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Andrew Anderson's Blog
Andrew Anderson Visiting Azimjan Askarov in Prison in Kyrgyzstan
17 Mayo 2016

Birthday Behind Bars in Kyrgyzstan for Azimjan Askarov

Por Andrew Anderson - Former Executive Director

When I visited Azimjan Askarov in prison in Bishkek in December 2010 there were some grounds for hope that he would be released. He had been sentenced in September 2010 to life in prison, but the process had been seriously flawed and the Kyrgyz human rights Ombudsman had found that the charges against him were politically motivated. When we met with Azimjan our main concern was that his health was improving following the torture he had been subjected to.

Derechos 
#Derechos civiles y políticos #Derechos de las minorías #Corrupción
Violaciones 
#Arresto / Detención / Encarcelamiento #Tortura / Maltrato
Ubicación 
#Kyrgyzstan
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Maxima Acuna de Chaupe farmstead at sunset
28 Abril 2016

Máxima Acuña de Chaupe: Vigilada

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Hacia fines de marzo visité a Máxima Acuña de Chaupe defensora del ambiente y del derecho a la tierra, en su hogar en la región de Cajamarca, Perú. La próxima novela gráfica que produciremos trata de defensores y defensoras del ambiente y el derecho a la tierra en riesgo, que cuestionan a las compañías extractivas. Máxima confronta con Newmont Mining (EE.UU.) y su contraparte peruana, Yanococha Maning, que están tratando de que se retire de su tierra para construir una enorme mina de oro, conocida como Conga.

Derechos 
#Derechos medio- ambientales #Derecho a la tierra
Violaciones 
#Hostigamiento judicial #Ataque físico
Ubicación 
#Perú
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Mary Lawlor's Blog
27 Septiembre 2015

While China postures on the international stage, women human rights defenders are routinely targeted

Por Mary Lawlor

On 27 September China will co-host with UN Women a “Global Leader's Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment” in New York. Chinese President Xi Jinping will address the gathering, as will Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon. The event will mark 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and is intended to place 'gender equality, women's rights and women's empowerment at the centre of the global agenda'.

Derechos 
#Derechos Humanos #Derechos de la mujer /género
Violaciones 
#Hostigamiento judicial #Arresto / Detención / Encarcelamiento
Ubicación 
#China
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Mary Lawlor's Blog
25 Septiembre 2015

Women Human Rights Defenders in China: Twenty Years After Beijing, What's Changed?

Por Mary Lawlor

When I arrived at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) in Beijing, Chinese authorities welcomed hundreds of foreign dignitaries and international rights groups with rainbow coloured scarves. Yet, while China hosted what would come to be known as the pre-eminent gathering on gender equality for the next twenty years, the government was also systematically disempowering Tibetan women through its repressive policies towards the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

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