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New Report: Jordanian Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Hacked with Pegasus Spyware

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Joint Statement

Citizen Lab Report

NY Times Article

Unsafe Anywhere:
Women Human Rights Defenders Speak Out About Pegasus Attacks

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Launch of the 4-year global investigation
into sex worker rights defenders at risk (SWRDs):


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Ukraine
Joint Statement Afghanistan
Statement
Afghanistan
12 August 2022

Joint Statement - Afghanistan: One year after Taliban takeover, human rights defenders at greater risk than ever

Rights 
#Human Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Freedom of Expression #Freedom of Religion #Minority Rights
Violations 
#Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Killing #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation #Torture / Ill-Treatment
Location 
#Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan
Statement
Baha'i defenders
10 August 2022

Confiscation of properties and demolition of houses of the Baha’i community following arrests, judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and community’s leaders

Rights 
#Freedom of Religion
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft
Location 
#Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
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Statement
Milena Quiroz Jiménez
28 July 2022

Joint Statement - Colombia: Over 2,000 Days of Criminalisation and Persecution Against Milena Quiroz Jiménez, Woman Human Rights Defender in the Region of Sur de Bolívar, Colombia

Rights 
#Human Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
Location 
#Region: Americas #Colombia
Statement
Comité Campesino del Altiplano
22 July 2022

Statement - Guatemala: Concern at the Violence and Continued Lack of Protection of Land and Territory Defenders of the Maya Q’eqchi’ Region in Alta Verapaz

Rights 
#Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Violations 
#Defamation #Killing #Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Region: Americas #Guatemala
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