Mayerly López Carreño y Hernán Alberto Morantes del Comité para la Defensa del Agua y el Páramo de Santurbán (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en comunicaciones conjuntas enviadas a los gobiernos de Colombia, Canada y los EAU y a dos empresas sobre actos de hostigamiento e intimidación contra Mayerly López Carreño y Hernán Alberto Morantes, personas defensoras de los derechos humanos e integrantes del Comité para la Defensa del Agua y el Páramo de Santurbán.
Thailand: prosecution of youth WHRD Niraphorn Onkhao under the lèse-majesté law (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Thailand about the prosecution of youth human rights defender Ms. Niraphorn Onkhao under section 112 of the Criminal Code of Thailand.
Azerbaijan: ongoing prosecution and detention of Anar Mammadli and deterioration of his health (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Azerbaijan about the ongoing prosecution and detention of Anar Mammadli; the alleged deterioration of his health; the alleged lack of access to adequate healthcare, exercise, and nutrition; as well as the alleged lack of progress in providing a remedy and reparations for previous violations of his rights.
China: ongoing imprisonment of seven human rights defenders serving 10 years or more and continued enforced disappearance of Gao Zhisheng (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of China about the ongoing imprisonment of human rights defenders Ding Jiaxi, Huang Qi, Huang Yunmin, Ilham Tohti, Qin Yongmin, Zhang Haitao and Zhao Haitong, as well as the enforced disappearance of Gao Zhisheng, whose fate and whereabouts are unknown since 2017.
Maroc : harcèlement, attaques physiques, menaces et surveillance contre le défenseur des droits humains au Sahara occidental Ali Salem Tamek (communication conjointe)
Official Letters and StatementsCe qui suit est basé sur une communication conjointe envoyée au gouvernement marocain à propos d’allégations de harcèlement et d’attaques physiques, de menaces de nature politique, et d’actes de surveillances contre le défenseur des droits humains au Sahara occidental Ali Salem Tamek.
México: ataques en contra de los defensores de los derechos humanos Reynaldo Pérez Pérez y José Vásquez Gutierrez (comunicación conjunta)
Official Letters and StatementsLo que sigue se basa en una comunicación conjunta enviada al Gobierno de México sobre presuntos ataques en contra de los defensores de los derechos humanos Reynaldo Pérez Pérez y José Vásquez Gutierrez.
Call for Input: Country Visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official Letters and StatementsCall for input for the official country visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders to Bosnia and Herzegovina in June 2025.
Bahrain: threats against HRD Naji Fateel and obstacles to the enjoyment of his economic and social rights following his release on pardon (joint communication)
Official Letters and StatementsThis is the summary of a joint communication sent to the Government of Bahrain about the threats received by human rights defender and blogger Naji Fateel following his release on pardon on 8 April 2024, as well as obstacles to the enjoyment of his economic and social rights.