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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AT RISK

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Abdallah Abu Rahma
Israel / OPT – Update: Sentencing of human rights defender Abdallah Abu Rahma
2015/02/27

On 23 February 2015, human rights defender Mr Abdallah Abu Rahma was sentenced by the Ofer Israeli Military Court to four months imprisonment, suspended, and 5,000 Israeli Shekel (approximately €1,126). He had been...

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Biram Dah Abeid
Mauritania – Update: Hunger strike by human rights defender Biram Dah Abeid and his fellow detained colleagues
2015/02/26

On 23 February 2015, human rights defenders Messrs Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Ramdhane Bilal et Djiby Sow began a hunger strike in Aleg prison, following the refusal of the Prison Administration to meet their demands,...

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Wilfred Mukonyezi
Uganda – Break-ins at the home of human rights journalist Mr Wilfred Mukonyezi
2015/02/26

On 23 February 2015, human rights journalist Mr Wilfred Mukonyezi recorded a statement at a police station in Fort Portal, Western Uganda, requesting a criminal investigation into the attempted break-in at his home the previous night.

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Human Rights Defenders Alert - India
India – Arrest and detention of human rights defender Kalimuthu Kandhasamy
2015/02/26

In the morning of 26 February 2015, human rights defender Mr Kalimuthu Kandhasamy was remanded to judicial custody after having been arbitrarily arrested at his home in Kavarangulam, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, at approximately 7:15 pm the evening before.

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Lema Nazeeh
Israel / OPT – Charges brought against human rights defender Ms Lema Nazeeh
2015/02/26

On 23 February 2015, human rights defender Ms Lema Nazeeh was arrested in Al Eizariya in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, by the Israeli occupation forces. She was transferred to Maale Adomim Police station and accused of "attacking and disturbing...

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Intissar Al Hasairi
Libya – Killing of human rights defender Ms Intissar Al Hasairi
2015/02/26

On the morning of 24 February 2015, the bodies of human rights defender Ms Intissar Al Hasairi and her aunt were discovered in the boot of the human rights defender's car in Tripoli by security forces. The human rights defender and her aunt had allegedly been...

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Security in-a-Box: How to Protect your online communications in more than 13 languages
2015/02/25

Today Front Line Defenders and Tactical Technology Collective, in cooperation with Brazilian organisation Escola de Activismo and Macedonian Foundation Metamorphosis, launched the newest language editions of Security in a Box, in...

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Comité National pour la Défense des Droits de Chômeurs - CNDDC
Algeria – Appeal against conviction of eight human rights defenders
2015/02/25

On 11 March 2015, the appeal will be heard against the conviction of Messrs Khencha Belkacem, Brahimi Belelmi, Mazouzi Benallal, Azzouzi Boubakeur, Korini Belkacem, Bekouider Faouzi, Bensarkha Tahar and Djaballah Abdelkader on charges related to participating...

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Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
India – Severe physical assault and arbitrary detention of human rights defender Mr Ajijul Haque
2015/02/25

At approximately 10:15 am on 22 February 2015, human rights defender Mr Ajijul Haque was beaten by a group of unknown men at New Cooch Behar train station in West Bengal, allegedly in the presence of police officers. The human rights defender was then taken...

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Stavros Lambrinidis
Azerbaijan/EU: Use Official Visit to Free Activists No More Business as Usual in the Face of Crackdown
2015/02/23

(Brussels, February 23, 2015) – The European Union special representative for human rights should use his visit to Azerbaijan beginning February 23, 2015, to insist that the authorities release dozens of activists and journalists imprisoned on politically motivated...

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