Tactics and tools for the protection
of Human Rights Defenders

Library

• European Union (EU) Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders Local Implementation Strategy in Nepal
  11 February 2011 by Council of the European Union
• Report by the NHRC and the OHCHR-Nepal: “Remedies and Rights Revoked: Case Withdrawals for Serious Crimes in Nepal”
  24 June 2011 by National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal)
• Report by FIDH, Imparsial and KontraS: Shadows and clouds Human Rights in Indonesia –shady legacy, uncertain future
  16 February 2011 by Observatory
• THAILAND: Extraordinary legal measures and persistent state failure to secure justice, end impunity, and improve human rights
  16 February 2011 by Asian Legal Resource Centre

News on defenders

• Imam Din, Pakistani human rights defender: attacked and killed by land grabbers
  29 January 2012 by Asian Human Rights Commission
• ANHRI denounces continuous harassing of journalists in Palestine by the the Israeli Occupation Authorities
  27 January 2012 by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
• Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie, human rights defender: false murder charges against him must be dropped
  27 January 2012 by Asian Human Rights Commission
• Mohamed Anwar Dabbas, human rights defender: injured and missing after a demonstration
  15 January 2012 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Nabeel Rajab, human rights defender: attacked by Bahraini riot police
  15 January 2012 by Human Rights Watch
• Narayan Reddy, human rights defender and leader of the CPI: arbitrarily detained
  14 January 2012 by FIDH
• Release of rights and pro-democracy activists litmus test for human rights dialogue
  12 January 2012 by FIDH
• Bui Thi Minh Hang, human rights defender: should be inmediately released
  8 January 2012 by Human Rights Watch
• Human rights defenders, medics, students and others targeted by the Bahraini government in its crackdown on pro-democracy efforts
  8 January 2012 by Human Rights First
• AHRC urges the government of Pakistan to prosecute an organization openly threatening and killing intellectuals and activists
  8 January 2012 by Asian Human Rights Commission
• Chen Wei, human rights defender: sentenced to 9 years in prison
  8 January 2012 by Amnesty International
• Faten Fawaz, human rights defender: arrested and kept in an unknown location
  7 January 2012 by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
• Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan, human rights defenders: missing since 9 December
  31 December 2011 by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
• Azimjan Askarov, human rights defender: condemned in an unfair trial
  29 December 2011 by Front Line
• Gao Zhisheng, human rights defender: arbitrarily detained and in incommunicado detention
  25 December 2011 by FIDH
• Joint International NGOs Statement: “Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law”
  24 December 2011 by Protection International
• Razan Ghazzawi, Syrian human rights activist and blogger: arbitrarily detained and at risk of torture
  18 December 2011 by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
• “Free Sotoudeh Project” launched by he International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
  11 December 2011 by International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
• Intigam Aliyev, Azerbaijani human rights lawyer: arbitrarily detained at Istanbul airport
  11 December 2011 by Human Rights House Network
• Mohammed Al-Maskat, Nabeel Rajab and Yousef Al-Mahafdha, human rights defenders: receive death threats
  10 December 2011 by Observatory
• HRDs from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan meet with representatives from the European Union, European Commission and members of the European Parliament
  9 December 2011 by Chronicles of Turkmenistan
• Five people, Emirati human rights activists: have their sentences commuted but authorities should also expunge the convictions from their records
  6 December 2011 by ALKARAMA for Human Rigths
• Indonesia and HRDs: some progress but still problems concludes Human Rights First
  6 December 2011 by Hans Thoolen on HRD’s
• Azimjan Askarov, human rights defender: appeal on his case begins
  4 December 2011 by Front Line
• Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, human rights defender and magazine editor: faces lèse majesté charge
  16 November 2011 by Protection International
• Jila Karamzadeh-Makvandi, Leyla Seyfollahi and Nader Ahsani, defenders members of the “Mourning Mothers”: victims of judicial harassment
  15 November 2011 by Observatory
• Several people, journalists and human rights defenders: attacked with baseball bats and rubber bullets
  13 November 2011 by Front Line
• Sexual Diversity Festival banned by the Malaysian government
  13 November 2011 by Human Rights Watch
• Shampa Goswami, human rights defender: threatened and at serious risk
  6 November 2011 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights defender: awarded the 2011 Per Anger prize
  31 October 2011 by Civil Rights Defenders
• Several people, human rights defenders and labour activists: shot dead by police
  29 October 2011 by Front Line
• Paisarn Likhitpreechakul, Thai gay rights defender: awarded the 2011 GALAS International Prize for Gay Rights Activist
  25 October 2011 by Front Line
• Novruzali Mammadov, human rights defender: his death in detencion has not been investigated thoroughly and impartially
  20 October 2011 by Observatory
• Fadhel Maki, human rights defender: rearrested
  20 October 2011 by I save lives - AI Belgique
• Lebanese authorities should stop harassment campaign against members of the Lebanese Centre for Human Rights (CLDH)
  14 October 2011 by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
• United Nations expert recommends amendment of Thailand’s lèse majesté laws
  13 October 2011 by Asian Human Rights Commission
• Jintana Kaewkhao, human rights defender: Supreme Court of Thailand upholds her conviction
  13 October 2011 by Asian Human Rights Commission
• Sunanda Deshapriya, human rights defender and journalist: false allegations and death threats made against her
  9 October 2011 by Observatory
• Elchin Namazov, human rights defender lawyer: disbarred and facing imprisonment
  9 October 2011 by International Observatory of Lawyers
• Ongoing repressive practices used by Al-Assad’s regime against protesters and activists
  6 October 2011 by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
• Pham Minh Hoang, human rights defender: joint letter submitted by 10 international NGOs calling for his release
  6 October 2011 by Front Line
• Six Chinese lawyers, human rights defenders: missing and their whereabouts are unknown
  27 September 2011 by Human Rights First
• Five people, Emirati human rights defenders: four international ONGs call for all charges against them to be dropped
  26 September 2011 by IFEX
• Civil society groups and human rights defenders operating in Papua are under extensive surveillance by the Indonesian military
  22 September 2011 by FIDH
• Faranak Farid, women’s rights defender and journalist: arrested without charges and tortured
  21 September 2011 by AWID
• Melki Bleskadit and Daniel Yenu, Papuan activists: sentenced to prison in flawed trial
  17 September 2011 by Asian Human Rights Commission

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