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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT RISK

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Ms. Lynne F. Stewart
USA: Joint letter calling for the release on compassionate grounds of former defense lawyer Ms Lynne Stewart
2013/05/23

The undersigned organisations have written jointly to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to ask for the release of former defense lawyer Ms Lynne F. Stewart on compassionate grounds. Lynne Stewart has stage 4 cancer that has metastasised...

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Zainab Al-Khawaja
Bahrain: Update – Sentencing of human rights defenders Zainab Al-Khawaja and Naji Fateel
2013/05/23

On 22 May 2010, Bahraini courts sentenced, in separate proceedings, human rights defenders Ms  Zainab Al-Khawaja and Mr Naji Fateel.

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Abdullah Al-Hadidi
UAE : Update – Sentencing of Mr Abdullah Al-Hadidi upheld by appeals court
2013/05/23

On 22 May 2013, the Abu Dhabi court of appeal upheld the sentence imposed on blogger and human rights defender Mr Abdullah Al-Hadidi. The human rights defender was sentenced to a ten-month jail term on 8 April 2013...

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Alfamir Castillo
Colombia: Renewed death threats against human rights defenders Ms Alfamir Castillo and Messrs Jorge Eliécer Molano and Germán Romero Sánchez
2013/05/23

Human rights defenders Ms Alfamir Castillo, Mr Jorge Eliécer Molano and Mr Germán Romero Sánchez were subjected to...

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Turkey: Update – Charges against VAKAD and other civil society organisations in Van dropped
2013/05/23

On 17 May 2013, charges were dropped in the case against the human rights organisation Van Women's Association (VAKAD) and nine other civil society organisations. Court proceedings for the closure of the ten groups were brought by the prosecutor on...

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Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region Mary Robinson
DRC: Urgent Appeal issued by 82 Congolese Human Rights Organisations to Mary Robinson
2013/05/23

“Every night, Congolese who live under the M23's control worry whether armed men will visit them and kidnap,rape or kill members of their family. Life has turned into a 24-hour contract, renewable each morning”

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Blogger Paulus Le Son is amongst those appealing their convictions
Vietnam: Joint Letter sent to PM Nguyen Tan Dung Ahead of Appeal Trial of Human Rights Defenders
2013/05/22

The appeal trial of human rights defenders Messrs Ho Duc Hoa, Thai Van Dung, Paulus Le Son, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Tran Minh Nhat, Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Ho Van Oanh and Nguyen Van Duyet is due to take place tomorrow, 23 May 2013. Ahead of...

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Russian Federation: Intimidation and judicial harassment of Komi Human Rights Commission Memorial
2013/05/21

On 18 May 2013, a meeting of the Komi Human Rights Commission Memorial (KHRC Memorial) was aggressively interrupted by members of the radical nationalist group Rubezh Severa (Northern Border).

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India: Arrest of human rights defender Ms Madhuri Ramakrishnasway on fabricated charges
2013/05/21

On 16 May 2013, human rights defender and maternal health activist Ms Madhuri Ramakrishnasway was arrested outside the court in Barwani in Madhya Pradesh, in a case brought against her after a protest.

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Kuch Veng being arrested
Cambodia: Arbitrary arrest of human rights defender Mr Kuch Veng
2013/05/21

On 19 May 2013, human rights defender Mr Kuch Veng was arrested by four police officers at Kbal Trach commune, Krako district, Pursat village. Kuch Veng is a land rights activist and is a member of the Community Peace...

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