Archive for the 'Front Line' Category
August 13, 2013
For those who think that the phenomenon of forced psychiatric treatment of human rights defenders has disappeared with the end of the cold war, here are two reminders from Front Line that this is unfortunately still continuing:
The first case is in the Ukraine and had at least a ‘happy’ ending: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Almaty, forced psychiatric treatment, Front Line (NGO), human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Defenders, Kazakhstan, Mental disorder, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatry, Raisa Radchenko, Supreme Court, Ukraine, women human rights defenders, Zinaida Mukhortova
August 9, 2013
Front Line reports the continuous presence of armed security guards in the community of La Nueva Esperanza, in the department of Atlántida, threatening and intimidating the local population, resulted in the temporary kidnapping of two human rights defenders, Mr Daniel Langmeier and Ms Orlane Vidal. Both are working for the Proyecto de Acompañamiento Honduras – PROAH (Honduras Accompaniment Project), an organisation which aims to prevent or alleviate situations of risk against human rights defenders in Honduras. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: accompaniement, AI, armed security guards, environmental issues, Front Line (NGO), Honduras, Human right, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Inter-American Human Rights Commission, La Nueva Esperanza, land rights, Lenir Pérez, Mining, Orlane Vidal, peaceful resistance, woman human rights defender
August 5, 2013
Since 13 July 2013, five ethnic Azerbaijani human rights defenders detained in Tabriz prison have taken part in an ongoing hunger strike in protest at their conviction following an unfair trial. Mahmud Fezli, Latif Haseni, Ayat Mehrali Baglou, Behboud Gholizadeh and Shahram Radmehr are members of the organisation Yeni Gamoh, Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani language, Front Line (NGO), human rights, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, illegal detention, Iran, judicial harassment, minority rights, right to education, Tabriz, Tehran, Unesco
June 30, 2013
On 27 June 2013, human rights defender John Abok was arrested and held in police custody over allegations of impersonation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bunge La Mwananchi, Frontline, Frontline Defenders, harassment, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, illegal detention, John Abok, Kenya, Nairobi, Police officer, release on bail
June 29, 2013
The City of Geneva and the Martin Ennals Foundation announce the 2013 edition of Martin Ennals Award, which will take place on Tuesday 8 October 2013 at 18h00 at the Uni-Dufour, Geneva. The Laureate will be announced Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 2013 ceremony, Amnesty International, awards, baby doc duvalier, Chechnya, City of Geneva, Diakonie, Egypt, Final Nominees for the Martin Ennals Award 2013, Front Line (NGO), Geneva, Haiti, human rights, human rights abuses, human rights awards, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights First, human rights lawyer, human rights organizations, Human Rights Watch, HURIDOCS, International Commission of Jurists, International Federation for Human Rights, International Service for Human Rights, Joint Mobile Group, Mario Joseph, Martin Ennals Award, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, Martin Ennals Foundation, MEA, Mona Seif, Russia, World Organisation Against Torture
June 28, 2013
(Picture courtesy of IRA Mauritania)
For those who are sceptical of human rights awards and their impact, the following report should give some food for thought: “Following a month-long trip across Europe,
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Tags: Africa, awards, Biram, empowering civil society, Front Line, Haratin, human rights, human rights awards, Human Rights Defenders, IRA, Mauritania, NGO, Nouakchott, slavery, UNPO
June 27, 2013
A JOINT STATEMENT by the following 6 international NGOs: Front Line Defenders, Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) urge the EU to call for the release of human rights defenders and peaceful protest leaders in Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, Bahrain, bloggers, European Union, freedom of expression, Front Line (NGO), Gulf Centre for Human Rights, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, illegal detention, International Federation for Human Rights, International Partnership for Human Rights, Manama, Nabeel Rajab, Naji Fateel, torture, twitter, World Organisation Against Torture, Zainab Al-Khawaja
June 21, 2013
On 15 June 2013, women human rights defenders Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni were sentenced to ten months imprisonment to be followed by a two-year travel ban
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Tags: AWID, domestic abuse, Fawzia Al-Oyouni, freedom of movement, Frontline Defenders, Human right, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, human rights of women, marital relationship, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Sharia, Wajeha Al-Huwaider, Women Human Rights, women human rights defenders
June 14, 2013
On 12 June 2013, the pre-trial detention of human rights defender Mahmudur Rahman in Bangladesh was extended for three days by Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Harunur Rashid, who confirmed the charges of inciting violence. The human rights defender was arrested on 11 April 2013, and was subjected to severe torture whilst in custody. 
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, Bangladesh, freedom of expression, Front Line (NGO), Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, illegal detention, International Crimes Tribunal, Journalist, Mahmudur Rahman, Police, pre trial, torture
June 11, 2013
On 3 June 2013, an email was sent to Colonel Julián González, Chief of Police for Sucre, Colombia, informing him of a plan to kill human rights defender Juan David Díaz Chamorro, his wife Malena Martínez, and one other person closely linked to the family. Several other human rights defenders were copied in the email. Juan David Díaz Chamorro is the leader of the Sucre branch of the Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado – MOVICE (National Movement of Victims of State Crimes) and the son of Eudaldo Díaz, assassinated Mayor of El Roble, Sucre. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Colombia, death threats, Frontline Defenders, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Juan David Díaz Chamorro, MOVICE, NGOs, paramilitary, protection, PSA, radio
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Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 