Let’s stand together against torture: Join #HumansAgainstTorture
Torture can hit anyone, anywhere – women, men and children. It causes pain that will never go away. Governments have the means to stop torture but fail to use them. The onus therefore is on each and everyone of us to demand that torture stops. [Read more …]
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The recent release of human rights defenders Azam Formonov and
Salijon Abdurakhmanov after long years in prison on spurious charges marks a
long-awaited first practical step in alleviating the plight of defenders in
Uzbekistan. The Observatory, a partnership of FIDH and OMCT (World Organisation
Against Torture), calls for their full rehabilitation and for an immediate
release of other defenders still in detention.
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October 6, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Uzbekistan
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The Observatory and the CAJAR publish today a report drawing attention to a largely unexplored phenomenon: the specific role of economic actors in the vulnerability of individuals and groups of land and environmental rights defenders, and more specifically, corporate State capture that threatens the security, peace and even the life of these defenders. read more ...
October 5, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Reports and Publications | Colombia
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October 5, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Guatemala
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The Observatory has been informed by
reliable sources about the judicial harassment of Ms. Larisa Kharkova, President
of the Confederation of Independent
Trade Unions of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KNPRK), as well as threats against
her relatives and colleagues. KNPRK is the country’s largest independent trade
union confederation. read more ...
October 4, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Kazakhstan
The Observatory has been informed by reliable
sources about the arbitrary arrest and judicial harassment of land rights
activist Mr. Akhil Gogoi, President of Krishak Mukti
Sangram Samiti (KMSS), a peasant rights organisation based in Assam. read more ...
September 29, 2017 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | India
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October 4, 2017 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Spain
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October 4, 2017 | Statements | Tunisia
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You may read the ILESUR report in
Spanish here.
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October 3, 2017 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Rights of the Child | Reports and Publications | Uruguay
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October 2, 2017 | Statements | Colombia
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October 1, 2017 | Statements | Burundi
September 29, 2017 | Links
September 25, 2017 | Statements | Togo
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