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7 May 2012 by Protection International
Joint letter: concerns about the proposed expansion of the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
AFRICA: On the occasion of the meeting of Government Experts on Legal Matters to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on May 7-11, 2012, we, the undersigned African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa, write to share our concerns regarding the (...) read more
Urgent Action
3 May 2012 by Front Line
Chut Wutty, environmentalist and human rights defender: killed
CAMBODIA: On 26 April 2012, Mr Chut Wutty was shot dead in Koh Kong province. Chut Wutty is the founder and director of Natural Resource Protection Group. read more
Urgent Action
3 May 2012 by I save lives - AI Belgique
Nohemí Pérez, Bertha Oliva and Dina Meza, women human rights defenders: attacked, threatened and harassed
HONDURAS: Four members of a prominent human rights organization in Honduras have recently been attacked, threatened and harassed. Their lives are in danger. The Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared (Comité de Familiares de los Detenidos y Desaparecidos, COFADEH) is a (...) read more
Urgent Action
3 May 2012 by Asian Human Rights Commission
Jimmy Liguyon, indigenous leader and anti-mining activist: shot dead at home
PHILIPPINES: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about the killing of an indigenous leader inside his domicile in Bukidnon province. Since 2011, the victim has been receiving threats to his life from members of a paramilitary group due to his anti-mining advocacy in (...) read more
Urgent Action
Western Sahara/Occupied Territories / Africa
3 May 2012 by Front Line
Several people, human rights defenders and members of the Western Sahara Organisation Against Torture: sentenced to 3 years in prison
WESTERN SAHARA: On 18 April 2012, the El Ayoun Court of Appeal sentenced six human rights defenders to three years in prison. Mr Atiqu Barrai, Mr Kamal Al Tarayh, Mr Abd Al Aziz Barrai, Mr Al Mahjoub Awlad Al Cheih, Mr Mohamed Manolo, who were arrested in October and November 2011, and Mr Hasna (...) read more
3 May 2012 by Amnesty International
Several people, human rights defenders: report torture while detained
SYRIA: Hani Zitani, Abd al-Rahman Hamada and Mansour al-Omari are being held in the town of al-Mo’damiya outside the capital, at a base run by the Fourth Armoured Division, under the de facto command of the Syrian president’s brother Maher al-Assad. Another three of their colleagues detained (...) read more
Petition
3 May 2012 by IFEX
Eskinder Nega, journalist: imprisoned and facing death penalty
ETHIOPIA: Nega is the recipient of the 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, and is a leading advocate for press freedom and freedom of expression in Ethiopia. Nega was arrested in September 2011, and is currently being tried under the country’s sweeping anti-terror legislation, (...) read more
Urgent Action
3 May 2012 by COFADEH, Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (PAQG), PROAH
Several people: International Accompaniers in Honduras and members of PROAH: receive death threats
HONDURAS: The Committee of the Families of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras (COFADEH) and the Honduras Accompaniment Project (PROAH) would like to express our concern at the death threats received by members of PROAH, an international organization that provides accompaniment for human (...) read more
3 May 2012 by Reporters Without Borders
An environmentalist dead and two journalists detained for questioning by police
CAMBODIA: Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the action of the Cambodian military police in detaining two journalists from the Cambodia Daily, Phorn Bopha et Olesia Plokhii, after an incident on 26 April in the south-western province of Koh Kong in which the environmentalist Chut (...) read more
3 May 2012 by FIDH
Several people, journalists and human rights defenders: prosecuted under charges of “propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam”
VIETNAM: The Observatory has been informed by the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR) about the ongoing arbitrary detention and upcoming trial of Mr. Nguyen Van Hai (alias Dieu Cay), Founder of the Club of Free Journalists and prominent blogger, and of two members of the Club of Free (...) read moreWith the support of :
