状况:
被判刑
剥夺自由是世界所有地区对人权捍卫者最常用的策略之一。国际人权法律中,有三种情况的逮捕或拘留是任意的:逮捕或拘留没有清晰的法律依据; 逮捕或拘留是因为合法行使表达自由、结社自由、集会自由等权利;或者是出现了严重违反保证公正审判原则的情况。
有许多情况下,人权捍卫者被捕后受到起诉和审判,结果可能是很长的刑期 - 见司法骚扰。
保释候查或候审也可能被任意剥夺。
As human rights defenders it is not the repression, imprisonment and torture that we have suffered that counts, but what we have seen and documented. The crimes against humanity, the war crimes committed and still being committed while the world looks on.