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The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the judicial harassment of Mr. Vladimir Velichkin, an environmental rights defender and member of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” (HRC “Viasna”), and the arbitrary arrest of Mr. Vitaly Kazakand Mr. Alexander Kabanov, two environmental activists, in the context of the repression of an environmental protest movement against the construction of a battery plant in Brest
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February 20, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Belarus
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The Observatory has been informed by the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) about three new cases of judicial harassment and arbitrary detention targeting human rights lawyers: the sentencing and the arbitrary detention of Mr. Massood Shamsnejad, the sentencing of Mr. Mehdi Houshmand-Rahimiandthe arbitrary pre-trial detentionof Mr.Farhad Mohammadi. read more ...
February 19, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Iran
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(Paris)—Equatorial Guinea named a French anti-corruption lawyer in an arrest warrant against 16 people, in apparent retaliation for his involvement in a money laundering trial against the president’s eldest son, ten human rights and anti-corruption groups said today. The warrant accuses the 16 targets of laundering money and helping to finance “terrorism and the proliferation of arms trafficking in Central Africa.”
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February 18, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Equatorial Guinea
February 15, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Mexico
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Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the beating and
subsequent killing of Mr. Ibrahim Arman Loni, a teacher and Pashtun
Tahaffuz Movement (PTM)core committee member in Balochistan
Province, the arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention, and subsequent release
of Ms. Gulalai Ismail, a Pashtun and women’s
rights defender, and the arbitrary detention of 17 other PTM members.
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February 14, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Pakistan
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The undersigned organizations, part of the International Observatory on Human Rights in Mexico, express our deep concern about the possible reform of the Mexican constitution to create a National Guard as a new public security body, a measure that would aggravate the militarization of security in Mexico. read more ...
February 21, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Urgent campaigns | Statements | Mexico
February 11, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Reports and Publications
February 7, 2019 | Reports and Publications
January 28, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Reports and Publications
January 22, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Rights of the Child | Statements
January 22, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Rights of the Child | Reports and Publications | Philippines
January 10, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Reports and Publications
January 10, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Reports and Publications
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