Posts Tagged ‘Human rights defender’
July 5, 2013
On 25 June the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) published the trial observation report concerning its Executive Committee member, human rights defender and trade unionist M. Osman İşçi. He was arrested in Ankara, Turkey, one year ago on 25 June 2012, and detained at the high-level security prison of Sincan, Ankara, along with another 27 trade unionists arrested on the same date facing proceedings for allegedly supporting a terrorist organization.
The first hearing of Osman İşçi’s trial took place on 10 April in the Ankara Special Court, after ten months of pre-trial detention. Following this hearing, M. Osman İşçi and 21 other trade unionists and human rights defenders were released, however the charges against them remain and a new hearing is scheduled for the 8 July 2013. The trial observers noted that it had been conducted with courtesy by all participants, and defendants and their lawyers had been permitted to take an active part in the hearing. Nevertheless they noted with concern that a number of central features of international fair trial standards appeared to be absent from the hearing, and from the proceedings generally. To read the trial observation report please control/click here
via Observation of the trial of Osman İşçi, human rights defender and trade-unionist | Euromedrights.
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, Ankara, EMHRN, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, Hearing (law), human rights, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, labour movement, lawyers, Osman İşçi, terrorism, Trade union, trade unionists, trial observation
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 28, 2013
In a post on 4 June under the title “Bradley Manning not a Prisoner of Conscience for Amnesty International ?” I related the controversy surrounding the status of human rights defender for Breadly Manning. On 13 June, under title “Snowden a human rights defender? – Russia seems to think so” I referred to a similar issue with regard Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Amnesty International, Bradley Manning, citizens freedom, definition of HRD, Ecuador, Edward Snowden, freedom of information, Human rights defender, Just Foreign Policy, Oliver Stone, political asylum, politics, right to privacy, Snowden, United States
June 26, 2013
(Svetlana Gannushkina)Prominent Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina has been fined for refusing to provide documents demanded by prosecutors. A court in Moscow ruled late on June 18 that the chairwoman of Moscow-based Civic Collaboration Committee must pay 2,000 rubles (50 Euro) for failing to turn over papers related to the financial activities of her organization. Gannushkina, a Soviet-era veteran rights defender, has been refusing to provide the documents to investigators since April. Prosecutors made the request under the new law requiring all nongovernmental organizations that receive foreign funding and engage in political activity to register as ‘foreign agents’. [Last week, a Moscow court rejected an appeal by Russia’s independent election monitor, Golos, against the 300,000 ruble $9,500 fine imposed on the group under the legislation.] Based on reporting by Interfax and ITAR-TASS
via Russian Rights Defender Fined For Refusing Demand For Documents.
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Tags: fined, Foreign agent, foreign funding, GOLOS, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Information Telegraph Agency of Russia, Interfax, Moscow, moscow court, Non-governmental organization, Russia, russian ngo, Svetlana Gannushkina, woman human rights defender
June 25, 2013
Stockholm-based Civil Rights Defenders condemns the brutal use of force against the Russian NGO ‘’For Human Rights’’ and its chairman Lev Ponomaryov, during the organisation’s forcible eviction Saturday night, 22 June 2013. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Civil Rights Defenders, Eviction, forced evictions, Foreign agent, freedom of association, Human right, human rights activist, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Lev Ponomaryov, Moscow, moscow city government, Non-governmental organization, Ponomaryov, Russia
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 20, 2013
(Du Jirong, sister of human rights activist Du Bin, with sign saying “Du Bin is innocent” outside the Fengtai District Public)
The 41-year-old photographer and filmmaker Du Bin disappeared on May 31, weeks after he had released a documentary on the extreme conditions of Chinese labor camps in May, called Women Above Ghosts’ Heads. His film focused on Masanjia Women’s Labor Camp where many detainees were Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: China, detention, disappearances, Du Bin, Du Jirong, Epoch Times, Falun Gong, film makers, Hu Jia, human rights, Human rights defender, human rights of women, photo journalism, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, writer
June 18, 2013
The Australia-based Human Rights Law Centre and the International Service for Human Rights have jointly published a Guide for Human Rights Defenders on Domestic Implementation of UN Human Rights Recommendations. The Guide considers strategies and tactics that NGOs can use to contribute to the implementation of UN recommendations at the national level. Effective follow-up by civil society is vital to ensuring that UN recommendations lead to an improvement of the human rights situation on the ground. The Guide is intended for a diverse audience, working in different countries and sectors, and with different areas of focus and expertise. The 20-page booklet outlines a range of strategies with a view to NGOs identifying those which are most appropriate to their domestic political, legal, economic, and social contexts and their organisation’s goals, resources, and working methods.
PDF at: Guide for Human Rights Defenders on Domestic Implementation of UN Human Rights Recommendations.
via Guide for human rights defenders on domestic implementation of UN human rights recommendations | Human Rights Law Centre.
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Tags: Advocacy Organizations, Australia, Civil society, domestic law, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, human rights law, Human Rights Law Centre, implementation, International Service for Human Rights, ISHR, Non-governmental organization, social contexts
June 17, 2013
Gmedia concluded its 4th workshop in its Media Empowerment on Human Rights programme held in Geneva from 13 to 17 May 2013 in collaboration with OMCT and with the participation of thirteen journalists, four from Guatemala and nine from Kenya. As part of the programme, Gmedia makes its workshops run in parallel with the UN Committee on Torture (CAT) sessions. Journalists participated in debates and discussions conducted by Human Rights experts from the academia, Media, UN Agencies, Permanent Missions and International NGOs on such topics as the Human Rights doctrine, monitoring mechanisms and institutions, sharing experiences and good practices, and challenging the role of media as a human rights defender. Journalists had also the opportunity to attend and report on the Committee against torture session concerning their respective countries.
As a result, the course can point to 37 published articles, video broadcasted and radio programs by participants in Guatemala and Kenya and 3 live coverage on CAT broadcasted in Kenyan television. Gmedia is currently working on the development of its next workshop to follow the sessions of the UPR in October 2013.
via Newsletter June 2013.
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Tags: CAT, films, Geneva, Gmedia, Guatemala, Human right, human rights, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, Journalist, journalists, Kenya, Non-governmental organization, radio, television, torture, video, World Organisation Against Torture
June 17, 2013
On 17 June, 2013 the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders [joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights] issued a statement on the fate of 13 women human rights defenders in India.
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Tags: arbitrary arrest, freedom of demonstration, gang rapes, Human rights defender, Human Rights Defenders, India, International Federation for Human Rights, intimidation, judicial harassment, Kalighat, Kolkata, Maitree, Observatory, rape, West Bengal, Women Human Rights, women human rights defenders, World Organisation Against Torture
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 