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International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders, Launch Statementposted on: 2005/07/26

Defending Women, Defending Rights International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders

Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh, a woman activist in Iran and editor of Farzaneh (the first women’s studies journal in Iran) is in prison upon the order of Tehran’s General Prosecutor. For more than two weeks now, Mahboobeh has been held without any formal charges, and she has been denied access to legal counsel or any visitors. Her only apparent offense is her activism and strong linkages with international women’s rights movement. Fereshteh Ghazi, another woman journalist writing on women’s issues for a daily newspaper in Iran, was also arrested.

Irene Fernandez, a Malaysian woman activist who has been fighting for women workers’ rights, has been prosecuted and convicted by the Malaysian government in a case, which has been dragged on for eight years. She is being prosecuted for releasing comprehensive documentation of the abuses against migrant workers in detention in Malaysia. She is currently appealing her case before the court.

Claudia Duque, a journalist and human rights defender in Colombia has received several death threats because of her work.

International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders, Launch Statementposted on: 2005/07/26

Defending Women, Defending Rights International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders

Mahboobeh Abbasgholizadeh, a woman activist in Iran and editor of Farzaneh (the first women’s studies journal in Iran) is in prison upon the order of Tehran’s General Prosecutor. For more than two weeks now, Mahboobeh has been held without any formal charges, and she has been denied access to legal counsel or any visitors. Her only apparent offense is her activism and strong linkages with international women’s rights movement. Fereshteh Ghazi, another woman journalist writing on women’s issues for a daily newspaper in Iran, was also arrested.

Irene Fernandez, a Malaysian woman activist who has been fighting for women workers’ rights, has been prosecuted and convicted by the Malaysian government in a case, which has been dragged on for eight years. She is being prosecuted for releasing comprehensive documentation of the abuses against migrant workers in detention in Malaysia. She is currently appealing her case before the court.

Claudia Duque, a journalist and human rights defender in Colombia has received several death threats because of her work.

Human Rights Defender Claudia Duque goes into exile with her daughterposted on: 2004/12/15

“though it hurts us, we have no other option but to kill your daughter, even if you go around in an armoured car, your daughter will suffer, we are going to burn her alive, we are going to scatter her fingers all over the place.”

Colombian Human Rights Defender Claudia Duque has been forced to go into exile along with her daughter as a result of the increasing severity of the threats against their personal safety. Along with several threatening phone-calls, voicemails and text messages since 7th September, Claudia Duque had been followed and her home had been patrolled. In a letter which she sent to the Colombian Ministry of Interior, Ms. Duque asserted that the inefficiency and inadequacy of the security assigned to her left her with no alternative but to go into exile. Furthermore, in her letter to the Ministry, Ms Duque alleged that one its agencies – La Comite de Reglamentacion y Evaluacion de Riesgos (CRER) – was jeopardising her safety through its complicity with those threatening her.

Preocupación por la defensora colombiana de los derechos humanos Claudia Duque y su hija de diez años, diciembre 2004posted on: 2004/12/02

Front Line está muy preocupada por el estado físico y psicológico de Claudia Duque y su hija de diez años. Según la información que Front Line ha podido recaudar en los últimos meses, Claudia Duque ha sido víctima de varias amenazas telefónicas desde el 7 de septiembre de 2004. La gravedad de las amenazas se ha intensificado peligrosamente en la última llamada del 17 de septiembre, en la que amenazaban con quemar viva a su hija, en relación a las actividades de Claudia, relacionadas con los derechos humanos: “aunque nos duele, no tenemos otra opción que matar a tu hija, aunque lleves un coche blindado tu hija sufrirá, vamos a quemarla viva y esparciremos sus dedos por todas partes”. Claudia Duque nos ha informado de que también ha sido perseguida y que su casa y los lugares que frecuenta patrullados.

Claudia Duque, periodista colombiana e importante defensora de los derechos humanos, se ha visto involucrada en una serie de polémicos asuntos a nivel local, nacional e internacional. En marzo de 2004, Claudia Duque era coordinadora del XXXV Congreso Mundial de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH) en Ecuador.