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Mexico, 2 May 2012: Killing of journalist and human rights defender Ms Regina Martínez Pérez
Nepal, 30th April 2012: Women Human Right Defender Ranju Jha, killed in a bomb blast in Janakpur
China, 27 April 2012: Human rights lawyer Mr Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest; brother and fellow human rights defender, Ms He Peirong, reportedly detained
Indonesia, 29 March 2012: Human rights defender Ms Luviana Ariyanti dismissed for trying to initiate a union
Kazakhstan,25 April 2012: Human rights defender Ms Roza Tuletaeva provides testimony she was tortured while in detention, concerns over fair trial continue
Mexico, 18 April 2012: Death threats against human rights defender Ms Alba Cruz in Oaxaca
Iran, 17 April 2012: Sentencing of human rights defender Ms Mansoureh Behkish
Honduras, 17 April 2012: Death threat and ongoing intimidation against human rights defender Ms Dina Meetabel Meza Elvir
Bahrain, 16 April 2012: FREEDOM NOT DEATH FOR DEFENDER AL-KHAWAJA
Uzbekistan, 12 April 2012: Sentencing of independent journalist Ms Elena Bondar
Azerbaijan, 5 April 2012: Break-in at the offices of the Institute of Peace and Democracy and the Women Crisis Center
Cairo, 11th April 2012: Authorities Detain Nabeel Rajab at the Cairo International Airport
China,10 April 2012: Human rights defender Ni Yulan and husband, Dong Jiqin, sentenced to two years and eight months and two years respectively
MEXICO, 27 de marzo de 2012: Nuevas difamaciones contra las ONGs de derechos humanos por parte del Sr. César Duarte Jáquez, Gobernador del Estado de Chihuahua
Sri Lanka, 27 March 2012: Human rights defenders threatened and subjected to a smear campaign for participating in the Human Rights Council
Colombia, 20 March 2012: Intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders including Ms Rosa Amelia Hernández and Mr Pedro Geney in connection with countrywide peaceful protests
Mexico, 20 March 2012: IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Defender in Mexico
Colombia, 6 March 2012: Death threats against human rights organisations and human rights defenders
Brazil, 2 March 2012: Human rights defender Ms Lygia Zamali Fernandes subjected to a series of anonymous threats by phone
China, 1 March 2012: Tibetan human rights defender Ms Tsering Woeser prevented from collecting award and placed under house arrest
Yemen, 29 February 2012: Human rights defender and blogger Ms Huda Jaafar subjected to on-line threats and abusive messages
Mexico, 24 February 2012: Arrest of human rights defender Ms Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez
Thailand, 20 February 2012: Ten prominent human rights defenders on trial for leading a peaceful demonstration
Uganda, 16 February 2012: We Condemn Renewed Threats To Ugandan LGBT Rights Defenders
Bahrain, 15 February 2012: Arrest and charges against human rights defender Ms Zainab Al Khawaja
Uganda, 15 February 2012: Government disrupts human rights workshop and attempts to arrest one of the organisers, Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
Mexico City, February 2012: New attack against activist Norma Andrade - Final statement
Costa Rica, 14 February 2012: Break-in and theft at offices of LGBTI human rights organisation Mulabi
Chile, 10 February 2012: LGBTI rights defender Ms Javiera Villareal attacked and beaten
Russian Federation, 10 February 2012: Search at the home of human rights defender Mrs Stefania Kulaeva
Tanzania, 9 February 2012: Arrest of sixteen human rights defenders following peaceful protest over government failure to resolve health crisis
Zimbabwe, 8 February 2012: Arbitrary arrest / Harassment / Obstacles to freedom of peaceful assembly
Mexico, 3 February 2012: THREE Alerts on the new attack against activist Norma Andrade
Turkmenistan, 3 February 2012: Threats against human rights defender and journalist Mrs Natalia Shabunts
Uzbekistan, 30 January 2012: Ongoing intimidation, surveillance, judicial harassment and threats against human rights defender Ms Tatiana Dovlatova and members of her family
10 January 2012: Women from Around the World Condemn the Election- related Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Russian Federation, 27 January 2012: Campaign of harassment against children's rights defender Mrs Vera Drobinskaya
Honduras, 26 January 2012: Deaths threats and intimidation of human rights defender Ms Gilda Carolina Silvestrucchi