Statement 1 June 2021 [JOINT LETTER] Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Citizen Participation Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Egypt Read more about [JOINT LETTER] Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms
Statement 18 January 2021 Martin Ennals Award Finalists 2021 shine a light on abuses in authoritarian states Rights #Human Rights Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Tajikistan #Region: Asia Pacific #China #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Saudi Arabia Read more about Martin Ennals Award Finalists 2021 shine a light on abuses in authoritarian states
Statement 25 January 2022 Ongoing targeting of 18 HRDs under anti-terror laws in reprisal for their protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 Rights #Anti-Racism-/Discrimination #Freedom of Association Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about Ongoing targeting of 18 HRDs under anti-terror laws in reprisal for their protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019
Statement 12 January 2017 Rights Groups Demand Justice for journalist Mehman Huseynov Tortured in Azerbaijan Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression #Journalism Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Azerbaijan Read more about Rights Groups Demand Justice for journalist Mehman Huseynov Tortured in Azerbaijan
Statement 1 August 2024 End human rights defender and journalist Irfan Mehraj’s 500-day imprisonment Rights #Imprisonment #Impunity / Justice #Journalism #Prisoner Rights Violations #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about End human rights defender and journalist Irfan Mehraj’s 500-day imprisonment
Statement 21 April 2016 UN Human Rights Committee urges Kyrgyzstan to release jailed human rights defender Azimjan Askarov and quash his conviction Rights #Civil & Political Rights Violations #Arbitrary detention #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Kyrgyzstan Read more about UN Human Rights Committee urges Kyrgyzstan to release jailed human rights defender Azimjan Askarov and quash his conviction
Statement 21 November 2023 Joint Statement - Two years of arbitrary detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Freedom of Expression #Impunity / Justice #Journalism #Protests / Assembly Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about Joint Statement - Two years of arbitrary detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez
Statement 15 May 2024 Arrest and crackdown against human rights defenders in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh State, campaigning against corporatization and militarization Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Housing Rights / Forced Evictions #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights Violations #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft #Violence #Killing Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about Arrest and crackdown against human rights defenders in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh State, campaigning against corporatization and militarization
Statement 25 June 2024 India: Growing Concerns on the Misuse of Financial Action Task Force Standards to Target Civil Society Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about India: Growing Concerns on the Misuse of Financial Action Task Force Standards to Target Civil Society
Statement 20 December 2023 Israel/OPT: Deep concern at the enforced disappearance, detention and ill-treatment of human rights defenders in the Gaza Strip Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Self-Determination #Access to Healthcare Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Arbitrary detention #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Israel #Occupied Palestinian Territory Read more about Israel/OPT: Deep concern at the enforced disappearance, detention and ill-treatment of human rights defenders in the Gaza Strip
Statement 29 November 2023 India: Police crackdown and arrest of human rights defenders protesting against corporate mining in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about India: Police crackdown and arrest of human rights defenders protesting against corporate mining in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
Statement 16 October 2023 Joint Statement - Arrests, Raids Target Critics of Government Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Surveillance #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Read more about Joint Statement - Arrests, Raids Target Critics of Government
Statement 4 September 2023 Joint Statement - Sri Lanka’s Flawed Plans for a ‘Truth Commission’ Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Impunity / Justice Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Other Harassment #Killing #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Read more about Joint Statement - Sri Lanka’s Flawed Plans for a ‘Truth Commission’
Report 10 June 2020 Crushing Student Protests: Bangladesh's Repression of the Quota Reform & Road Safety Movements Rights #Student Rights / Education #Freedom of Association Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Read more about Crushing Student Protests: Bangladesh's Repression of the Quota Reform & Road Safety Movements
Statement 21 December 2023 Pakistan: Excessive use of force and arrest of Baloch human rights defenders and peaceful protesters Rights #Anti-Racism-/Discrimination #Enforced Disappearances #Torture / Police Brutality #Freedom of Expression Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Read more about Pakistan: Excessive use of force and arrest of Baloch human rights defenders and peaceful protesters
Statement 16 January 2023 Sri Lanka: End Arbitrary Detention of Student Activist Rights #Imprisonment Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Read more about Sri Lanka: End Arbitrary Detention of Student Activist
Statement 27 February 2023 CPJ, rights groups call on Bangladesh to cease harassment of Rozina Islam in public letter Rights #Journalism Violations #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Read more about CPJ, rights groups call on Bangladesh to cease harassment of Rozina Islam in public letter
Statement 20 September 2024 Free Narges Coalition calls for the urgent release of Narges Mohammadi ahead of Iran’s address at the United Nations Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Imprisonment Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran Read more about Free Narges Coalition calls for the urgent release of Narges Mohammadi ahead of Iran’s address at the United Nations