The Observatory

🇸🇻 La OMCT expresa su profunda solidaridad con @Cristosal, integrante de nuestra Red #SOSTortura, forzada a cesar operaciones en El Salvador debido al alarmante aumento de intimidación contra quienes defienden los derechos humanos en el país.

🇨🇴 #Colombia: El Observatorio denuncia que el 20/07, el defensor Nilson de Arco, del @comite_CSPP, fue víctima de un atentado armado en Soledad, Atlántico. Está en estado crítico. 📣 Exigimos protección urgente y una investigación seria, que se reconozca su labor como defensor.

🇨🇳#China: Ahead of the 24/07 #EUChinaSummit, we urge the EU to prioritise human rights and to put arbitrarily detained defenders at the forefront of the discussions & demand their immediate & unconditional release! #50Years50Voices #EUChina50 👉fidh.org/en/region/asia…

Since @amenya_nelson exposed irregularities in a $2 billion deal involving 🇰🇪#Kenya gov. & Adani group in 07/24, he has faced intimidation. Whistleblowing is a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression. 📣 We urge for his protection! 👉fidh.org/en/region/Afri…

Malgré son statut de réfugié, le #journaliste Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè a été enlevé en 🇨🇮#CôtedIvoire le 10/07, et remis aux autorités du 🇧🇯 #Bénin, qui le détiennent arbitrairement depuis. 📣Nous exigeons sa libération immédiate et inconditionnelle! 👉fidh.org/fr/themes/defe…

🇨🇱#Chile: El 27/06, el líder indígena #Mapuche Juan Pichún fue arbitrariamente detenido y enviado a prisión preventiva, justo después de su intervención ante el Consejo de DD.HH. de la @ONU_es #HRC59 📣 Exigimos su liberación inmediata e incondicional! 👉 fidh.org/es/temas/defen…

Frente a su familia. Así detuvieron al líder indígena Juan Pichún en #Chile, un día después de denunciar ante Consejo DDHH-ONU #HRC59 la discriminación contra el pueblo Mapuche y criminalización de la justicia chilena. Buscan callar su voz. Hoy, lamentablemente, está en prisión…

🇦🇿 #Azerbaijan: On 23/06, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced peace activist, researcher & #HumanRights defender @bahruz_samad to 15-year in prison on trumped-up charges. 📣We condemn this decision & demand his immediate & unconditional release! 👉fidh.org/en/issues/huma…

🇹🇭 #Thailand: Relentless sentencing of #HumanRights lawyer Anon Nampa. On 9/07, he was convicted for the 10th time under lèse-majesté charges. Detained since 09/23, his prison term now exceeds 29 years. 📣 We condemn the decision & urge his release! 👉fidh.org/en/issues/huma…

#Belarus: 14/07 marks 4 years since @viasna96 members Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, & Uladzimir Labkovich are arbitrarily detained & consistently subjected to ill-treatment. 📣Once again, we urge for their immediate and unconditional release! 👉fidh.org/en/region/euro…

Hearing disturbing news that Ugandan human rights lawyer Martin Mavenjina was detained at Nairobi airport & forcibly deported to Uganda last week, amid escalating threats against @thekhrc & other civil society actors in #Kenya. Repression of HRDs must end @KenyaMissionUNG

Ya pública: comunicación al gobierno de #Perú sobre la presunta agresión e intento de secuestro del defensor de los derechos humanos Bacilio Mayta Chávez @PeruEnGinebra Leer la comunicación integral y la respuesta del Gobierno: srdefenders.org/peru-agresion-…

🚨 FIDH condemns the #US government's @StateDept punitive sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied #Palestinian Territory, @FranceskAlbs. This is an attack on #internationallaw, the #UnitedNations, and on every victim who dares to pursue justice and accountability.

🇩🇿#Algérie: Deux nouvelles lois fragilisent le droit à un procès équitable, menacent les libertés fondamentales et l'espace civique. 📣Les autorités doivent respecter leurs obligations constitutionnelles & internationales en matière de droits humains! 👉fidh.org/fr/regions/mag…

✊The sanctioning of the UN Special Rapporteur, an independent mandate created by the UN to report on crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, is inacceptable. 📢 The OMCT calls on states in Europe and other state parties to the ICC to protect international…

Shocked that @SecRubio has imposed sanctions against @FranceskAlbs for doing her legitimate human rights work on the #OPT as mandated by UN Human Rights Council. The decision should be immediately reversed.

🇵🇸🇺🇸#OPT/#USA: @OBS_defenders has been informed of sanctions taken by the USA against Palestinian organisation Addameer which assist political prisoners in Israeli & Palestinian prisons. 📣We urge the American authorities to lift these sanctions! 👉omct.org/en/resources/u…

🇨🇩#RDC:Le Col. Mukalay va être libéré après 15ans de prison pour l'assassinat des #DDH Chebeya & Bazana. Sa responsabilité pour détention illégale d’armes reste impunie. 📣Tous les responsables doivent être jugés, pour tous les crimes dans cette affaire! 👉fidh.org/fr/regions/afr…

🇰🇪#Kenya:On 5 July,#HumanRights lawyer & legal advisor at @thekhrc @MartinMavenjina was deported to #Uganda without formal order or legal justification & regardless of his valid work permit 📣We urge the authorities to allow his safe & unconditional return fidh.org/en/issues/huma…

🇬🇹#Guatemala: Mañana se celebra la audiencia contra Ramón Cadena, uno de los defensores criminalizados en el caso #BotínPolíticoUSAC. 📣 ¡Exigimos que se garantice su derecho al debido proceso y que cese su criminalización! #SolidaridadConRamónCadena 👉omct.org/es/recursos/de…