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People’s Republic of China / Asia

2 September 2010 by Front Line

Liu Zhengyou, Hu Yulan, Ma Zingquan and Feng Guiqin, land rights defenders: convicted of fraud

CHINA Human rights defenders Mr Liu Zhengyou, Ms Hu Yulan, Mr Ma Xingquan and Ms Feng Guiqin have been convicted of fraud in Zigong City, Sichuan Province. Front Line believes that the trial and sentencing of Liu Zhengyou, Hu Yulan, Ma Xingquan and Feng Guigin is directly related to their work (...) read more
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Belgium / European Union / Europe

2 September 2010 by Protection International

Protection International is recruiting a Fundraiser

BELGIUM Protection International is recruiting a Fundraiser, with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience. With a view to extending its financial capacity to develop this Global Protection Programme, PI is looking for a Fundraiser, who would work under the direct supervision of the (...) read more
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Indonesia / Asia

2 September 2010 by Protection International

Protection International is recruiting a Protection Officer based in Jakarta and reporting to the PI Regional Office in Bangkok

INDONESIA Protection International aisbl (PI) is an international NGO based in Brussels which aims at contributing to the improvement of the protection of human rights defenders throughout the world, through developing their capacity to manage their own security as they struggle against (...) read more
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United States of America

1 September 2010 by Human Rights First

Julius Kaggwa and Viktória Mohácsi, Ugandan and Hungarian defenders respectively: win the HRF “2010 Human Rights Award”

Human Rights First will present its 2010 Human Rights Award to a renowned Hungarian advocate for the rights of the Roma people in Europe and a Ugandan activist on the front lines of defeating a draconian anti-homosexuality bill there. The group will honor this year’s recipients, Julius Kaggwa (...) read more
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Turkey

1 September 2010 by IFEX

Hrant Dink, murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist: European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rules against Turkey

TURKEY The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) convicted Turkey in the case of Hrant Dink. The Turkish-Armenian journalist was assassinated on 19 January 2007 in Istanbul. According to news obtained by BIANET, the ECHR chamber decided that there had been a violation of the right to life (...) read more
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Democratic Republic of Congo / Africa

31 August 2010 by Reporters Without Borders

President Kabila urged to undertake reforms to promote press freedom and improve the worsening climate for journalists

DRC Reporters Without Borders and Journalist in Danger (JED), its local partner organisation, wrote to President Joseph Kabila today to condemn the steady decline in the climate for journalists and the reduction in the space for free expression in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The two (...) read more
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Russian Federation / Europe

30 August 2010 by Human Rights Watch

Lev Ponomarev, head of the Movement for Human Rights: arbitrarily arrested and sentenced

RUSSIA The Tverskoi District Court of Moscow should overturn Lev Ponomarev’s sentence of administrative arrest and ensure his immediate release from custody, Human Rights Watch said today. The activist was sentenced to three days for “disobeying police orders” and is currently serving the sentence (...) read more
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Colombia / Latin America

26 August 2010 by I save lives - AI Belgique

Jhon Jairo Palacios, member of an Afro-descendant community: enforced disappearance and possible killing

COLOMBIA The enforced disappearance and possible killing of Jhon Jairo Palacios came days before a contract was awarded for the construction of a major road in the region. The Cacarica communities have opposed this project, and there is concern that the enforced disappearance may be an attempt (...) read more
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Algeria / North Africa

26 August 2010 by Amnesty International, The Observatory, The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

Allow families of the disappeared express their demands for truth, justice and reparation without fear of reprisals

ALGERIA Amnesty International, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights - FIDH - and the World Organisation Against Torture - OMCT), deplore the (...) read more
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Kyrgyzstan / Asia

26 August 2010 by Front Line

Abdumannap Khalilov, human rights lawyer: assaulted

KYRGYZSTAN On 16 August 2010, at the city tribunal in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Mr Abdumannap Khalilov was beaten by a crowd of women, while thirty policemen who were present at the scene did not intervene. Abdumannap Khalilov is a human rights defender from Osh, where he worked as a human (...) read more

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