Country | Region | alert_id | Alert Date | Alert Type | Year | Code | Alert | Type of Defender | Defenders | NGOs | Genders | Fields of Action | Impacts | Violations | gender_count_female | gender_count_male | gender_count_other | chart_helper |
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Algeria | Middle East and North Africa | 17868 | 21/12/2021 | Statement | 2021 | DCL / DZA / 211221 | Algeria: Authorities must not allow another preventable death in detention | Abdallah Benaoum | Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Deterioration of health condition while in detention, Hunger strike, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Algeria | Middle East and North Africa | 18069 | 26/04/2022 | Press Release | 2022 | DCL / DZA / 260422 | Press freedom in Algeria: judicial harassment of journalist Merzoug Touati | Journalist / Blogger | Merzoug Touati | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Sentencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Algeria | Middle East and North Africa | 19531 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Algeria: State reprisals against human rights defenders cooperating with UN mechanisms must be ended | Ligue Algerianne de défense des droits de l’Male (LADDH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Argentina | Americas | 14337 | 20/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | ARG 001 / 0122 / OBS 005 | Argentina: Criminalización contra el defensor Guillermo Galantini | NGO member | Guillermo Galantini | Coordinadora por los Derechos y la Justicia | Identifies as male | Economic, social and cultural rights | Release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Excessive use of force, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Azerbaijan | Europe and Central Asia | 14130 | 30/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / AZE / 300322 | Azerbaijan: Release human rights defender Elchin Mammad | Journalist / Blogger and Lawyer | Elchin Mammad | Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgayit Youth | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Deterioration of health condition while in detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Azerbaijan | Europe and Central Asia | 17861 | 16/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | AZE 001 / 0520 / OBS 055.5 | Azerbaijan: Denial of the commutation of sentence for Elchin Mammad | Journalist / Blogger, Lawyer, and NGO member | Elchin Mammad | Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgayit Youth | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Deterioration of health condition while in detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Azerbaijan | Europe and Central Asia | 19525 | 15/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | AZE 002 / 0922 / OBS 070 | Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention of Elchin Sadigov and Avaz Zeynalli | Journalist / Blogger and Lawyer | Elchin Sadigov, Avaz Zeynalli | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bahrain | Middle East and North Africa | 13996 | 17/01/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | DCL / BHR / 170122 | Bahrain: Free imprisoned human rights defender Dr Abduljalil AlSingace | Journalist / Blogger and NGO member | Abduljalil AlSingace | Al-Wefaq | Identifies as male | Fight against corruption, Fight against impunity | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Bahrain | Middle East and North Africa | 19841 | 15/01/2023 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2023 | LO / BH / 15012023 | Bahrain: Free Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace after a year and half on hunger strike | Abduljalil Al-Singace | Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bangladesh | Asia and the Pacific | 14042 | 07/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BGD / 070222 | Bangladesh: Stop reprisals against human rights defenders and their families | Journalist / Blogger and NGO member | Abdul Kaium, Adilur Rahman Khan, ASM Nasiruddin Elan, Kanak Sarwar, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Tasneem Khalil, Shahidul Alam | Odhikar, Odhikar, Odhikar, Asian Human Rights Commission | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bangladesh | Asia and the Pacific | 14150 | 08/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BGD / 080422 | Bangladesh: Stop Reprisals Against Victims, Activists | Journalist / Blogger | Adilur Rahman Khan, ASM Nasiruddin Elan, Tasneem Khalil, Zohurul Haque, Ahmed Kabir Kishore | Odhikar, Odhikar, Patkelghata Press Club | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bangladesh | Asia and the Pacific | 18452 | 07/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BGD 001 / 0622 / OBS 041 | Bangladesh: Arbitrary cancellation of Odhikar’s licence | Odhikar | Civil and political rights, Fight against impunity | Judicial / administrative harassment, Reprisals, Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Bangladesh | Asia and the Pacific | 18464 | 09/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BGD / 090622 | Bangladesh: Stop punishing human rights work | Odhikar | Civil and political rights, Fight against impunity | Reprisals, Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 13964 | 06/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 001 / 0121 / OBS 003.5 | Belarus: Latest developments in the trial of Leanid Sudalenka and Tatsiana Lasitsa | Lawyer and NGO member | Leanid Sudalenka, Tatiana Lasitsa | Legal Initiative, Human Rights Centre “Viasna” | Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 14020 | 25/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 001 / 0122 / OBS 007 | Belarus: Ongoing arbitrary detention of Ales Kaputski | NGO member | Ales Kaputski | Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 14040 | 31/01/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BLR / 310122 | Belarus: New amendment to the Criminal Code leaves no room for legal human rights activities | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 14146 | 06/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 001 / 0920 / OBS 102.2 | Belarus: Upcoming trial and deteriorating health condition of Marfa Rabkova | NGO member | Maria Rabkova | Viasna | Identifies as female | Fight against impunity | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Deterioration of health condition while in detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 14174 | 25/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BLR / 250422 | Belarus: Kafkaesque accusations against the staff of Human Rights Centre Viasna | NGO member | Maria Rabkova, Andrey Chapiuk | Viasna, Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 18322 | 05/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 007 / 0721 / OBS 080.3 | Belarus: New charges against the leadership of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” | NGO member | Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Uladzimir Labkovich, Maria Rabkova, Andrei Chapyuk | Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 18508 | 22/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 002 / 0622 / OBS 052 | Belarus: Criminal prosecution and limitation of freedom of human rights lawyer Andrei Machalau | Lawyer | Andrei Machalau | Identifies as male | Sentencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 18580 | 13/07/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BLR / 130722 | Belarus: A year after the arbitrary arrest of the president and vice president of “Viasna,” there is no justice in sight | NGO member | Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Uladzimir Labkovich, Maria Rabkova, Leanid Sudalenka, Tatsiana Lasitsa, Andrei Chapyuk | Human Rights Center “Viasna” | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19288 | 18/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 005 / 1122 / OBS 081.1 | Belarus: Defender Nasta Loika tortured in detention | Nasta Loika | Human Constanta | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19388 | 19/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 004 / 1022 / OBS 077 | Belarus: Criminalisation of independent BelaPAN journalists | Journalist / Blogger | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19528 | 07/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 003 / 0922 / OBS 069 | Belarus: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Marfa Rabkova, Andrey Chapiuk and Nasta Loika | Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ | Sentencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19530 | 05/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Belarus: Upcoming verdict in the case against Viasna members Maria Rabkova and Andrey Chapiuk | NGO member | Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19721 | 15/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BLR 005 / 1122 / OBS 081.2 | Belarus: Nasta Loika sentenced for the fourth consecutive time | Nasta Loika | Human Constanta | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Sentencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19752 | 23/12/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / BLR / 1222 | Belarus: Trial against the leaders of Viasna begins on January 5 | Ales Bialiatski, Uladzimir Labkovich, Zmister Salauyou | Human Rights Center “Viasna”, Human Rights Center “Viasna” | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19769 | 05/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | BLR 005 / 1122 / OBS 081.3 | Belarus: Nasta Loika faces serious criminal charges | Nasta Loika | Human Constanta | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Stigmatisation, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Belarus | Europe and Central Asia | 19834 | 12/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | BLR 007 / 0721 / OBS 080.4 | Belarus: Trial of Viasna members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, and Uladzimir Labkovich | Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich, Uladzimir Labkovich | Human Rights Center ‘Viasna’ | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture, Trial | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Brazil | Americas | 18520 | 23/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | BRA 001 / 0622 / OBS 053 | Brasil: Asesinato del defensor de derechos indígenas Bruno Pereira y del periodista Dominic Phillips | Journalist / Blogger | Bruno Pereira, Dominic Phillips | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Environmental rights, Rights of indigenous peoples | Murder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Cambodia | Asia and the Pacific | 18089 | 27/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | KHM 001 / 0616 / OBS 047.7 | Cambodia: Rejection of the appeal of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association members | NGO member | Soksan Yi, Ny Chakrya, Vanda Nay, Mony Lim | Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Cambodia | Asia and the Pacific | 19248 | 08/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | KHM 001 / 1222 / OBS 085 | Cambodia: Arbitrary detention of union leader Chhim Sithar | Chhim Sithar | Labour Rights Supported Union (LRSU) | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Cameroon | Africa | 18506 | 21/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | CMR 001 / 0622 / OBS 050 | Cameroon: Death threats against rights defender Akem Kelvin Nkwain | NGO member | Akem Kelvin Nkwain | African Bar Association (AFBA) & Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) | Identifies as male | Threats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Chad | Africa | 14452 | 05/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TCD 001 / 0522 / OBS 035 | Tchad: Tentative d’assassinat à l’encontre du coordinateur national de la Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l’Homme | NGO member | Baldal Oyamta | Ligue Chadienne des Droits de l’Male (LTDH) | Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Assault, Intimidation, Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Chad | Africa | 18082 | 20/05/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TCD / 200522 | Chad: Arrest and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders during demonstration in N’Djamena | Lawyer and Trade union leader | Koudé Mbaïnaïssem, Gounoung Vaima Ganfare, Max Loalngar, Hissène Massar Hissène, Youssouf Korom | Barreau du Chad, Union des Syndicats du Chad (UST), Wakit Tama, Rassemblement des cadres de la société civile, Syndicat des commerçants fournisseurs Chadiens | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Chad | Africa | 18471 | 13/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TCD 002 / 0622 / OBS 043 | Tchad : condamnation de six défenseurs des droits humains | Lawyer, NGO member, and Trade union leader | Maxvelt Yogangnan Loalngar, Gounoung Vaima Ganfare, Koudé Mbaïnaïssem, Hissène Massar Hissène, Youssouf Korom | Ligue Chadienne des Droits de l’Male (LTDH), Union des Syndicats du Chad (UST), Barreau du Chad, Rassemblement des cadres de la société civile, Syndicat des commerçants fournisseurs Chadiens | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Chad | Africa | 19377 | 21/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Tchad : répression systématique des manifestations contre la prolongation de la période de transition | Murder, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
China | Asia and the Pacific | 18540 | 27/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | CHN 001 / 0622 / OBS 056 | China: Closed-door trials against human rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi | Lawyer | Xu Zhiyong, Ding Jiaxi | New Citizens Movement | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
China | Asia and the Pacific | 19524 | 19/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | China: Protect the rights of detained human rights defenders Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Stigmatisation, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Colombia | Americas | 14361 | 01/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COL 001 / 0322 / OBS 011 | Colombia: Asesinatos de los líderes campesinos Teófilo Acuña y Jorge Tafur | Social and community leader | Teófilo Acuña, Jorge Tafur | Coordinador Nacional Agrario (CNA), Comisión de Interlocución del Sur de Bolívar, Centro y Sur del Cesar, Sur del Magdalena y Procesos de los Santanderes (CISBCSC) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Land rights | Murder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | Americas | 14365 | 09/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COL 002 / 0322 / OBS 016 | Colombia: Ataque armado contra presidente de Cahucopana Carlos Morales | Peasant leader | Carlos Arturo Morales Mallorga | Corporación Acción Humanitaria por la Convivencia y la Paz en el Nordeste Antioqueño (Cahucopana) | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Land rights | Assault, Threats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | Americas | 14415 | 29/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COL 003 / 0422 / OBS 032 | Colombia: Estigmatización contra Danilo Rueda y la Comisión Intereclesial Justicia y Paz | NGO member | Danilo Rueda | Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz | Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Intimidation, Stigmatisation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | Americas | 18087 | 25/05/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / COL / 250522 | Colombia: Nuevo gobierno debe implementar efectivas políticas de protección a personas defensoras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Colombia | Americas | 18500 | 17/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COL 004 / 0622 / OBS 049 | Colombia: Allanamiento de la sede de la Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista y hostigamiento contra sus integrantes | NGO member | Andrea Torres Bautista | Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista | Identifies as female | Fight against impunity, Women's rights | Assault, Burglary, Threats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | Americas | 18515 | 22/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COL 004 / 0621 / OBS 070.1 | Colombia: Nuevas amenazas contra la abogada Yessika Hoyos Morales y Alfonso Mora León | Lawyer and NGO member | Yessika Hoyos Morales, Alfonso Mora León | Colectivo de abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Intimidation, Threats | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Côte d’Ivoire | Africa | 18449 | 07/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | CIV 001 / 0622 / OBS 040 | Côte d’Ivoire : cambriolage des locaux de la Ligue ivoirienne des droits de l’homme (Lidho) | Lidho | Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Cuba | Americas | 17865 | 17/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | CUB 002 / 0821 / OBS 089.1 | Cuba: Malos tratos contra José Daniel Ferrer García | José Daniel Ferrer García | Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU) | Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Intimidation, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Democratic Republic of Congo | Africa | 17920 | 17/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COD 002 / 1121 / OBS 125.1 | République Démocratique du Congo: Condamnation de trois membres du mouvement citoyen Jicho La Raiya | Claude Lwaboshi Buhazi, Faustin Ombeni Tulinabo, Serge Mikindo Wasso | Jicho La Raiya, Jicho La Raiya, Jicho La Raiya | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Sentencing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Democratic Republic of Congo | Africa | 19472 | 10/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COD 002 / 1121 / OBS 125.2 | RDC : libération de trois membres du mouvement citoyen Jicho La Raiya | Serge Mikindo Wasso, Claude Lwaboshi Buhazi, Faustin Ombeni Tulinabo | Jicho La Raiya, Jicho La Raiya, Jicho La Raiya | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Acquittal, Release | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ecuador | Americas | 14389 | 06/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / ECU / 060422 | Ecuador: Importante amnistía a 268 personas defensoras de derechos humanos y de la naturaleza | End of judicial proceedings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Ecuador | Americas | 18496 | 17/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | ECU 001 / 0622 / OBS 048 | Ecuador: Criminalización del líder indígena Leónidas Iza Salazar tras el inicio del paro nacional indefinido | Leónidas Iza Salazar | Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de Ecuador (CONAIE) | Identifies as male | Indigenous peoples rights | Release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 13968 | 07/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | EGY 004 / 0919 / OBS 075.7 | Egypt: Sentencing of Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed “Oxygen” | Journalist / Blogger | Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer, Mohamed Oxygen Ibrahim | “No to Military Trials for Civilians” movement, Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 13992 | 14/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | EGY 002 / 0518 / OBS 059.10 | Egypt: Sentencing and ongoing judicial harassment against Amal Fathy | Amal Fathy | Identifies as female | Civil and political rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Sentencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 14054 | 16/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / EGY / 160222 | Egypt: Rights Defender’s Imprisoned Father At Risk – Provide Medical Care, Investigate Torture Claims | NGO member | Mohamed Soltan | The Freedom Initiative | Identifies as male | Reprisals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 14190 | 05/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | EGY 002 / 0619 / OBS 050.4 | Egypt: Release of human rights defender Ibrahim Ezz El-Din | NGO member | Ibrahim Ezz El-Din | Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Economic, social and cultural rights | Release | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 17863 | 16/12/2021 | Statement | 2021 | DCL / EGY / 161221 | Egypt: Release human rights defenders Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer and Mohamed Oxygen | Lawyer and NGO member | Mohamed El-Baqer, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Oxygen Ibrahim | Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms, “No to Military Trials for Civilians” movement | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 18523 | 23/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / EGY / 230622 | Egypt: Mohamed El-Baqer: 1000 days of arbitrary detention | Lawyer | Mohamed El-Baqer | Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 19271 | 30/11/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Egypt: Continued repression of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights staff | NGO member | Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Egypt | Middle East and North Africa | 19499 | 29/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Egypt: Global coalition calls for release of Mohamed el-Baqer and Alaa Abdel Fattah on three year anniversary of their arrests | Alaa Abdel Fattah, Mohamed El-Baqer | “No to Military Trials for Civilians” movement, Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
El Salvador | Americas | 14377 | 18/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / SLV / 180322 | El Salvador: Posicionamiento de organizaciones internacionales sobre vigilancia ilegal cibernética | Monitoring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Eswantini | Africa | 19864 | 23/01/2023 | Press Release | 2023 | PR / SWZ / 23012023 | Eswatini: Killing of prominent human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko | Thulani Maseko | Identifies as male | Murder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ethiopia | Africa | 19814 | 11/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | ETH 001 / 0123 / OBS 001 | Ethiopia: Arbitrary arrest and detention of 4 EHRCO members | NGO member | Daniel Tesfaye, Bezuayehu Wondimu, Bereket Daniel, Nahom Husen | Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Gabon | Africa | 18593 | 21/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GAB 001 / 0622 / OBS 051 | Gabon : détention arbitraire et harcèlement judiciaire du syndicaliste Jean-Rémy Yama | Trade union leader | Jean-Rémy Yama | Dynamique Unitaire | Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Denial of access to health care, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Greece | Europe and Central Asia | 19392 | 18/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GRE 003 / 1022 / OBS 076 | Greece: Smear campaign against Panayote Dimitras for defending migrants’ rights | NGO member | Panayote Dimitras | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Greece | Europe and Central Asia | 19750 | 23/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GRE 003 / 1022 / OBS 076.1 | Greece: Judicial harassment of migrants’ rights defenders Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen | Panayote Dimitras, Tommy Olsen | Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Migrants / refugees / internally displaced persons rights | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Guatemala | Americas | 14381 | 25/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GTM 001 / 0322 / OBS 022 | Guatemala: Exilio de la jueza independiente Erika Aifán | Erika Aifán | Identifies as female | Fight against impunity | Intimidation, Other, Threats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Guatemala | Americas | 14397 | 11/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GTM / 110422 | Guatemala: Detención arbitraria de la Fiscal contra la impunidad Virginia Laparra | Virginia Laparra | Identifies as female | Fight against corruption, Fight against impunity | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Guatemala | Americas | 18029 | 08/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GTM / 080422 | Guatemala: Un país que resiste, un Estado que tortura | Aliss Morán, Erika Aifán, Jorge Coc Coc, Leyli Santizo, Paola Escobar, Virginia Laparra, Xiomara Sosa, Marcelino Xol Cucul | Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA), Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA) | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Fight against corruption | Intimidation, Judicial / administrative harassment | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Guatemala | Americas | 18490 | 15/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GTM / 150622 | Guatemala: Persistent repression of female justice actors | Virginia Laparra, Elena Sut Ren, Claudia Paz y Paz | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Fight against impunity, Other | Judicial / administrative harassment | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Guatemala | Americas | 18614 | 04/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GTM / 040822 | Guatemala: One more step towards the elimination of freedom of expression | Journalist / Blogger | José Rubén Zamora, Carolina Gómez Díaz | Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Fight against impunity, Other | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Guatemala | Americas | 19370 | 28/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GTM 004 / 1022 / OBS 080 | Guatemala: Hostigamiento contra la prominente organización de derechos humanos UDEFEGUA | UDEFEGUA | Defamation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Guatemala | Americas | 19374 | 26/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GTM 003 / 1022 / OBS 078 | Guatemala: Additional criminalisation against independent justice operators | Juan Francisco Sandoval, Leily Santizo, Virginia Laparra | UDEFEGUA, Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG) | Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Guatemala | Americas | 19746 | 23/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GTM 004 / 1222 / OBS 088 | Guatemala: Ex fiscal contra la impunidad Virginia Laparra condenada a cuatro años de cárcel | Virginia Laparra | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Guatemala | Americas | 19836 | 13/01/2023 | Statement | 2023 | DCL / GUA / 13012023 | Guatemala: Violaciones graves al derecho al debido proceso de Virginia Laparra | Lawyer | Virginia Laparra | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Violation of right to a fair trial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Guinea | Africa | 18557 | 06/07/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GIN / 060722 | Guinea: Repression resurges | Artist | Oumar Sylla (alias Foniké Mengué), Bah Billo, Alpha Djanii | TourNos la Page – Guinea, Front national pour la défense de la Constitution (FNDC) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Guinea | Africa | 18611 | 01/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GIN / 010822 | Guinea: Release FNDC activists Oumar Sylla and Ibrahima Diallo | Oumar Sylla (alias Foniké Mengué), Ibrahima Diallo | Front national pour la défense de la Constitution (FNDC), TourNos la Page – Guinea | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Guinea | Africa | 18623 | 11/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / GIN / 110822 | Guinea: The power takes a new step in the repression of the independent civil society | Front national pour la défense de la Constitution (FNDC) | Civil and political rights | Dissolution of an NGO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Guinea | Africa | 19309 | 08/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | GIN 001 / 1122 / OBS 082 | Guinée: Cambriolage au siège de l’AVIPA | Asmaou Diallo | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Guinea | Africa | 19887 | 30/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | GIN 001 / 0123 / OBS 007 | Guinée : Violente arrestation et détention arbitraire d’un troisième membre de Tournons La Page | TourNos la page (TLP), Front national pour la défense de la Constitution (FNDC) | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Incommunicado detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 17913 | 03/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / GNB / 250222 | Guinea-Bissau : Serious deterioration of the security situation of civil society amidst the attempted coup | Journalist / Blogger and NGO member | Bubacar Turé, Luís Vaz Martins, Rui Landim, Augusto Mário da Silva | Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos (LGDH), Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos (LGDH), Radio Capital FM, Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos (LGDH) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Intimidation, Threats | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 14004 | 19/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | HND 001 / 0122 / OBS 003 | Honduras: Lenca Indigenous leader Pablo Hernández assassinated | Pablo Hernández | Red de Agroecólogos de la Biosfera Cacique Lempira Señor de Las Montañas | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Environmental rights, Indigenous peoples rights, Land rights | Murder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 14341 | 31/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | HND 004 / 0122 / OBS 008 | Honduras: Asesinato del líder indígena Tolupán Melvin Geovany Mejía Rodríguez | Melvin Geovany Mejía Rodríguez | Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia (MADJ) | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Indigenous peoples rights, Land rights | Murder, Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 17874 | 30/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | HND 005 / 1121 / OBS 112.1 | Honduras: Ataque contra la hija de Hedme Castro, coordinadora general de ACI-PARTICIPA | NGO member | Hedme Castro | ACI PARTICIPA | Identifies as female | Intimidation, Threats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 18422 | 02/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / HND / 020622 | Honduras: Failure to issue sentence in Berta Cáceres case denies access to justice for victims | Berta Caceres | Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) | Identifies as female | Environmental rights, Indigenous peoples rights | Impunity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 18424 | 03/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | HND 005 / 0622 / OBS 038 | Honduras: Asesinato del comunicador social Ricardo Ávila | Journalist / Blogger | Metro TV | Murder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Honduras | Americas | 18586 | 18/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | HND 006 / 0722 / OBS 062 | Honduras: Hostigamiento a la Asociación por una Ciudadanía Participativa | Hedme Castro | Asociación por una Ciudadanía Participativa (ACI Participa) | Identifies as female | Civil and political rights, Economic, social and cultural rights | Intimidation, Restrictions on freedom of association | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 18675 | 19/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | HND 007 / 0822 / OBS 066 | Honduras: Investigación penal contra manifestantes que exigían justicia | Miriam Miranda, Edy Tábora | Organización Fraternal Negra de Honduras (OFRANEH), Bufete Jurídico Justicia para los Pueblos | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Rights of indigenous peoples | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 19508 | 26/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | HND 007 / 0922 / OBS 072 | Honduras: Nuevas amenazas contra la defensora Hedme Castro | Hedme Castro | ACI PARTICIPA | Identifies as female | Civil and political rights | Intimidation, Threats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 19827 | 12/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | HND 001 / 0123 / OBS 002 | Honduras: Amenazas de muerte contra las y los defensores de la comunidad de Guapinol y Sector San Pedro | Aly Domínguez, Jairo Bonilla, Reynaldo Domínguez | Comité Municipal de Defensa a los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa (CMDBCP) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Murder, Stigmatisation | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Honduras | Americas | 19861 | 23/01/2023 | Statement | 2023 | DCL / HND / 23012023 | Honduras: Ante el recrudecimiento de la violencia en Guapinol, el Observatorio por la Justicia de los Defensores del Río Guapinol amplía su mandato | Aly Domínguez, Jairo Bonilla | Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa (CMDBCPT) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Intimidation, Murder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Honduras | Americas | 19878 | 26/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | HND 002 / 0123 / OBS 005 | Honduras: Amenazas de muerte contra las y los defensores de la comunidad de Guapinol y Sector San Pedro | Omar Cruz Tomé | Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos de Tocoa (CMDBCPT) | Identifies as male | Environmental rights | Threats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Honduras | Americas | 19906 | 16/02/2023 | Statement | 2023 | DCL / HND / 16022023 | Honduras: Más de 100 organizaciones de derechos humanos piden justicia | Aly Domínguez, Jairo Bonilla | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Environmental rights | Murder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 13980 | 14/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 001 / 0122 / OBS 002 | India: Judicial harassment against the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns | People’s Watch, Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns (CPSC) | Civil and political rights, Economic, social and cultural rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Other, Restrictions on access to funding, Restrictions on freedom of association, Seizing of documents and equipments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 14126 | 29/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 003 / 1121 / OBS 123.2 | India: Raid on the house of Khurram Parvez and extension of his pre-trial detention period | NGO member | Khurram Parvez | Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Fight against impunity | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Search, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
India | Asia and the Pacific | 14178 | 28/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 002 / 0422 / OBS 031 | India: Arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment of journalist Kanishk Tiwari | Journalist / Blogger | Kanishk Tiwari | MP Sandesh News 24 | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
India | Asia and the Pacific | 14194 | 17/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 003 / 1121 / OBS 123.3 | India: Prominent rights defender Khurram Parvez is still in prison | NGO member | Khurram Parvez | Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) | Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment, Stigmatisation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
India | Asia and the Pacific | 14219 | 18/01/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / IND / 180122 | India: Stop using abusive foreign funding law | Civil and political rights | Search | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 18487 | 15/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 003 / 0622 / OBS 047 | India: Reprisals against woman human rights defender Afreen Fatima and her family | Minorities rights | Intimidation, Other, Reprisals, Stigmatisation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 18555 | 06/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / IND / 050722 | India: A year on, demand for justice for father Stan Swamy’s death in custody | Stan Swamy | Bagaicha | Identifies as male | Economic, social and cultural rights, Environmental rights, Land rights, Rights of indigenous peoples | Impunity | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 18575 | 12/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 005 / 0722 / OBS 060 | India: Arbitrary detention of journalist and rights defender Mohammad Zubair | Journalist / Blogger | Mohammad Zubair | AltNews | Identifies as male | Release on bail / conditional release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
India | Asia and the Pacific | 18681 | 21/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / IND / 210622 | India: Deteriorating health of Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba in Nagpur Central Jail | Other | Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Deterioration of health condition while in detention, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 19284 | 21/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | India: Human rights organisations call for the release of Khurram Parvez after one year of arbitrary detention | Khurram Parvez | Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 19287 | 22/11/2022 | Press Release | 2022 | India: UN body petitioned over ongoing detention of prominent Kashmiri human rights defender | Khurram Parvez | Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
India | Asia and the Pacific | 19314 | 09/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IND 006 / 1122 / OBS 083 | India: Independent media outlet and journalists targeted | Journalist / Blogger | Siddharth Vardarajan, M.K. Venu, Sidharth Bhatia, Jahnavi Sen, Mithun Kidambi | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Indonesia | Asia and the Pacific | 14058 | 17/02/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | LO / IDN / 170222 | Indonesia: Open letter to Ambassador Oemar on ongoing harassment against Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar | NGO member | Fatia Maulidiyanti | Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) | Identifies as female | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 14041 | 02/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / IRN / 020222 | Iran: Narges Mohammadi gets additional eight-year prison sentence | Journalist / Blogger and NGO member | Narges Mohammadi | Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 18528 | 24/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / IRN / 240622 | Iran: Five human rights defenders sentenced to prison for denouncing COVID-19 mismanagement | Journalist / Blogger and Lawyer | Mostafa Nili, Arash Kaykhosravi, Mohammad-Reza Faqihi, Maryam Afrafaraz, Mehdi Mahmoodian | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 18679 | 19/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / IRN / 190822 | Iran: Appeals by five human rights defenders convicted for denouncing COVID-19 mismanagement rejected | Journalist / Blogger and Lawyer | Mostafa Nili, Arash Kaykhosravi, Mohammad-Reza Faqihi, Maryam Afrafaraz, Mehdi Mahmoodian | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 19400 | 14/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Iran: Narges Mohammadi sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison | Narges Mohammadi | Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) | Identifies as female | Sentencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 19474 | 07/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Iran: We stand in solidarity with Iranian women and protesters | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 19494 | 04/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Iran: Alarm over mass arrests of human rights defenders amidst protests | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Iran | Middle East and North Africa | 19511 | 22/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Iran: Death sentence against two women for speaking out in support of LGBTQI+ rights | Zahra (aka Sareh) Sedighi Hamedani | Identifies as female | LGBTIQ+ rights | Sentencing-to-death | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Iraq | Middle East and North Africa | 14070 | 01/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | IRQ 001 / 0322 / OBS 012 | Iraq: Judicial harassment of Dr Ali Akram al-Bayati | Ali Akram al-Bayati | Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Iraq | Middle East and North Africa | 19532 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | MENA: President Biden’s visit has a negative impact on human rights movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 14028 | 26/01/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | LO / ISR / 260122 | Israel/OPT: Joint NGO letter urging Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to resume Dutch funding for UAWC | Land rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 18469 | 10/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | ISR 001 / 0720 / OBS 076.5 | Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Prolongation of the arbitrary detention of Salah Hamouri | Lawyer and NGO member | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 18622 | 09/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / ISR / 090822 | Israel/OPT: Continued administrative detention of human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri | Lawyer and NGO member | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Reprisals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 18684 | 22/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / ISR / 220822 | Israel/OPT: Stand against raids and closures of seven Palestinian organisations | Human Rights Association (Addameer), Al-Haq, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defence for Children International – Palestine, Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC), Health Work Committees (HWC) | Other, Search, Seizing of documents and equipments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 19260 | 03/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | ISR 001 / 0720 / OBS 076.6 | Israel/OPT: Imminent deportation to France of human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri | Deportation/At risk of deportation, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 19404 | 12/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Israel/oPT: Inhuman treatment of rights defender Salah Hammouri while in detention | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Israel | Middle East and North Africa | 19532 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | MENA: President Biden’s visit has a negative impact on human rights movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | Europe and Central Asia | 19280 | 24/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | KGZ 001 / 0322 / OBS 013.2 | Kyrgyzstan: Rights defender and journalist Bolot Temirov illegally deported to Russia | Bolot Temirov | Temirov Live | Identifies as male | Deportation/At risk of deportation, Incommunicado detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Kyrgyzstan | Europe and Central Asia | 14078 | 03/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | KGZ 001 / 0322 / OBS 013 | Kyrgyzstan: Judicial harassment of anti-corruption rights defenders Bolot Temirov and Bolot Nazarov | Journalist / Blogger | Bolot Temirov | Temirov Live | Identifies as male | Release on bail / conditional release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kyrgyzstan | Europe and Central Asia | 17998 | 25/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | KGZ 002 / 0322 / OBS 023 | Kyrgyzstan: Arrest and judicial harassment of three anti-war protesters and their lawyer | Lawyer | Nurbek Toktakunov, Aziza Abdirasulova, Dinara Oshurakhunova, Ondurush Toktonasyrov | Kylym Shamy, Civic Initiatives | Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Europe and Central Asia | 18600 | 25/07/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / KGZ / 250722 | Kyrgyzstan: Two years after his death in detention, Azimjan Askarov’s name must be rehabilitated | NGO member | Azimjan Askarov | Vozdukh | Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Impunity | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kyrgyzstan | Europe and Central Asia | 19323 | 08/11/2022 | Press Release | 2022 | Kyrgyzstan: New bill targeting NGOs could undermine the freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | Europe and Central Asia | 19728 | 21/12/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / KYR / 1222 | Kyrgyzstan: Civil society and rights defenders under threat | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of association, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Sentencing, Stigmatisation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Laos | Asia and the Pacific | 13988 | 14/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | COD 001 / 0122 / OBS 003 | RDC : Menaces et intimidations à l’encontre de Dismas Kitenge | NGO member | Dismas Kitenge | Groupe Lotus | Identifies as male | Intimidation, Threats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Laos | Asia and the Pacific | 17860 | 15/12/2021 | Statement | 2021 | DCL / LAO / 151221 | Laos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance | Social and community leader | Somphone Sombath | Identifies as male | Forced disappearance, Impunity | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Laos | Asia and the Pacific | 17991 | 22/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / COD / 220322 | DRC: Imminent Verdict in the Chebeya/Bazana Trial | NGO member | Fidèle Bazana | Voix des sans voix pour les droits de l’Male (VSV) | Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Forced disappearance, Impunity, Murder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Laos | Asia and the Pacific | 18086 | 24/05/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / COD / 240522 | DRC: Verdict issued in the Chebeya-Bazana case | Floribert Chebeya | Voix des sans voix pour les droits de l’Male (VSV) | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Laos | Asia and the Pacific | 19699 | 13/12/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / LAO / 131222 | Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?” | Sombath Somphone | Identifies as male | Forced disappearance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Mexico | Americas | 14345 | 08/02/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | MEX 004 / 0221 / OBS 016.3 | México: Hostigamiento judicial y detención arbitraria de José Antonio Arreola y José Luis Jiménez | José Antonio Arreola, José Luis Jiménez Meza | Consejo Ciudadano Indígena de Nahuatzen (CCIN), Consejo Ciudadano Indígena de Nahuatzen (CCIN) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Indigenous peoples rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mexico | Americas | 14419 | 11/05/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | LO / MEX / 110522 | México: criminalización y detención arbitraria de la Sra. Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván | Other | Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván | Colectivo Libertario Zapata Vive | Identifies as female | Defenders living in remote areas, Indigenous peoples rights, Other, Women's rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico | Americas | 14402 | 26/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | MEX 002 / 0422 / OBS 028 | México: Allanamiento ilegal del domicilio de Juan Carlos Flores Solís y Myriam Vargas Teutle | Myriam Vargas Teutle, Juan Carlos Flores Solís | Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua (FPDTA-MPT), Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua (FPDTA-MPT) | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Environmental rights, Indigenous peoples rights, Land rights | Intimidation, Search | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mexico | Americas | 14385 | 01/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | MEX 001 / 0422 / OBS 024 | México: Violencia contra miembros de colectivos de búsqueda de personas desaparecidas en Guanajuato | Alma Villalobos, Jhonatan Sandoval Juárez | Una promesa por cumplir, Una promesa por cumplir | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Intimidation, Other, Search, Threats, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico | Americas | 14369 | 14/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / MEX / 140322 | México: Liberen al defensor de derechos humanos Cristóbal Sántiz Jiménez | Social and community leader | Cristóbal Sántiz Jiménez | Comisión Permanente de Comuneros y Desplazados de Aldama | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico | Americas | 19275 | 29/11/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Mexico: Attempted murder of human rights defender Juan Carlos Flores Solís | Juan Carlos Flores Solís | Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua (FPDTA-MPT) | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Mexico | Americas | 19526 | 07/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | México: Tratos inhumanos y criminalización contra Kenia Hernández | Kenia Inés Hernández Montalván | Colectivo Libertario Zapata Vive | Identifies as female | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Mexico | Americas | 19847 | 18/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | MEX 001 / 0123 / OBS 004 | México: Desaparición del abogado Ricardo Lagunes y del líder indígena nahua Antonio Díaz | Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca, Antonio Díaz Valencia | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Disappearance | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Mongolia | Europe and Central Asia | 18666 | 18/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / MON / 180822 | Mongolia: Stop reprisals against human rights defender Sukhgerel Dugersuren | Sukhgerel Dugersuren | Rivers without Boundaries Mongolia | Identifies as female | Environmental rights | Defamation, Judicial / administrative harassment, Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Morocco | Middle East and North Africa | 14406 | 27/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | MAR 002 / 0221 / OBS 022.2 | Marruecos / Sáhara Occidental: Actos de tortura contra Mohamed Lamin Haddi | Journalist / Blogger | Mohamed Lamin Haddi | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Morocco | Middle East and North Africa | 17921 | 17/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / MAR / 170322 | Morocco: Heavy sentences upheld for journalists Soulaiman Raissouni and Omar Radi | Journalist / Blogger | Omar Radi, Soulaiman Raissouni, Imad Stitou | Association Moroccoaine des droits humains (AMDH), Association Moroccoaine des droits humains (AMDH) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Morocco | Middle East and North Africa | 18588 | 19/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / MAR / 190722 | Morocco: Uyghur rights defender at risk of extradition to China | Yidiresi Aishan | Identifies as male | Minorities rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Morocco | Middle East and North Africa | 18603 | 29/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / MAR / 290722 | Morocco: Journalist Soulaiman Raissouni ill-treated in prison | Journalist / Blogger | Soulaiman Raissouni | Association Moroccoaine des droits humains (AMDH) | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Mozambique | Africa | 18655 | 19/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / MOZ / 160822 | Mozambique: Threats against the Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development | NGO member | Adriano Nuvunga | Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network (RMDDH) | Identifies as male | Threats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Nicaragua | Americas | 13972 | 10/01/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / NIC / 100122 | Nicaragua: Political prisoners and human rights defenders subjected to State-inflicted torture | Tamara Davila, Suyen Barahona, Dora Téllez, Ana Margarita Vigil | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Defenders living in remote areas, Women's rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Nicaragua | Americas | 14353 | 11/02/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | NIC 001 / 0222 / OBS 009 | Nicaragua: Riesgo de ataque a defensoras indígenas del Territorio Mayangna Sauni As | Defenders living in remote areas, Indigenous peoples rights, Land rights | Intimidation, Threats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Nicaragua | Americas | 14373 | 18/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | NIC 002 / 0322 / OBS 019 | Nicaragua: Nuevo ataque al derecho a la libertad de asociación | Economic, social and cultural rights | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Nicaragua | Americas | 14398 | 22/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | NIC 002 / 0322 / OBS 019.1 | Nicaragua: Nuevos actos de represión contra organizaciones de la sociedad civil | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Nicaragua | Americas | 18402 | 02/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / NIC / 020622 | Nicaragua: Objetivo del régimen Ortega-Murillo: desaparecer el espacio para la sociedad civil independiente | Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH) | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Niger | Africa | 14448 | 07/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / NER / 070422 | Niger : Un décret de plus, une liberté fondamentale de moins | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Niger | Africa | 17856 | 14/12/2021 | Press Release | 2021 | DCL / NER / 141221 | Niger : les poursuites à l’encontre des cinq défenseurs des droits humains libérés doivent être abandonnées | NGO member | Armadan Moussa, Biliyaminou Idi, Hima Hamani, Moubarak Habou, Mathieu Pourchier | TourNos La Page (TLP) – Niger, Agir ensemble pour les droits humains | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Release on bail / conditional release | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Niger | Africa | 19824 | 03/02/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | NER 001 / 0223 / OBS 008 | Niger : Détention arbitraire d’Abdoulaye Seydou | NGO member | Abdoulaye Seydou | Réseau Panafricain pour la paix, la démocratie, et le développement (REPPAD)Réseau Panafricain | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 18469 | 10/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | ISR 001 / 0720 / OBS 076.5 | Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory: Prolongation of the arbitrary detention of Salah Hamouri | Lawyer and NGO member | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 18622 | 09/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / ISR / 090822 | Israel/OPT: Continued administrative detention of human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri | Lawyer and NGO member | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Reprisals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 18684 | 22/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / ISR / 220822 | Israel/OPT: Stand against raids and closures of seven Palestinian organisations | Human Rights Association (Addameer), Al-Haq, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defence for Children International – Palestine, Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC), Health Work Committees (HWC) | Other, Search, Seizing of documents and equipments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 19260 | 03/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | ISR 001 / 0720 / OBS 076.6 | Israel/OPT: Imminent deportation to France of human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri | Deportation/At risk of deportation, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 19404 | 12/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Israel/oPT: Inhuman treatment of rights defender Salah Hammouri while in detention | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 19533 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | 290 organisations call on Joe Biden to stop Israeli government’s attacks on Palestinian civil society | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Defamation, Dissolution of an NGO, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on access to funding, Restrictions on freedom of association, Restrictive legal and administrative framework, Stigmatisation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 19532 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | MENA: President Biden’s visit has a negative impact on human rights movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Occupied Palestinian Territories | Middle East and North Africa | 19741 | 23/12/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / ISR / 1222 | Israel/oPT: Illegal deportation of Salah Hamouri to France sets a dangerous precedent for all human rights defenders in Palestine | Lawyer | Salah Hamouri | Human Rights Association (Addameer) | Identifies as male | Deportation/At risk of deportation, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Peru | Americas | 14357 | 22/02/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | PER 002 / 0121 / OBS 012.1 | Perú: Confirmación de la condena contra Jesús Mariano Cornejo Reynoso y Jaime de la Cruz | Jesús Mariano Cornejo Reynoso, Jaime de la Cruz | Junta de Usuarios de Riego del Valle del Tambo | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Environmental rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Peru | Americas | 14407 | 27/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | PER 001 / 0422 / OBS 029 | Perú: Actos de intimidación contra la Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos y su directora Gloria Cano | NGO member | Gloria Cano | Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH) | Identifies as female | Defamation, Intimidation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Peru | Americas | 14411 | 28/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | PER 002 / 0422 / OBS 030 | Perú: Criminalización contra la defensora de derechos de las mujeres Marcela Poirier | Marcela Poirier | Identifies as female | Women's rights | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Peru | Americas | 17858 | 15/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | PER 003 / 1221 / OBS 129 | Perú: Criminalización contra la Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes | NGO member | Julio Ricardo Cusurichi, Lucio Pascual Yumanga | Federación Nativa del Río Madre de Dios y Afluentes (FENAMAD) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Indigenous peoples rights, Land rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Peru | Americas | 18070 | 27/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | PER 001 / 0422 / OBS 029 | Perú: Actos de intimidación contra la Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos y su directora Gloria Cano | NGO member | Defamation, Intimidation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Peru | Americas | 18689 | 26/08/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / PER / 260822 | Perú: Desamparo de las personas defensoras de derechos humanos | Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Peru | Americas | 19854 | 20/01/2023 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2023 | LO / PER / 20012023 | Perú: Carta abierta a la Fiscal de la Nación sobre actos de intimidación contra organizaciones de derechos humanos | Gloria Cano | Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), CNDDHH, Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) | Identifies as female | Intimidation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 14086 | 08/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | PHL 001 / 0322 / OBS 015 | Philippines: Arbitrary detention of rights defender and health practitioner Naty Castro | NGO member | Maria Natividad Marian “Naty” Castro | Karapatan | Identifies as female | Economic, social and cultural rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Defamation, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 14098 | 21/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / PHL / 210322 | Philippines: Release woman human rights defender Renalyn Tejero | NGO member and Other | Renalyn Tejero | Karapatan | Identifies as female | Other | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 14138 | 04/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | PHL 001 / 0322 / OBS 015.1 | Philippines: Release of rights defender and health practitioner Naty Castro | NGO member | Maria Natividad Marian “Naty” Castro | Karapatan | Identifies as female | Economic, social and cultural rights | Acquittal, Release | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 14223 | 21/01/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / PHL / 210122 | Philippines: Senate must adopt Human Rights Defenders Act | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 18504 | 20/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / PHL / 200622 | Philippines: End judicial harassment against human rights defenders | NGO member | Elisa Tita Lubi, Cristina Palabay, Roneo Clamor, Gabriela Grista Dalena, Wilfredo Ruazol, Jose Mari Callueng, Gertrudes Ranjo Libang, Joan May Salvador | Karapatan, Gabriela | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Judicial / administrative harassment | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 19253 | 05/12/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Philippines: Global solidarity with Filipino human rights defenders | NGO member | Elisa Tita Lubi, Cristina Palabay, Roneo Clamor, Gabriela Krista Dalena, Edita Burgos, Wilfredo Ruazol, Jose Mari Callueng, Gertrudes Ranjo Libang, Joan May Salvador, Elenita Belardo | Karapatan, Gabriela, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Judicial / administrative harassment | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Philippines | Asia and the Pacific | 19805 | 11/01/2023 | Statement | 2023 | DCL / PHI / 110123 | Philippines: Court acquits 10 human rights defenders | NGO member | Elisa Tita Lubi, Cristina Palabay, Roneo Clamor, Gabriela Grista Dalena, Edita Burgos, Wilfredo Ruazol, Jose Mari Callueng, Gertrudes Ranjo Libang, Joan May Salvador, Emma Cupin | Karapatan | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Acquittal | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Qatar | Middle East and North Africa | 19532 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | MENA: President Biden’s visit has a negative impact on human rights movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 13944 | 30/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | RUS 007 / 1121 / OBS 117.1 | Russian Federation: Liquidation of International Memorial and the Human Rights Center “Memorial” | International Memorial, Human Rights Center “Memorial” (HRC Memorial) | Fight against impunity | Dissolution of an NGO, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 14012 | 22/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 002 / 0122 / OBS 006 | Russia: Abduction of mother of human rights lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev | Lawyer and NGO member | Abubakar Yangulbaev | NGO Committee Against Torture | Identifies as male | Reprisals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 14016 | 22/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 002 / 0122 / OBS 006.1 | Russia: Arbitrary and incommunicado detention of Zarema Musaeva | Lawyer and NGO member | Abubakar Yangulbaev | NGO Committee Against Torture | Identifies as male | Reprisals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 14094 | 18/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 003 / 0322 / OBS 014.1 | Russia: Administrative harassment against Chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee Ms. Svetlana Gannushkina | NGO member | Svetlana Gannushkina, Oleg Orlov | Civic Assistance Committee, Human Rights Center “Memorial” | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Migrants / refugees / internally displaced persons rights | Excessive use of force, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, Seizing of documents and equipments | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 14142 | 05/04/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / RUS / 050422 | Russia: Dissolution of HRC Memorial confirmed on appeal | Civil and political rights, Fight against impunity | Dissolution of an NGO, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 14207 | 06/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 001 / 0122 / OBS 001 | Russian Federation: Blocking of the website of OVD-Info | Journalist / Blogger | Civil and political rights, Fight against impunity | Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 17884 | 09/02/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 002 / 0122 / OBS 006.1 | Russia: Arbitrary and incommunicado detention of Zarema Musaeva | Journalist / Blogger and NGO member | Ibrahim Yangulbaev, Igor Kaliapin, Elena Milashina | NGO Committee Against Torture, Novaya Gazeta | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Reprisals | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 17918 | 08/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 003 / 0322 / OBS 014 | Russia: Judicial harassment against prominent rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina | NGO member | Svetlana Gannushkina, Oleg Orlov | Civic Assistance Committee, Human Rights Center “Memorial” | Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Migrants / refugees / internally displaced persons rights | Release on bail / conditional release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Excessive use of force, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 18099 | 31/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 007 / 0522 / OBS 037 | Ukraine/Russia: Administrative harassment of four human rights lawyers in occupied Crimea | Lawyer | Nazim Sheikhmambetov, Edem Semedlyaev | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 18100 | 31/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 007 / 0522 / OBS 037 | Ukraine/Russia: Administrative harassment of four human rights lawyers in occupied Crimea | Lawyer | Ayder Azamatov, Emine Avamileva | Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 18472 | 14/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 008 / 0622 / OBS 044 | Russia: Human rights organisation CAT-Russia designated as a foreign agent | Interregional Public Organization Committee Against Torture | Civil and political rights, Fight against impunity | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on access to funding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 18605 | 29/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 009 / 0722 / OBS 064 | Russia: Torture and ill-treatment in detention of humanitarian volunteers in occupied Ukraine | Other | Serhiy Tarasenko, Volodymyr Gnatovsky, Kostyantyn Velychko, Hanna Vorosheva, Stanislav Glushkov | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 18671 | 19/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 010 / 0822 / OBS 065 | Russia: Human rights lawyers in occupied Crimea stripped of professional licences | Lawyer | Nazim Sheikhmambetov, Rustem Kyamilev, Lilya Gemeji | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Rights of indigenous peoples | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 19509 | 23/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 004 / 0921 / OBS 095.1 | Ukraine/Russia: Sentencing of indigenous rights defender Nariman Dzhelyal | Nariman Dzhelyal | Identifies as male | Indigenous peoples rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 19772 | 10/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | RUS 006 / 0522 / OBS 034.2 | Ukraine/Russia: Iryna Danilovich sentenced to seven years in prison in occupied Crimea | Journalist / Blogger | Iryna Danilovich | Crimean Medicine Without Cover | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Russian Federation | Europe and Central Asia | 19881 | 30/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | RUS 001 / 0123 / OBS 006 | Russia: Liquidation of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the country’s oldest human rights organisation | Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) | Judicial / administrative harassment, Liquidation, Restrictions on freedom of association, Restrictions on freedom of expression | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Rwanda | Africa | 19871 | 24/01/2023 | Statement | 2023 | DCL / RWA / 24012023 | Rwanda : Appel à l’ouverture d’une enquête indépendante sur la mort du journaliste John Williams Ntwali | John Williams Ntwali | Identifies as male | Murder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Middle East and North Africa | 18428 | 03/06/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / SAU / 030622 | Saudi Arabia: Free social media activist Lina Alsharif | Journalist / Blogger | Women's rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Middle East and North Africa | 19285 | 23/11/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | Saudi Arabia: Open letter to the authorities calling for Mohammed al-Qahtani’s release | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia | Middle East and North Africa | 19532 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | MENA: President Biden’s visit has a negative impact on human rights movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
South Africa | Africa | 17944 | 21/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / ZAF / 210322 | South Africa: Recent killings raise concerns of increased repression against Abahlali baseMjondolo movement | Ayanda Ngila, Siyabonga Manqele, Thandeka Sithunsa, Sibusiso Innocent Zikode | Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo movement | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Economic, social and cultural rights, Land rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Sri Lanka | Asia and the Pacific | 14066 | 24/02/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | LKA 001 / 0222 / OBS 010 | Sri Lanka: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release on bail of Shehan Malaka | Shehan Malaka | Identifies as male | Fight against impunity | Release on bail / conditional release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Sri Lanka | Asia and the Pacific | 17888 | 14/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / LKA / 140222 | Sri Lanka: Intimidation against prominent human rights lawyer Ambika Satkunanathan | Lawyer | Ambika Satkunanathan | Identifies as female | Media cover | Intimidation, Reprisals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Sri Lanka | Asia and the Pacific | 18545 | 28/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | LKA 002 / 0622 / OBS 057 | Sri Lanka: Judicial harassment against independent journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara | Journalist / Blogger and Member of an international organisation | Tharindu Uduwaragedara | Satahan Radio | Identifies as male | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Sri Lanka | Asia and the Pacific | 19397 | 18/10/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Sri Lanka: Release student activists arbitrarily detained under anti-terror law | Venerable Galwewa Siridhamma, Wasantha Mudalige, Hashan Jeewantha Gunathilake | Inter University Students’ Federation | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Tajikistan | Europe and Central Asia | 18097 | 31/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TJK 001 / 0522 / OBS 036 | Tajikistan: Arbitrary detention of prominent human rights defender Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva | Journalist / Blogger | Barat Yusufi, Mullorajab Yusufi, Nasim Isamov, Anushervon Aripov, Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva | Radio Odozi and Current Times, Radio Odozi and Current Times, Radio Odozi and Current Times, Radio Odozi and Current Times | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Assault | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tajikistan | Europe and Central Asia | 18474 | 15/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TJK 002 / 0622 / OBS 046 | Tajikistan: Arbitrary detention of three members of the human rights initiative ‘Commission 44’ | Lawyer and NGO member | Manuchehr Kholiknazarov, Faromuz Irgashov, Khursand Mamadshoev | Pamir Lawyers Association, Commission 44 | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights, Fight against impunity | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Tajikistan | Europe and Central Asia | 19722 | 19/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TJK 002 / 0622 / OBS 046.1 | Tajikistan: Heavy prison sentences for rights defenders from Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region | Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva, Manuchehr Kholiknazarov, Faromuz Irgashov, Khursand Mamadshoev | Pamir Lawyers Association, Commission 44, Commission 44 | Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Sentencing, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture, Violation of right to a fair trial | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
Thailand | Asia and the Pacific | 14170 | 22/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | THA 001 / 0422 / OBS 027 | Thailand: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Tantawan Tuatulanon | Academic | Tantawan TuatulaNo | Draconis Revolution | Identifies as female | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Thailand | Asia and the Pacific | 18564 | 07/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | THA 002 / 0722 / OBS 058 | Thailand: Deteriorating health and arbitrary detention of two pro-democracy activists | Natthanit Duangmusit, aka “Baipor”, Netiporn Sanesangkhom, aka “Bung” | Thalu Wang | Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Denial of access to health care, Judicial / administrative harassment | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Thailand | Asia and the Pacific | 19516 | 21/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | THA 003 / 0922 / OBS 071 | Thailand: Judicial harassment against women’s and LGBTQI+ rights defender Nada Chaiyajit | Nada Chayajit | Manushya Foundation | Identifies as female | LGBTIQ+ rights | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Thailand | Asia and the Pacific | 19837 | 13/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | THA 001 / 0123 / OBS 003 | Thailand: Arbitrary detention of two pro-democracy activists | NGO member | Thalu Wang | Civil and political rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Togo | Africa | 13976 | 12/01/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TGO / 120122 | Togo: Provisional release of Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah | Journalist / Blogger | Ferdinand Mensah Ayité, Fovi Katakou, Joël VigNo Ega, Isidore Kouwonou | L’Alternative, Syndicat des journalistes indépendants du Togo (SYNJIT), Fraternité, L’Alternative | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Release | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Togo | Africa | 17873 | 23/12/2021 | Statement | 2021 | DCL / TGO / 231221 | Togo: Escalade des attaques contre les défenseurs des droits humains | Fovi Katakou, Isidore Kouwonou, Joël VigNo Egah, Ferdinand Mensah Ayité | Syndicat des journalistes indépendants du Togo (SYNJIT), L’Alternative, Fraternité, L’Alternative | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights, Fight against corruption | Release on bail / conditional release | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
Tunisia | Middle East and North Africa | 14050 | 11/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TUN / 110222 | Tunisia: Serious threat to freedom of association in Tunisia | Media cover | Restrictions on access to funding, Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Tunisia | Middle East and North Africa | 19240 | 09/12/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | Tunisie : Lettre ouverte au Ministre de l’Intérieur | Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, Restrictive legal and administrative framework | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Tunisia | Middle East and North Africa | 19303 | 16/11/2022 | Statement | 2022 | Tunisia: Human rights defender Zakaria Hannache at risk of refoulement | Zakaria Hannache | Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 13952 | 06/01/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TUR / 060122 | Turkey: Immediately release Ersin Berke Gök and Caner Perit Özen | Academic | Ersin Berke Gök, Caner Perit Özen | Bogazici Resistance Movement, Bogazici Resistance Movement | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14032 | 28/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 009 / 1221 / OBS 130.1 | Turkey: Release and ongoing judicial harassment of Ersin Berke Gök and Caner Perit Özen | Academic | Ersin Berke Gök, Caner Perit Özen | Bogazici Resistance Movement, Bogazici Resistance Movement | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Release | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14036 | 31/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0321 / OBS 039.1 | Turkey: Judicial harassment against Mr. Öztürk Türkdoğan | NGO member | Öztürk Türkogan | Human Rights Association (IHD) | Identifies as male | Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of association, Restrictions on freedom of expression | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14046 | 08/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TUR / 080222 | Turkey: Illegal police raid of İHD Diyarbakır branch | Search, Seizing of documents and equipments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14062 | 22/02/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TUR / 220222 | Turkey: Human rights advocacy cannot be put on trial | NGO member | Öztürk Türkogan | Human Rights Association (IHD) | Identifies as male | Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14118 | 25/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 001 / 0322 / OBS 021 | Turkey: Sentencing of human rights defender Fırat Akdeniz | NGO member | Firat Azdeniz | Human Rights Association (IHD) | Identifies as male | Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14134 | 30/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TUR / 300322 | Turkey: Arbitrary arrest of women’s rights defenders in Diyarbakır | Adalet Kaya, Birsen Günes, Emine Aksahin, Emine Kaya, Esma Efetürk, Evin Yelboga, Fatma Gültekin, Fatma Kavmaz, Filiz Buluttekin, Gulsen Özer, Hatice Efe, Jale Okkan, Muhibet Özcanli, Nevin Oyman, Nihal Yanik, Safiye Akdag, Sakine Karadeniz, Songül Kapanci, Xezal Yildirim, Yildiz Kardes, Zekiye Güler | Rosa Women’s Association (RWA), Rosa Women’s Association (RWA), Education and Science Workers’ Union, Rosa Women’s Association (RWA), Tümbel-Sen, Free Women’s Movement | Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Women's rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Counter-terrorism provisions, Judicial / administrative harassment | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14154 | 15/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0321 / OBS 039.2 | Turkey: Second hearing in the case against Mr. Öztürk Türkdoğan | NGO member | Öztürk Türkogan | Human Rights Association (IHD) | Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14166 | 21/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0321 / OBS 039.3 | Turkey: Acquittal of Mr. Öztürk Türkdoğan | NGO member | Öztürk Türkogan | Human Rights Association (IHD) | Identifies as male | Acquittal | Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 14182 | 29/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0422 / OBS 033 | Turkey: Sentencing to aggravated life imprisonment of Osman Kavala | NGO member | Osman Kavala, Mücella Yapıcı, Çiğdem Mater Utku, Ali Hakan Altınay, Mine Özerden, Şerafettin Can Atalay, Tayfun Kahraman, Yiğit Ali Ekmekçi | “Anadolou Kultur” Foundation | Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Civil and political rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 17866 | 21/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | TUR 009 / 1221 / OBS 130 | Turkey: Arbitrary detention and acts of ill-treatment against Ersin Berke Gök and Caner Perit Özen | Academic | Ersin Berke Gök, Caner Perit Özen | Bogazici Resistance Movement, Bogazici Resistance Movement | Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Reaction from an inter-governmental organisation | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 17990 | 22/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 001 / 0221 / OBS 024.1 | Turkey: Saturday Mothers group at court for fourth hearing | Saturday Mothers/People activist #1, Saturday Mothers/People activist #10, Saturday Mothers/People activist #11, Saturday Mothers/People activist #12, Saturday Mothers/People activist #13, Saturday Mothers/People activist #14, Saturday Mothers/People activist #15, Saturday Mothers/People activist #16, Saturday Mothers/People activist #17, Saturday Mothers/People activist #18, Saturday Mothers/People activist #19, Saturday Mothers/People activist #2, Saturday Mothers/People activist #20, Saturday Mothers/People activist #21, Saturday Mothers/People activist #22, Saturday Mothers/People activist #46, Saturday Mothers/People activist #5, Saturday Mothers/People activist #6, Saturday Mothers/People activist #7, Saturday Mothers/People activist #8, Saturday Mothers/People activist #9, Saturday Mothers/People activist #45, Saturday Mothers/People activist #37, Saturday Mothers/People activist #38, Saturday Mothers/People activist #39, Saturday Mothers/People activist #44, Saturday Mothers/People activist #43, Saturday Mothers/People activist #42, Saturday Mothers/People activist #41, Saturday Mothers/People activist #4, Saturday Mothers/People activist #40, Saturday Mothers/People activist #36, Saturday Mothers/People activist #35, Saturday Mothers/People activist #34, Saturday Mothers/People activist #33, Saturday Mothers/People activist #32, Saturday Mothers/People activist #31, Saturday Mothers/People activist #30, Saturday Mothers/People activist #3, Saturday Mothers/People activist #29, Saturday Mothers/People activist #28, Saturday Mothers/People activist #23, Saturday Mothers/People activist #24, Saturday Mothers/People activist #25, Saturday Mothers/People activist #26, Saturday Mothers/People activist #27 | Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People, Saturday Mothers/People | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Fight against impunity | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 18039 | 20/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 001 / 0120 / OBS 002.5 | Turkey: Sentencing of Human Rights Association co-president Eren Keskin | Journalist / Blogger | Inan Kizilkaya, Eren Keskin, Kemal Sancili, Bilir Kaya | Human Rights Association (IHD) | Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 18511 | 22/06/2022 | Open Letter to Authorities | 2022 | LO / TUR / 220622 | Turkey: Open letter to the President and the Minister of the Interior on the Saturday Mothers/People vigil | Saturday Mothers/People | Fight against impunity | Restrictions on freedom of association, Restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 18550 | 28/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | DCL / TUR / 280622 | Turkey: Life sentence for human rights defender Pinar Selek, an outrageous decision | Pinar Selek | Identifies as female | Civil and political rights | Sentencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 18562 | 06/07/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / TUR / 060722 | Turkey: 373 LGBTIQ+ defenders detained during Istanbul Pride March | LGBTIQ+ rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 18625 | 14/06/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0622 / OBS 045 | Turkey: Arbitrary detention of 22 members of the Migration Monitoring Association | Makbule Altıntaş, Veysi Yıldız, Bilal Yıldız, İlyas Erdem, Halit Karahan, Zelal Coşkun, Songül Köse, Kamile Kendal, Nurhayat Koçyiğit, Zelal Coşkun, Şeref Kaya, Ramazan Kırkpınar, Cihan Kartal, Ali Koçyiğit, İskan Teker, İrfan Hülakü, Mehmet Boğakan, Demgül Athan, Süleyman Yıldız, Kıyasettin Cüheylan, Erhan Örs, Mehmet Baran, Pınar Konak | Migration Monitoring Association (Göç İzleme Derneği, also Göç-İz) | Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as female, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male | Migrants / refugees / internally displaced persons rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 19251 | 06/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0622 / OBS 045.1 | Turkey: Trial against social worker and rights defender Bilal Yıldız | NGO member | Bilal Yıldız | Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı – TİHV-HRFT | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 19286 | 23/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 004 / 1122 / OBS 084 | Turkey: Death threats against human rights defender Jiyan Tosun and her family | Eren Keskin, Jiyan Taş | Human Rights Association (İnsan Hakları Derneği – İHD) | Identifies as female, Identifies as female | Stigmatisation, Threats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 19305 | 02/11/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 003 / 1022 / OBS 079.1 | Turkey: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Şebnem Korur Fincancı | Şebnem Korur Fincancı | Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 19470 | 26/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 003 / 1022 / OBS 079 | Turkey: Arbitrary detention of Şebnem Korur Fincancı | Şebnem Korur Fincancı | Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 19732 | 21/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 005 / 1222 / OBS 087 | Turkey: Upcoming trial hearing of women’s rights defender Elif Tirenç İpek Ulaş | Elif Tirenç İpek Ulaş | Rosa Women’s Association (RWA) | Identifies as female | Women's rights | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Turkey | Europe and Central Asia | 19737 | 22/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | TUR 002 / 0622 / OBS 045.2 | Turkey: Violations of the right to a fair trial and due process guarantees of Bilal Yıldız | Bilal Yıldız | Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Violation of right to a fair trial | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ukraine | Europe and Central Asia | 14090 | 15/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 004 / 0322 / OBS 018 | Ukraine/Russia: Disappearance of Ukrainian journalist Oleg Baturin | Journalist / Blogger | Oleg Baturin | National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) | Identifies as male | Release | Forced disappearance, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | Europe and Central Asia | 14106 | 22/03/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 005 / 0322 / OBS 020 | Ukraine/Russia: Administrative arrest of Crimean Tatar rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov | Abdureshit Dzhepparov | Crimean Contact Group on Human Rights | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas, Indigenous peoples rights, Minorities rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ukraine | Europe and Central Asia | 14186 | 04/05/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 006 / 0522 / OBS 034 | Ukraine/Russia: Abduction of citizen journalist Iryna Danilovich | Journalist / Blogger and Trade union leader | Iryna Danilovich | Crimean Medicine Without Cover | Identifies as female | Defenders living in remote areas, Trade union leader | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Forced disappearance, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | Europe and Central Asia | 19509 | 23/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | RUS 004 / 0921 / OBS 095.1 | Ukraine/Russia: Sentencing of indigenous rights defender Nariman Dzhelyal | Nariman Dzhelyal | Identifies as male | Indigenous peoples rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ukraine | Europe and Central Asia | 19772 | 10/01/2023 | Urgent Appeal | 2023 | RUS 006 / 0522 / OBS 034.2 | Ukraine/Russia: Iryna Danilovich sentenced to seven years in prison in occupied Crimea | Journalist / Blogger | Iryna Danilovich | Crimean Medicine Without Cover | Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Sentencing, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
United Arab Emirates | Middle East and North Africa | 19532 | 01/09/2022 | Statement | 2022 | MENA: President Biden’s visit has a negative impact on human rights movement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
Uzbekistan | Europe and Central Asia | 14024 | 26/01/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | UZB 001 / 0521 / OBS 054.1 | Uzbekistan: Sentencing of independent blogger Miraziz Bazarov | Journalist / Blogger | Miraziz Bazarov | Identifies as male | LGBTIQ+ rights | Judicial / administrative harassment, Restrictions on freedom of expression, Restrictions on freedom of movement, Sentencing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Uzbekistan | Europe and Central Asia | 19266 | 02/12/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | UZB 001 / 0722 / OBS 063.1 | Uzbekistan: Opening of the trial against Dauletmurat Tajimuratov | Dauletmurat Tajimuratov | Identifies as male | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Uzbekistan | Europe and Central Asia | 19478 | 04/10/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | UZB 002 / 1022 / OBS 074 | Uzbekistan: arbitrary detention and criminalisation of Aziz Yusupov | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Venezuela | Americas | 14423 | 18/05/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / VEN / 180522 | Venezuela: Rechazo unánime al proyecto que cierra la cooperación internacional | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Venezuela | Americas | 18582 | 15/07/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | VEN 002 / 0722 / OBS 061 | Venezuela: Detención arbitraria del sindicalista y trabajador humanitario Gabriel Blanco | NGO member and Trade union leader | Gabriel Blanco | Identifies as male | Counter-terrorism provisions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Venezuela | Americas | 19527 | 07/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | VEN 003 / 0922 / OBS 068 | Venezuela: Acoso judicial contra abogados de derechos humanos | Alonso Medina Roa, Ana Leonor Acosta, Kelvi Zambrano | Identifies as male, Identifies as female, Identifies as male | Judicial / administrative harassment | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Venezuela | Americas | 19899 | 14/02/2023 | Statement | 2023 | DCL / VEN / 14022023 | Venezuela: Aprobación de proyecto de ley restringe gravemente el derecho a la libertad de asociación | Restrictions on freedom of association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Vietnam | Asia and the Pacific | 14158 | 20/04/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | VNM 001 / 0422 / OBS 026 | Vietnam: ill-treatment of detained land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong | Ba Phuong Trinh, Ba Tu Trinh, Thi Theu Can | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Defenders living in remote areas, Land rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Vietnam | Asia and the Pacific | 18657 | 17/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | VNM 002 / 0622 / OBS 054.1 | Vietnam: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against four environmental rights defenders | Dang Dinh Bach, Mai Phan Loi, Bach Hùng Duong, Nguy Thi Khanh | Law and Policy of Sustainability Development Research Center (LPSD), Center for Media in Educating Community (MEC) | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Environmental rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Reprisals | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Vietnam | Asia and the Pacific | 18686 | 22/08/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | VNM 001 / 0422 / OBS 026.1 | Vietnam: Rejection of the appeal on the prison sentence of Trinh Ba Phuong | Trinh Ba Phuong | Identifies as male | Land rights | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Vietnam | Asia and the Pacific | 19504 | 27/09/2022 | Urgent Appeal | 2022 | VNM 001 / 0422 / OBS 026.2 | Vietnam: Land rights defender Trinh Ba Tu tortured in prison | Trinh Ba Tu, Trinh Ba Phuong, Can Thi Theu | Identifies as male, Identifies as male, Identifies as female | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Judicial / administrative harassment, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Western Sahara | Africa | 17869 | 23/12/2021 | Urgent Appeal | 2021 | MAR 004 / 1221 / OBS 131 | Marruecos/Sáhara Occidental: Arresto arbitrario y malos tratos contra periodista Lwali Lahmad | Journalist / Blogger | Lwali Lahmad | Nushatta Foundation for Media and Human Rights | Identifies as male | Defenders living in remote areas | Arbitrary arrest / detention, Intimidation, Threats, Torture and ill-treatment / Risk of torture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Zimbabwe | Africa | 14114 | 22/03/2022 | Statement | 2022 | DCL / ZWE / 220322 | Zimbabwe: New bill poses serious threats to freedom of association | Restrictions on access to funding, Restrictive legal and administrative framework | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Country | Region | Alert Date | Alert Type | Type of Defender | Genders | Fields of Action | Impacts | Violations |
NB: the data displayed on the Map and made available through the Data Explorer is the reflection of the work of public documentation carried out by the Observatory in support of human rights defenders. This data in no way represents an exhaustive picture of the situation of defenders in target countries.