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Human Rights Center "Viasna"
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Asociación Unidad de Defensa Jurídica, Registro y Memoria por Nicaragua (UDJ/UDR NIC)
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Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos - Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)
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Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF)
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Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme (LTDH)
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Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms (IARF)
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Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders in Western Sahara (CODESA)
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Front Line Defenders (FLD)
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Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
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Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)
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Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRA)
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Afghanistan Democracy and Development Organization (ADDO)
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Human Rights Defenders Alert (HRDA)
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Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC)
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Ethiopian Human Rights Defenders Center (EHRDC)
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Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU)
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
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Human Rights Association (İHD)
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Egypt: Human rights lawyer must be released: Ibrahim Metwaly
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- AI Urgent Action
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- Lead by
- Amnesty International
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- Africa: Northern Africa
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Urgent Action: IMPRISONED NURSE MAY FULLY LOSE HEARING (Russia 28.23)
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- Amnesty International
- Countries
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Journalist held incommunicado by Russian authorities in Crimea for 13 days
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- Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
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- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Solidarity for Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko
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- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Award of the Moscow Helsinki Group in the nomination For courage in the defence of human rights
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- Helsinki Group
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Joint Statement of the informal OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists
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- OSCE Group of Friends on Safety of Journalists
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- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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International Press Institute condemns new arrests of journalists for alleged links to Navalny
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- International Press Institute (IPI)
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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EU Statement on the case of Yuri Dmitriev - OSCE Permanent Council
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- European Union
- Countries
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Open letter from cultural workers in favour of Yuri Dmitriev's release from pre-trial detention centre
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- Memorial International
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Marathon by Amnesty International - Vladislav Yesypenko
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- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russia puts Forbes journalist under house arrest; detains 2 others
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russian journalists imprisoned; beaten during arrests and detention
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russia: Antonina Favorskaya and Olga Komleva Arrested and Charged, 4 Other Journalists Detained
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- Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ)
- Women Press Freedom
- Countries
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russia: Journalist Artem Kriger jailed on charges of extremism - EFJ
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- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
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- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Moscow Helsinki Group’s Human Rights Prize 2020
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- Moscow Helsinki Group
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russia must free human rights defender Alexey Sokolov arrested for posting Facebook logo: UN experts
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- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Crimea: Media Freedom Coalition statement
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- Media Freedom Coalition
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Amnesty International - Detained rights activist must be released
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- Amnesty International
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Iryna Danylovych
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Cambodia CSOs condemned the conviction on LRSU case and demand that the government unconditionally release Chhim Sithar
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Joint Statements, Mr. Chea Chantha's Activism is Not A Crime (in Khmer only)
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CSOs online campaign to release activists
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- FB
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- Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
- Countries
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- Asia: South-eastern Asia
- Documented by
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Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
United Arab Emirates: Further Information: Hunger-Striking Academic In Critical Condition: Dr Nasser bin Ghaith
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- Amnesty International
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
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European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2022 on the case of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain
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Faces Of Hope - Human Rights Defenders Imprisoned Worldwide
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Bahrain: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its sixty-third session, 30 April–4 May 2012
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- UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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- Asia: Western Asia
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Andrzej Poczobut awarded Jan Karski Mission Medal
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Siarhei Satsuk
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Statement by the Committee to Protect Journalists - Yauhen Hlushkou
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- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Documented by
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Free Viasna
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- Human Rights Center "Viasna"
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Statement by EFJ - Denis Ivashin
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IPHR Statement - detention of Belarusian lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak
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- Lead by
- International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Public letter to the Belarusian authorities on the continued incommunicado detention of Maksim Znak
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CEU Philosophy Department expresses solidarity with Uladzimir Matskevich
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Communication from UN Special Rapporteurs to Belarusian authorities - AL BLR 8/2021
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Harsh sentences to Viasna members spark international outcry
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Joint statement: Seven more persons recognized as political prisoners in Belarus
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CCBE Letter - Conviction of lawyer Vitaly Brahinets to 8 years of prison
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- Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
- Documented by
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“Write to an Attorney” Campaign
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- Lead by
- Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Prisoner of Conscience: Dzianis Ivashyn, Belarus
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lawyer Yuliya Yurgilevich and journalist Pavel Mazheika unjustly sentenced to six years in prison
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- Lead by
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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ECBA Statement supporting Belarusian imprisoned lawyers
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- Lead by
- European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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1000 days behind bars: In solidarity with Andrei Aliaksandrau
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#FreeMarfa solidarity campaign
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Belarus: ITUC reaffirms support for unions under sustained attack
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- International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Joint statement - We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Nasta Loika
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Belarusian trade unionists need our solidarity!
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Action in support of “Heroes of the struggle for an independent trade union movement in Belarus”
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Joint Statement on Iran: Repression of Those Seeking Truth and Justice for 1980s Killings Needs to Stop
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Iran must end harassment of Narges Mohammadi and release all women human rights defenders: Independent Experts
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- Lead by
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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- Asia: Southern Asia
- Documented by
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Iran: Activist in solitary confinement for months: Abbas Vahedian
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Iran: Grave concerns for jailed dissident Mohammad Nourizad
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- Lead by
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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- Asia: Southern Asia
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Free imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran
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Urgent Action: 26 People Risk Execution in Relation to Protests
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Saudi Arabia: Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-third session, 19–23 November 2018
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- UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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- Asia: Western Asia
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Brooklyn Rivera Bryan - OACNUDH Tweet 1
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- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Edgardo Antonio Cárcamo Díaz
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Cynthia Samantha Jirón Padilla Ubieta
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Nidia Lorena Barboza Castillo
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Saudi Arabia: Communication by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
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- AL SAU 10/2022
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- UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
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- Asia: Western Asia
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URGENT ACTION: ISSA AL- HAMID SENTENCED TO 9 YEARS IN PRISON
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Dr. Mohammed Al-Mansoori
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa
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Sonny Armando Figueroa Alvarado
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Aníbal Antonio Argüello Mayén
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention at its eighty-ninth session, 23–27 November 2020
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- UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
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Yemen: UN experts call on Houthi de facto authorities to halt execution of human rights defender Fatima Al-Arwali
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- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Countries
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- Asia: Western Asia
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Amina Al-Abdouli
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- Country or area of detention
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Maryam Al-Balushi
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Belarus: Sentencing of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Belarus: Trial of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, and Uladzimir Labkovich
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- Urgent Appeal
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- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Belarus: Ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and civil society organisations
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Belarus: Upcoming trial and deteriorating health condition of Marfa Rabkova
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Belarus: Rights defender Nasta Loika unjustly detained again
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Belarus: Rights defender Nasta Loika sentenced to seven years of imprisonment
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Belarus: End persecution and ill-treatment of woman human rights defender Nasta Loika
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Egypt: Release human rights defenders Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Oxygen
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Guatemala: Un país que resiste, un Estado que tortura
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Guatemala: Persiste el hostigamiento contra los periodistas Marvin Del Cid y Sonny Figueroa
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- Joint Statement
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- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
- Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos - Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Guatemala: Los ataques contra periodistas no cesan
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- Joint Statement
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
- Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos - Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Guatemala: Persistent repression of female justice actors
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- Joint Statement
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
- Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos - Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Guatemala: Criminalización y detención arbitraria de la periodista Anastasia Mejía Tiriquiz
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- Urgent Appeal
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- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Iran : New developments concerning the judicial harassment of human rights lawyers
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Asia: Southern Asia
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Guatemala: Detención de la abogada y defensora de derechos humanos Claudia González
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Saudi Arabia: Open letter to the authorities calling for Mohammed al-Qahtani’s release
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Tunisia : Smear campaign against Ms. Sihem Bensedrine
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- Urgent Appeal
- Lead by
- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
- Countries
- Regions
- Africa: Northern Africa
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Bahrain and Egypt’s National Human Rights Institutions do not comply with the Paris Principles
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- Joint Statement
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- The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
- Countries
- Regions
- Asia: Western Asia
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Bahrain: Maryam Al-Khawaja to go back to Bahrain to fight for the release of her father while facing a possible life-sentence herself
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Free Mourad Zeghidi الحرية لمراد الزغيدي
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Katsiaryna Bakhvalava (Andreyeva)
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Sayed Sekandar Hussaini Bamdad
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Spreading The Echo (2025)
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Violeta Granera - Nicas Libres Ya
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- Link
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- Nicas Libres Ya
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- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
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Yader de los Ángeles Parajón Gutiérrez
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Jasson Noel Salazar Rugama
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Ana Margarita Vijil Gurdián
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- Country or area of detention
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Freedom for Mohamed Khalouli
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- Lead by
- Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms (IARF)
- Countries
- Regions
- Africa: Northern Africa
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Statement on enforced disappearance of Iryna Danilovych in occupied Crimea
- Lead by
- PEN Ukraine
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russian court sentences journalist Mikhail Afanasyev to 5 years in prison for fake news about army
- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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HRC55 - Item 4 General debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
- Lead by
- European Union
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Statement by Memorial - Konstantin Gabov is a political prisoner
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- Memopzk
- Countries
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Petition to Vladimir Putin to stop prosecution of Yuri Dmitriev
- Lead by
- Memorial International
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Statement by the Crimean Human Rights Group on the sentencing of Vladyslav Yesypenko
- Lead by
- Crimean Human Rights Group
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russian court in Crimea sentences RFE/RL journalist Vladislav Yesypenko to 6 years in prison
- Lead by
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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#JournalismIsNotaCrime - campaign in support of Vladyslav Yesypenko
- Lead by
- Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties and Initiatives
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Prison Sentence for Freelance Journalist in Crimea is a Gross Violation of Free Expression
- Lead by
- PEN America
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemns further crackdown on media freedom in Russia
- Lead by
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Crimea: Release Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko
- Lead by
- Freedom House
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Russia: IFJ/EFJ demand immediate release of journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin
- Lead by
- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
- Countries
- Regions
- Europe: Eastern Europe
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Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war prisoners
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- Tempest Collective
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- Europe: Eastern Europe
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