Health and holidays (in that order) have slowed down my blog production somewhat this summer, but perhaps this was a welcome break for many of my readers for reasons of holiday and health (in that order I hope). Anyway, during these summer months I read quite some instances of HRD repression related to countries involved in major ‘geo-political’ progress and I started wondering whether this is coincidental. Take the following three cases: Colombia, Iran and Cuba. Read the rest of this entry »
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Human rights defenders squeezed by geo-politics? The cases of Colombia, Iran and Cuba.
September 11, 2015Posted in Front Line, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Foundation | 2 Comments »
Tags: Ahmed Shaheed, Akbar Ganji, Colombia, Cuba, Dagoberto Giraldo Henao, extra judicial killings, Front Line (NGO), Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Foundation, Iran, Karim Lahidji, killings, media, Oswaldo Payá, peace talks, Shirin Ebadi, transition, USA
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 