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Cases

Threats/Intimidation

Selvakumar Nilanthan

Selvakumar Nilanthan

5 December 2022

Continued harassment against Sri Lankan HRD and journalist Selvakumar Nilanthan

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Judicial Harassment

Fatin Kanat

2 December 2022

Verdict expected on HRD Fatin Kanat’s case

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

1 December 2022

WHRD Nasta Loika sentenced to another 15 days of detention for “petty hooliganism”

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Chhim Sithor

30 November 2022

WHRD Chhim Sithor detained upon her return to Cambodia

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Fear of Refoulement

30 November 2022

Fear of refoulement of HRD Dong Guangping from Viet Nam

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Other Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Judicial Harassment

Aziza Abdirasulova

Aziza Abdirasulova

30 November 2022

WHRD Aziza Abdirasulova fined

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Issa Amro

29 November 2022

Human rights defender Issa Amro detained after documenting violent attack by Israeli soldiers

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

#Occupied Palestinian Territory

28 November 2022

Oleh Baturin released from captivity

#Enforced Disappearance

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

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

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

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29 November 2022

Statement

Joint statement calling for the release of Li Yuhan

Violations

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Rights

#Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Economic, Social & Cultural Rights #Corruption

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #China

Juan Carlos Flores Solis

28 November 2022

Statement

Joint Statement - Mexico: Concern about the harassment, surveillance and likely attempted murder of the lawyer and defender of the Peoples' Front in Defense of Land and Water - Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala (FPDTA - MPT), Juan Carlos Flores Solís

Violations

#Surveillance #Other Harassment

Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

Khurram Parvez

21 November 2022

Statement

Joint Statement - India: Human rights organisations call for the release of Khurram Parvez after one year of arbitrary detention

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #India

Bahrain Protest Context

18 November 2022

Statement

Statement on the recent judicial harassment of leading human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment

Rights

#Freedom of Expression #Protests / Assembly

Location

#Region: Middle East and North Africa #Bahrain

16 November 2022

Statement

Joint Statement - Tunisia: Risk of refoulement of asylum seeker in cooperation with Algerian authorities would mark a dangerous turning point for human rights for Tunisia

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Rights

#Freedom of Expression #Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

Location

#Region: Middle East and North Africa #Tunisia

14 November 2022

UPR Reports

UPR Sri Lanka