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15 May 2012 by Bianet
Video support from the students of Büşra Ersanlı: “Freedom to Büşra Ersanlı”
TURKEY: In order to protest the imprisonment of Büşra Ersanlı, “The Students of Büşra Ersanlı” prepared a video series. Ersanlı speaks about ‘love’, with the help of her supporters’ voice. The former Head of International Relations Department of Marmara University and a lecturer on Political Sciences, (...) read more
15 May 2012 by United Nations Human Rights - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Experts from the UN and the IACHR urge the mexican Government to move ahead with the promulgation and implementation of the ‘Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists’
MEXICO: “The killings and threats repeatedly suffered by rights defenders and journalists in Mexico must stop immediately,” urged a group of four experts from the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, calling on the Government to move ahead with the swift promulgation (...) read more
14 May 2012 by Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ’s Journalist security guide: Covering the news in a dangerous and changing world
INTERNATIONAL: This guide details what journalists need to know in a new and changing world. It is aimed at local and international journalists of varied levels of experience. The guide outlines basic preparedness for new journalists taking on their first assignments around the world, offers (...) read more
Urgent Action 
13 May 2012 by I save lives - AI Belgique
Wenceslao Mansogo Alo, human rights defender: sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Wenceslao Mansogo Alo, a doctor, political activist and human rights defender was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on 7 May in Bata city, Equatorial Guinea, after being convicted of professional negligence. An initial accusation of mutilation of a body was dropped before (...) read more
Uganda / East and Horn of Africa
13 May 2012 by East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
Gerald Kankya, human rights defender: winner of the European Union Human Rights Defender Award in Uganda
UGANDA: The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project congratulates Gerald Kankya, Program Coordinator of the Twerwaneho Listeners Club (TLC), on winning the inaugural European Union Human Rights Defender Award in Uganda. Mr Kankya was honoured at a reception at the Swedish (...) read more
Urgent Action
13 May 2012 by Asian Human Rights Commission
Several people, human rights defenders: tortured in jail
PAKISTAN: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the human rights defenders, Mr. Baba Jan Hunzai along with four companions was brutally tortured by the police and military intelligence, ISI, officials while in custody of the jail. The victims were not given (...) read more
Democratic Republic of Congo / Africa
13 May 2012 by Journaliste en danger
Gisele Kaj Kaung, radio Okapi’s journalist: victim of serious threats from Julien Paluki (governor of North Kivu)
DRC: Journaliste en Danger (JED) expressed very serious concerns in the wake of serious threats against Gisele Kaj Kaung, a journalist with Radio Okapi, provincial station of Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu (eastern DRC), from Mr. Julien Paluku, governor of the province of North (...) read more
Urgent Action
13 May 2012 by Front Line
Hernán Henry Diaz, peasant leader and trade unionist: his presumed forced disappearance is directly related to his human rights activities in Colombia
COLOMBIA: On 18 April 2012, Hernán Henry Díaz was in the city of Puerto Asís, in the department of Putumayo, where he was leading a delegation of more than 200 farmers and indigenous communities from the town of Valle del Guamuez, Putumayo. This delegation subsequently participated in the protest (...) read more
Urgent Action
13 May 2012 by Front Line
Nabeel Rajab, human rights defender: arrested on his arrival at Manama airport
BAHRAIN: On the evening of 5 May 2012, prominent human rights defender Mr Nabeel Rajab was arrested on his arrival at Manama airport from a trip to Sweden, Denmark and Lebanon. On 6 May 2012, Mr Nabeel Rajab was brought before the Criminal Court of First Instance in Manama and charged of (...) read more
13 May 2012 by Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network
Doros Polycarpou, human rights defender: several organisations will observe his trial
CYPRUS: On 30 April 2012, after the Judge decided that there is a prima facie case for rioting, against Doros Polycarpou, KISA’s Executive Director, following the tragic events that took place at the 2010 Rainbow Festival in Larnaca, Cyprus, proceedings go on. The judge considered that at this (...) read moreWith the support of :
