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Niger
13.01.25
Statements
Niger : Communication in support of Moussa Tiangari
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Azerbaijan
31.07.14
Urgent Interventions
Prominent human rights defender Leyla Yunus, IPD Director and a member of OMCT General Assembly, sentenced to three months pre-trial detention
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Venezuela
20.03.25
Reports
Venezuela: The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH) report denounces systematic repression of human rights defenders
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Iran
20.10.14
Urgent Interventions
Judicial harassment against human rights lawyer Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh
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Honduras
14.05.25
Statements
Honduras : Civil society organisations unite for justice for Juan López and protection for those who defend water and life in Honduras
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Bahrain
23.02.15
Urgent Interventions
Arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and torture of Mr. Hussain Jawad, Chairman of the European-Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights (EBOHR)
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India
18.06.25
Statements
India: International human rights groups reiterate call for release of detained Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez on his birthday
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China
13.03.15
Urgent Interventions
Arbitrary arrest of at least nine women's and LGBTI rights defenders
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Nepal
10.09.25
Statements
Nepal: Call for accountability over protest crackdown, urging an end to digital repression and police misuse of force
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Myanmar (Burma)
20.08.15
Urgent Interventions
Release of Ms. Su Su Nway, leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union
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Tajikistan
30.11.15
Urgent Interventions
Clampdown on civil society - Preliminary findings of a fact-finding mission on the situation of human rights defenders and NGOs
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China
09.02.16
Urgent Interventions
WHRDIC condemns closure of women’s legal aid center in China
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Egypt
06.04.16
Urgent Interventions
Ongoing harassment of El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation for Victims of Violence and Torture
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Cambodia
14.06.16
Urgent Interventions
Appeals Court Denies Bail for ADHOC and NEC Staffers Ny Sokha, Nay Vanda, Yi Soksan, Lim Mony and Ny Chakrya
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Angola
13.07.16
Urgent Interventions
Conditional release and ongoing judicial harassment of 16 pro-democracy activists
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Türkiye
08.09.16
Urgent Interventions
Conditional release of Ramazan Demir and Ayşe Acinikli, members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (OHD)
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