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This article was originally written by Melanie Nathan for her O-blog-dee-o-blog-da blog....

2012-08-30T03:02:34+01:00 2012-08-30T03:02:34+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/petition_against_military_impunity.php whrd@apwld.org

On 1st October, it will be two years since the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) published two rulings against the Mexican State in the cases of Ines Fernandez Ortega et al. and Valentina Rosendo Cantu et al....

2012-08-10T06:15:45+01:00 2012-08-10T06:15:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/kenya_1_aug_12_judicial_hasrassment.php whrd@apwld.org

On 30 July 2012, environmental rights defender, Ms Phylis Omido, appeared in a Mombasa court to face criminal charges brought against her as a result of a campaign she has been conducting against a lead-processing plant based in Owino Uhuru village, EPZ Metal Refinery Ltd, whose toxic fumes have been affecting the health of the local community for years....

2012-08-08T03:20:21+01:00 2012-08-08T03:20:21+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/case_for_info_sudan_ongoing.php whrd@apwld.org

Human right defender Ms Mai Shutta has been held without charge by the Sudanese authorities since her arrest from her home in Khartoum-Omdurman on 1 July 2012. This is part of a widespread crackdown on activists and human rights defenders in Sudan in the context of recent demonstrations....

2012-08-06T07:51:06+01:00 2012-08-06T07:51:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/internation_coalition_wonetha.php whrd@apwld.org

31st July 2012 The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) has expressed deep concern regarding the safety of five staff from the Uganda sex worker organization, Women's Organization Network for Human Rights Advocacy (WONETHA). The staff members face ongoing harassment and criminal charges....

2012-08-06T07:51:06+01:00 2012-08-06T07:51:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/cuba_19_jul_12_arrest_whrd_damas.php whrd@apwld.org

On 18 July 2012, human rights defenders Ms Tatiana Lopez Blanco, Ms Leonor Reino Borge, Ms Mirta Gomez Colas and Ms Niurkis Rivero Despaigne were detained by Department of State Security agents in Havana....

2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/malaysia_18_jul_12_apwld_calls.php whrd@apwld.org

18 July 2012: Ambiga Sreenevasan, a Malaysian Indian Hindu leader of a civil society movement calling for free and fair elections, is currently the target of severe and sustained harassment and intimidation because of her legitimate human rights activities. APWLD is particularly concerned about gender-specific violations and threats towards Ms. Sreenevasan by both State and non-state actors....

2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_11_jul_12.php whrd@apwld.org

On 18 July 2012, nine members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) are scheduled to appear in court on criminal nuisance charges following a peaceful protest organised in early July as part of an ongoing human rights campaign. On 2 July 2012, the Zimbabwean police arrested the nine defenders and kept them in custody for over two days before they were released on bail by a local court....

2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_11_jul_12_supporter.php whrd@apwld.org

Paris-Geneva, July 11, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), was informed of the appeals ruling issued against of human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish....

2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/brazil_jul_9_12_iachr.php whrd@apwld.org

Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of two trans women during the last week of June 2012 ini Brazil: an unidentified person in Pinhais, Curitiba, State of Parana, and Camila de Mink in Bauru, State of Sao Paulo.....

2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 2012-07-19T09:09:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_jul_6_12_iachr.php whrd@apwld.org

Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of Vicky, a trans woman, in Bellavista, Nayarit.....

2012-07-09T09:03:59+01:00 2012-07-09T09:03:59+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/bolivia_jun_12_iachr.php whrd@apwld.org

Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the killing in Bolivia of Daguimar Ribera Ortiz, councilor in the municipality of Guayamerin, Beni Department, Bolivia....

2012-07-03T04:50:51+01:00 2012-07-03T04:50:51+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_jun_29_rep.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Zimbabwe....

2012-06-27T09:26:17+01:00 2012-06-27T09:26:17+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/philippines_jun_20_12_intimidation.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in The Philippines....

2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pakistan_18_jun_12_assassination_plot.php whrd@apwld.org

Asma Jahangir, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, has revealed that there is a credible plot against her life for her work in the human rights movement....

2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_jun_18_12_iachr.php whrd@apwld.org

Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the killing of Antonio Calderon Peralta, an LGTBI person, in Guerrero, Mexico....

2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pakistan_15_jun_12_reported.php whrd@apwld.org

On 13 June 2012, human rights defender Ms Telma Yolanda Oqueli Veliz del Cid was shot as she travelled home from a peaceful protest....

2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/guatemala_15_jun_12_attempted.php whrd@apwld.org

On 13 June 2012, human rights defender Ms Telma Yolanda Oqueli Veliz del Cid was shot as she travelled home from a peaceful protest....

2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 2012-06-20T06:27:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/honduras_13_jun_12_women_peasants.php whrd@apwld.org

The National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders of Honduras (La Red Nacional de Defensoras de DDHH de Honduras), along with a wide range of social movements that raised their voices, expresses gratitude that the women and men of the Peasant Movement of San Manuel Cortes (Movimiento Campesino de San Manuel Cortes - MOCSAM) who were detained on 12 June were released....

2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_8_jun_12_luego_de_varias.php whrd@apwld.org

Ginebra-Paris, 6 de junio de 2012. El Observatorio para la Proteccion de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organizacion Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federacion Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH),

2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/sudan_3rd_jun_12_stop_stoning.php whrd@apwld.org

Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) and the Violence Is Not Our Culture (VNC) campaign call on Sudanese authorities to stop the execution of a woman condemned to stoning for alleged adultery....

2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/egypt_1_jun_12_human_rights.php whrd@apwld.org

On 31 May 2012, human rights defender Ms Mona Seif received a summons to appear before the Public Prosecutor in Cairo on Saturday, 2 June....

2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 2012-06-12T07:39:34+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/venezuela_1_jun_12_attack_and_death.php whrd@apwld.org

On 30 May 2012 armed attackers threatened and robbed Mr Hernan Antonio Bolivar, husband of Ms Marianela Sanchez Ortiz, Legal Coordinator in the Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones - OVP (Venezuelan Prisons Observatory)....

2012-05-24T07:12:06+01:00 2012-05-24T07:12:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uzbekistan_22may12_fear_for_safety.php whrd@apwld.org

On 21 May 2012, at approximately 9pm, an unidentified man pursued and chased human rights defender Ms Gulshan Karayeva in Qarshi, as she went to buy food for her children. She managed to escape to a nearby street where people she knew lived. This incident followed a serious attack on Gulshan Karayeva by two unidentified women on 19 May 2012....

2012-05-24T07:12:06+01:00 2012-05-24T07:12:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_may_1812_concern_for_attack.php whrd@apwld.org

On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the historic decision that decriminalized abortion in Colombia, threats have escalated against human rights activist Monica Roa and Women’s Link Worldwide where she works as Director of Programs. On the evening of May 7, 2012, at approximately 6:30 PM an unidentified person fired shots at the Women’s Link Worldwide office in Bogota where Monica and two of her colleagues were working. The bullet broke the office window security glass above Monica's head. Fortunately, no one was injured....

2012-05-15T08:16:46+01:00 2012-05-15T08:16:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/papua_new_guinea_14may2012_sole_woman.php whrd@apwld.org

Port Moseby: Human rights activist and sole Papua New Guinea (PNG) female elected parliamentarian Dame Carol Kidu was dragged by police Saturday while protesting the illegal eviction and partial demolition of Paga Hill Settlement, housing some 2,000 residents....

2012-05-15T08:16:46+01:00 2012-05-15T08:16:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pakistan_10_may_2012_former_member.php whrd@apwld.org

On 4 May 2012, former member of the Pakistan National Assembly, Mr Maulvi Abdul Haleem, associated with the United Council of Action (Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Member) from Kohistan district, issued a threat and a fatwa against women human rights defenders operating in Kohistan district. Maulvi Abdul Haleem is a religious leader that has power in issuing religious decrees....

2012-05-15T08:16:46+01:00 2012-05-15T08:16:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/bogota_mayao_2012.php whrd@apwld.org

Parece ser que las amenazas, los hostigamientos e intimidaciones contra las organizaciones que buscan la construcciÓn de un país mejor para quienes vivimos en él y para quienes están por venir, se ha convertido en tema obligado a tratar cada día pues...

2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_2_may_12_killing_regina.php whrd@apwld.org

On 28 April 2012 journalist and human rights defender Ms Regina Martínez Pérez was found dead in her home in the city of Xalapa, in Veracruz. Regina Martínez Pérez was a correspondent with the weekly publication Proceso in which she addressed issues relating to drug cartels and the links between organised criminal groups and government officials....

2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/nepal_30_apr_ranju_jha.php whrd@apwld.org

Women's Human Rights Defender Ranju Jha was killed in a bomb blast, in Janakpur, Nepal on Monday 30 April. Ranju Jha was a 32-year-old women's human rights defender especially of the rights of madhesi women, theatre artist affiliated with Mithila Natyakala Parishad. A mother of two sons, she worked for social transformation through theatre....

2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/china_27_apr_12_chen.php whrd@apwld.org

On 27 April 2012, it emerged that Chinese human rights defender and 'barefoot' lawyer Mr Chen Guangcheng had escaped the brutal house arrest which he and his family had been subjected to since his release from prison in September 2010. Chen Guangcheng's current whereabouts are unknown, although it has been stated by a reliable source that he is in a secure location....

2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/nepal_30_apr_ranju_jha.php whrd@apwld.org

On 29 March 2012, human rights defender and journalist Ms Luviana Ariyanti was dismissed after ten years of service as Producer's Assistant at Metro TV after promoting human rights at her workplace. Luviana Ariyanti has been active in trying to initiate a union at Metro TV and in calling for TV programmes that promote and respect human rights and gender equality to be broadcasted....

2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 2012-05-04T09:24:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_2_may_12_killing_regina.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Roza Tuletaeva has testified during a court trial on 16 April 2012 that she was tortured while in detention, after being arrested at her home on 3 January 2012. Rosa Tuletaeva faces charges related to a demonstration that took place on 16 December 2011 in the town of Zhanaozen....

2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_18apr12_death_threat.php whrd@apwld.org

On 13 and 14 April 2012 human rights defender and lawyer Ms Alba Cruz was subjected to death threats received to her mobile telephone....

2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_17apr12_sentencing.php whrd@apwld.org

On 4 April 2012, human rights defender Ms Mansoureh Behkish was sentenced to four and a half years in prison; four years on charges of 'assembly and conspiring with the intent to harm national security by establishing the Mourning Mothers group' and six months in prison on charges of 'propaganda against the system'....

2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/hondurass_17apr12_death_threat.php whrd@apwld.org

On 14 April 2012, human rights defender and journalist Ms Dina Meetabel Meza Elvir received the latest in a series of threatening messages. She has also been subjected to surveillance and intimidation for a couple of months. Dina Meza is a member of the Comitè de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras - COFADEH (Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras)....

2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/bahrain_16apr12_freedom_not_death.php whrd@apwld.org

The network Secularism Is A Women's Issue demands the immediate release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, detained and tortured, sentenced to life imprisonment in total disregard of his fundamental right to freedom of expression, on hunger strike for more than two months, and now risking death. His death in detention would be an assassination which the authorities of Bahrain would be entirely responsible for....

2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uzbekistan_12apr12_sentencing.php whrd@apwld.org

On 6 April 2012, Ms Elena Bondar was found guilty by Yunusabadsky district court of Tashkent on charges of the 'manufacture, possession or distribution of materials that promote national, racial, ethnic or religious hatred' under Article 184-3 of the Administrative Code of Uzbekistan and sentenced to a fine of 6.900.000 sum (approximately USD$3700)....

2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 2012-04-19T07:25:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/azerbaijan_5apr12_break_in_office.php whrd@apwld.org

In the morning of 2 April 2012, members of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD) and the Women Crisis Center (WCC) discovered that the door to their offices in Baku had been forced open and there were signs of an intrusion having taken place....

2012-04-17T04:41:06+01:00 2012-04-17T04:41:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/cairo_11apri12_nabee.php whrd@apwld.org

The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) denounces the punishment policy that the Egyptian security forces are taking vis-à-vis Bahraini Human Rights Defenders....

2012-04-17T04:41:06+01:00 2012-04-17T04:41:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/china_10apr12_ni_yulan.php whrd@apwld.org

At just after 9:00 am on 10 April 2012, human rights defender and disbarred lawyer Ms Ni Yulan was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison by Xicheng District People's Court in Beijing....

2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_270312_nuevas.php whrd@apwld.org

Ginebra-Paris, 27 de marzo de 2012. El Observatorio para la Proteccion de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organizacion Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federacion Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), expresa su grave preocupacion por las difamaciones contra las ONGs realizadas por el Gobernador del Estado de Chihuahua, el Sr. Cesar Duarte Jaquez....

2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/srilanka_27032012_smear_campiang.php whrd@apwld.org

From 9 March to 23 March 2012, Dr Paikiasothy Saravunammutta, Ms Nimalka Fernando, Ms Sunila Abeysekera, and Mr Sunanada Deshapriya were targeted by government media and a Government Minister for their participation in the 19th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, where they had been lobbying to expose human rights violations in Sri Lanka. Paikisothy Saravunammutta is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. Nimalka Fernando is the President of the International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism. Sunila Abeysekera is the Executive Director of INFORM Human Rights Documentation and is a recipient of the 1998 UN Human Rights Prize. Sunanda Deshapriya is a human rights defender and press freedom campaigner and was the subject of a Front Line Defenders' appeal dated 29 September 2011...

2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_200312_intimidation_harassment.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defenders including Ms Rosa Amelia Hernandez and Mr Pedro Geney have been subjected to intimidation and harassment in connection to demonstrations held across Colombia on 6 March 2012 to mark the National and International Day of Victims of State Crimes, in support of victims of human rights violations and in demand of land restitution....

2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 2012-04-05T07:54:22+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_20_mar_2012_iachr_condemns.php whrd@apwld.org

Washington, D.C. - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of Agnes Torres Sulca, a trans person and human rights defender of lesbians, gays, trans, bisexuals and intersex persons (LGTBI) in Mexico....

2012-03-16T09:33:22+01:00 2012-03-16T09:33:22+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_6_mar_2012_death_threats.php whrd@apwld.org

On 28 and 27 February 2012, human rights organisations including Corporacion Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo - CCAJAR ('Jose Alvear Restrepo' Lawyers' Collective) and the Movimiento Nacional de Victimas de Estado - MOVICE (National Movement of Victims of State Crimes) were subjected to death threats....

2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/brazil_2_mar_2012_lygia_zamali.php whrd@apwld.org

Between 18 and 29 February 2012, human rights defender Ms Lygia Zamali Fernandes received eight threatening phone calls. Her mother, who lives in a different city, also received a number of anonymous phone calls calling for her daughter to stop her human rights activities.....

2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/china_1_mar_2012_tibetan_tsering.php whrd@apwld.org

On 29 February 2012 Tibetan human rights defender and writer, Ms Tsering Woeser, was placed under house arrest and told that she would not be permitted to attend a ceremony on 1 March in Beijing to collect an award from the Dutch-based Prince Claus Fund.....

2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/yemen_29_feb_2012_huda_jaafar.php whrd@apwld.org

Yemeni woman human rights defender and blogger Ms Huda Jaafar has been subjected to vitriolic gender- based abuse through threatening, abusive and defamatory messages sent to her social media Facebook account.....

2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 2012-03-06T09:17:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_24_feb_2012_arrest_lucila.php whrd@apwld.org

On 22 February 2012, human rights defender Ms Lucila Bettina Cruz Velazquez was arrested by agents of the Attorney General's office of Oaxaca before being released on bail in the early hours of the morning of 24 February.....

2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/thailand_20_feb_2012_ten_prominent.php whrd@apwld.org

Ten human rights defenders will stand on trial between February to April 2012, for leading and participating in a peaceful demonstration against the attempt by the military appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to pass a number of controversial and undemocratic laws in December 2007.....

2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uganda_16_feb_2012_we_condemn.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network and the Violence is not our Culture (VNC) Campaign condemn the recent police raid on a workshop for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) human rights defenders in Entebbe, Uganda. This act is an outright violation of the fundamental rights and freedoms of human rights defenders, which are guaranteed under the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the African Charter, both of which the Uganda government has signed and ratified.....

2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/bahrain_15_feb_2012_arrest_charges.php whrd@apwld.org

On 12 February 2012, human rights defender Ms Zainab Al Khawaja was arrested by Bahraini security forces in the capital Manama as she was on her way to the site of the Pearl Roundabout to join a peaceful protest. Zainab Al Khawaja is a human rights defender and blogger who has been active in calling for political reform and democracy in Bahrain. Zainab Al Khawaja has been campaigning since April 2011 for the release of her father, Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, a prominent human rights defender and former Front Line Defenders Protection Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, who is serving a life sentence passed after a grossly unfair trial. In April 2011 she staged her campaign with a hunger strike which continued for 10 days and attracted worldwide attention......

2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uganda_15_feb_2012_government_disrupts.php whrd@apwld.org

On 14 February 2012, the State Minister of Ethics and Integrity interrupted and ordered the closure of a human rights workshop in Entebbe. The workshop, on leadership skills, was organised by Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG). The Minister also reportedly ordered the arrest of FARUG Executive Director, Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera. FARUG is a human rights organisation which fights discrimination against lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is a prominent LGBTI rights defender and won the 2011 Martin Ennals Award......

2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf/Norma%20Andrade%20International%20Statement%20ENG%20-%20Feb%202012.pdf whrd@apwld.org

Organizations and Human Rights Defenders of Mesoamerica condemn the attack on Norma Esther Andrade's life, founder and president of the organization 'Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, A.C.' This February 3rd in Mexico, City, Norma Andrade was once again attacked, this time with a stab wound.....

2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 2012-02-22T04:18:48+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/costa_rica_14_feb_2012.php whrd@apwld.org

On 9 February 2012, the offices of human rights organisation Espacio Latinoamericano de sexualidades y derechos - Mulabi (Latin American Space of sexualities and rights) in Guadalupe in San Jose, was broken into and valuable items were stolen. The general co-ordinator of the organisation, Ms Natasha Jimenez also lives at the same address. The organisation works on issues related to the sexual and reproductive rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex people.....

2012-02-13T06:47:55+01:00 2012-02-13T06:47:55+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russian_federation_10_feb_2012.php whrd@apwld.org

On 3 February 2012, the district police inspector carried out a search at the home of human rights defender Mrs Stefania Kulaeva, head of the Anti-Discrimination Centre 'Memorial' (ADC 'Memorial'), following a complaint that a brothel was operating at her address, lodged by the murderer of human rights defender Mr Nikolai Girenko. ADC 'Memorial' fights against racism and all forms of discrimination and conducts several projects to defend the rights of Russia's Roma population.....

2012-02-13T06:47:55+01:00 2012-02-13T06:47:55+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/chile_10_feb_2012_lgbti.php whrd@apwld.org

On 2 February 2012, human rights defender Ms Javiera Villareal was attacked and beaten in Santiago by three unidentified assailants after she had distributed condoms as part of a health protection programme. Javiera Villareal is the recently-elected Executive President of Movimiento Trans Nacional (Trans National Movement) and an activist with Movimiento Unitario de Minorias Sexuales Mums (United Movement of Sexual Minorities), both organisations working for the promotion and protection of the rights of transsexual people....

2012-02-10T07:56:42+01:00 2012-02-10T07:56:42+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_8_feb_2012.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Zimbabwe.....

2012-02-10T07:56:42+01:00 2012-02-10T07:56:42+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/tanzania_9_feb_2012_arrest_sixteen.php whrd@apwld.org

On 9 February 2012, sixteen human rights defenders were arrested in Dar es Salaam. Their arrest followed their participation in a peaceful protest against the Government's failure to resolve the ongoing health crisis in the country.....

2012-02-08T05:53:39+01:00 2012-02-08T05:53:39+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_three_alerts_on_the_new_attack.php whrd@apwld.org

Organizations and Human Rights Defenders of Mesoamerica condemn the attack on Norma Esther Andrade's life, founder and president of the organization Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, A.C.....

2012-02-08T05:53:39+01:00 2012-02-08T05:53:39+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/turkmenistan_threats_against_natalia_shabunts.php whrd@apwld.org

On 3 February 2012 a bloodstained sheep's head was put on the apartment door of Mrs Natalia Shabunts in Ashkhabad. Natalia Shabunts is a human rights defender and one of the only journalists who covers sensitive issues and reports on human rights violations in Turkmenistan. She has recently been working on freedom of movement and travel bans imposed on different categories of the population, including civil society activists, in Turkmenistan.....

2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uzbekistan_ongoing_intimidation.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Tatiana Dovlatova and members of her family are being subjected to ongoing intimidation, harassment, threats and continuous surveillance by law enforcement authorities in Uzbekistan following a television broadcast in which she spoke out against the human rights situation in the country. Tatiana Dovlatova is a member of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan, an unregistered organisation which works on human rights issues including torture, access to justice, the right to a fair trial, economic and social rights, and the rights of vulnerable groups in Uzbekistan.....

2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/women_from_around_the_world_condemm.php whrd@apwld.org

The International Civil society Action Network and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders condemn the continuing election-related violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.....

2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russian_federation_campaign_harassment.php whrd@apwld.org

On 16 January 2012, a group of individuals visited the home of children's rights defender Mrs Vera Drobinskaya and attempted to take her seven foster children from her. Vera Drobinskaya has been subjected to a campaign of harassment after denouncing violations of the rights of children living in a home for mentally disabled children in the village of Raznochinovka, in the region of Astrakhan. She is a former neo-natologist and is the legal guardian of seven disabled children, four of whom had been living at the Raznochinovka children's home.....

2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 2012-02-02T08:18:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/honduras_deaths_threats_intimidation.php whrd@apwld.org

On 5 December 2011, human rights defenders and *Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe* (MMPZ) members Ms *Molly Chimhanda *and Messrs *Gilbert Mabusa *and *Fadzai December *were arrested after being requested to present themselves at the Gwanda Police Station to 'answer questions' about a workshop which took place in the area on 24 November 2011.....

2011-12-19T05:23:26+01:00 2011-12-19T05:23:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_pre_trial_detention.php whrd@apwld.org

On 5 December 2011, human rights defenders and *Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe* (MMPZ) members Ms *Molly Chimhanda *and Messrs *Gilbert Mabusa *and *Fadzai December *were arrested after being requested to present themselves at the Gwanda Police Station to 'answer questions' about a workshop which took place in the area on 24 November 2011.....

2011-12-12T06:58:09+01:00 2011-12-12T06:58:09+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_shooting_ms_norma_andrade.php whrd@apwld.org

On 2 December 2011, human rights defender Ms *Norma Andrade* was shot five times in Ciudad Juárez in the State of Chihuahua. She was hospitalised as a result of injuries sustained, and she is reportedly in a stable condition. Norma Andrade is the founder of /*Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa*/ – NHRC (May Our Daughters Return Home). Her human rights work focuses on fighting for justice for the victims of femicide and their families in the State of Chihuahua.....

2011-11-30T03:50:49+01:00 2011-11-30T03:50:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/algeria_arrest_nassima_guiettal.php whrd@apwld.org

On 25 November 2011, at approximately 10 am, human rights defender Ms Nassima Guettal was arrested by the police in Algiers. She was apprehended by police while staging a one-person sit-down protest and hunger strike in the First of May Square, in protest against human rights violations in Algeria, including the recent temporary arbitrary arrest and detention of fellow human rights defender Mr Noureddine Belmouhoub.....

2011-11-22T05:12:08+01:00 2011-11-22T05:12:08+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_house_break-in.php whrd@apwld.org

On 9 November 2011, the home of human rights defenders Ms Jackeline Rojas Castañeda and Mr Juan Carlos Galvis was forcibly entered by two unknown armed individuals. The assailants threatened to kill Jackeline Rojas Castañeda's daughter, then bound and gagged Jackeline Rojas Castañeda, using spray paint to assault her and to deface the house.....

2011-11-14T05:41:05+01:00 2011-11-14T05:41:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/turkey_nov_8_11_sentencing_to_prison.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Turkey.....

2011-11-14T05:41:05+01:00 2011-11-14T05:41:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_8_nov_11_woment_rights_organization.php whrd@apwld.org

On 3 November, there was a raid on the office of Consorcio Oaxaca, a women's rights organization in Oaxaca state, south west Mexico. There is fear for the safety of the staff and concerns that their human rights' work for women could be put at risk . UA: 329/11 Index: AMR 41/071/2011 In the morning of 3 November 2011, the staff of Consorcio Oaxaca (full name Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad Oaxaca A.C.) found that their office had been broken into and equipment had been stolen, including two computers, four memory sticks and two voice recorders. All these contained valuable files of the organisation's work as well as interviews with victims, suggesting those who carried out the raid were seeking information related to the organization's human rights work.....

2011-11-09T02:39:26+01:00 2011-11-09T02:39:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/guatemala_threats_intimidation.php whrd@apwld.org

On 24 and 28 October 2011 respectively, journalist and human rights defender Ms Lucia Carolina Escobar Mejía was subjected to threats, intimidation and false accusations as a result of a series of articles which she authored denouncing what she described as the social cleansing which is being carried out through the Security Commission of Panajachel. This is reported to be carried out by hooded death squads acting as local security juntas.....

2011-11-09T02:39:26+01:00 2011-11-09T02:39:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/bangladesh_harassment_intimidation.php whrd@apwld.org

On 23 October 2011, in the Satkhira District, South-western Bangladesh, human rights defender Ms Shampa Goswami was harassed by a group of men believed to be linked to individuals who were accused of gang raping an elderly woman. Shampa Goswani assisted that woman in May 2011 by visiting her in hospital and giving her moral support. Shampa Goswani is a teacher who has been working with Odhikar on a project on violence against women since early 2011.....

2011-11-03T04:20:46+01:00 2011-11-03T04:20:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/turkey_2_nov_sentencing.php whrd@apwld.org

On 25 October 2011, human rights defenders Buse (Bülent) Kilickaya, Selay (Derya) Tunc and Naz (Burhan) Gudumen were found guilty of the charges of resisting public officials and preventing them from performing their duty and insults.....

2011-10-26T05:26:25+01:00 2011-10-26T05:26:25+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_demand_protection.php whrd@apwld.org

We, the undersigned Mesoamerican and international feminist and human rights organizations, denounce the attempted rape and murder (feminicide) of Ms. Margarita González Carpio, a federal police officer in the Mexican state of Querétaro, by Mr. Salvador Cruz Neri, State Coordinator of the Federal Police in Querétaro.....

2011-10-14T02:50:08+01:00 2011-10-14T02:50:08+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/india_police_raid_the_home.php whrd@apwld.org

On 3 October 2011, the home of human rights defender Ms Kavita Srivastava in Jaipur city, Rajasthan state was raided by sixty police officers from the states of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajendra Singh Shekhawat. Kavita Srivastava is the National General Secretary of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL). PUCL, which was established in 1976, is one of the oldest human rights organisations in India and has the aim of supporting grassroots movements and empowering poor people....

2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_judicial_harassment_aganst.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Zimbabwe. ZWE 004 / 1011 / OBS 116....

2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/china_continued_house_arrest.php whrd@apwld.org

Ms Liu Xia, the wife of human rights defender and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mr Liu Xiaobo, continues to be held under house arrest and largely incommunicado in her home in Beijing, one year after the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to her husband....

2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_unfair_trial_sentencing.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Narges Muhammadi was sentenced to 11 years in prison by Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court on 27 September 2011. She was falsely convicted of a number of offences including the spreading of propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran, supporting the families of political prisoners, and conspiring against national security. Narges Muhammadi is the deputy director of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), and founder and director of the National Peace Council....

2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 2011-10-11T02:59:05+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uzbekistan_arrest_and_detnetion.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defenders Ms Gulshan Karaeva and Mr Nodir Akhatov were arrested and detained on 15 September 2011 as they monitored and documented the use of children who are forced to work in the cotton fields in Karshi town, Kashkadarya province. Gulshan Karaeva and Nodir Akhatov are members of the Karshi branch of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan....

2011-10-04T05:04:37+01:00 2011-10-04T05:04:37+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/tanzania_masesa_bandoma.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Mr Masesa Bandoma is facing fabricated charges of insulting a police officer and disorderly behaviour, and will appear in court on 3 October 2011....

2011-09-02T08:17:01+01:00 2011-09-02T08:17:01+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/kazakhstan_arbitrary_arrest.php whrd@apwld.org

On 8 September 2011, human rights defender and labour rights leader, Ms Natalya Azhigalieva, was arbitrarily arrested in Zhanaozen and subsequently sentenced to 15 days of administrative detention following a short trial which was held in camera on that same day.....

2011-09-02T02:24:52+01:00 2011-09-02T02:24:52+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/sierra_leone_break_in.php whrd@apwld.org

The office of the Women's Centre for Good Governance and Human Rights(WOCEGAR) was broken into during the night between 28 and 29 August 2011. All their office equipment and documents were stolen or damaged.....

2011-08-30T07:38:47+01:00 2011-08-30T07:38:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/india_shehla_masood_shot_dead.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender and environmentalist, Ms Shehla Masood was shot dead outside her home in the locality of Koh-e-Fiza, Bhopal city, in Madhya Pradesh state by an unidentified gunman on 16 August 2011. Shehla Masood investigated violations of environmental rights carried out by companies involved in illegal poaching, diamond mining, and the timber industry.....

2011-08-15T02:23:18+01:00 2011-08-15T02:23:18+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russian_judicial_harassment.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Sapiyat Magomedova was charged with committing two criminal offences on 27 July 2011, relating to a complaint lodged against her by police officers alleging that she assaulted and insulted them in June 2010. A travel ban was also imposed on the human rights defenderas a result of the criminal investigation.....

2011-07-25T07:03:23+01:00 2011-07-25T07:03:23+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_women_human_rights_held_despite.php whrd@apwld.org

Women's rights activist Maryam Bahreman remains in detention despite an order from the Prosecutor 's office in Shiraz to release her on bail at the start of July . Amnesty International considers her to be a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of her rights to freedom of expression and association.....

2011-07-07T02:57:12+01:00 2011-07-07T02:57:12+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_ms_mahnaz_mohammadi.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender and filmmaker, Ms Mahnaz Mohammadi was arrested at her home in Tehran, on 26 June 2011, by agents believed to from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Ms Mohammadi, who is currently being held at Evin Prison, Tehran, has been denied access to her family and a lawyer since her arrest. Ms Mohammadi is a prominent human rights defender and filmmaker who uses film as a tool to advocate for greater respect for women's rights in Iran.....

2011-06-30T03:27:07+01:00 2011-06-30T03:27:07+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_attemppted_break.php whrd@apwld.org

On 24 June 2011 an attempted break-in was reported at the offices of the human rights organisation /*Justicia para Nuestras Hijas*/(Justice for our daughters) in Chihuahua City, Chihuahua State. The attempted break-in occurred just hours after Ms *Norma Ledezma*, the general co-ordinator of the group, took part in a public dialogue with President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.....

2011-06-30T03:27:07+01:00 2011-06-30T03:27:07+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_suspected_poisoning.php whrd@apwld.org

Members of *Women of Zimbabwe Arise* (WOZA) were rushed to hospital with symptoms of poisoning following a visit to a property used for WOZA meetings in Suburbs, Bulawayo on 22 June 2011. The property had been vacated the previous day by the Zimbabwe Republic Police under the terms of an order of the High Court of Bulawayo of 20 June 2011, after a 12-day occupation.....

2011-06-21T02:26:18+01:00 2011-06-21T02:26:18+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/nepal_mysterious_deat_9years.php whrd@apwld.org

The National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders is shocked at the mysterious death of 9 year old, Dipshika Oli, daughter of Kaushila Singh Thakuri, chairperson of Women Human Rights Defenders Network, Bardiya district.....

2011-06-14T04:10:12+01:00 2011-06-14T04:10:12+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iraq_women_from_around_the_world.php whrd@apwld.org

We, feminist activists from 12 countries, stand in support of our sisters and brothers peacefully demonstrating for basic rights in Baghdad's Tahrir Square.....

2011-06-14T04:10:12+01:00 2011-06-14T04:10:12+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/guatemala_asesinato_de_la_defensora.php whrd@apwld.org

Front Line lamenta profundamente el asesinato de la defensora de derechos humanos, *María Margarita Chub Che*, el 4 de junio de 2011. María Margarita Chub Che era una lideresa de la comunidad en Parana, en el municipio de Ponzós, que había participado en el Consejo de Comunidades del Polochic y que trabajó activamente en la búsqueda de la verdad y la justicia en crímenes del pasado.....

2011-06-10T03:20:27+01:00 2011-06-10T03:20:27+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/china_human_rights_zeng_jinyan.php whrd@apwld.org

On 7 June 2011 at approximately 12pm, human rights defender Ms *Zeng Jinyan*received a phone call from her landlady asking her to immediately vacate the apartment in which she is living with her three year old daughter in Yantian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province.....

2011-06-06T06:46:44+01:00 2011-06-06T06:46:44+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/peru_outrage_at_threats.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition is outraged to learn about the violence and threats against women's organizations during the presidential election process in Peru.....

2011-06-06T06:28:57+01:00 2011-06-06T06:28:57+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/amcav_christian_mothers.php whrd@apwld.org

DRC: Break in at the office of Association des Mamans Chrétiennes pour I' Assistance aux Vulnérable – AMCAV (Christian Mothers' Association for Assisting the Vulnerable)*.....

2011-06-03T02:43:50+01:00 2011-06-03T02:43:50+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/peru_harassment_intimidation.php whrd@apwld.org

La defensora de derechos humanos *Benicia Chinchay Mulatillo* ha sido víctima de actos continuados de intimidación y acoso en las proximidades de su vivienda, en Santa Rosa de Suyo, Perú, por parte de individuos presuntamente implicados en el asesinato de su esposo.....

2011-05-30T03:09:58+01:00 2011-05-30T03:09:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/saudi_arabia_wluml.php whrd@apwld.org

The international solidarity network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) calls for the immediate release of Manal Al-Sharif.....

2011-05-27T02:46:01+01:00 2011-05-27T02:46:01+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russia_authorities_banned.php whrd@apwld.org

Authorities in Moscow have banned a demonstration in support of tolerance and respect for rights and freedoms of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender) community....

2011-05-26T03:08:00+01:00 2011-05-26T03:08:00+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_amenazas_de_muerte_contra.php whrd@apwld.org

La defensora de derechos humanos Candelaria Barrios Acosta recibió una amenaza de muerte el 20 de mayo de 2011. Candelaria Barrios Acosta es miembro del Capítulo Sucre del Movimiento de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado (MOVICE) y hermana de Jesús Barrios Acosta, quién fue asesinado por estructuras paramilitares el 15 de noviembre de 2006. .

2011-05-26T03:08:00+01:00 2011-05-26T03:08:00+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/belarus_suspended_sentencing.php whrd@apwld.org

On 16 May 2011, the court of Zavodskoy district of Minsk found human rights journalist Ms Iryna Khalip guilty of violating part 1 of Article 342 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (taking part or organising the actions that violate public order) and sentenced her to 2 years in a penal colony.

2011-05-18T03:44:13+01:00 2011-05-18T03:44:13+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/egypt_death_threat_nehad.php whrd@apwld.org

On 2 May 2011, human rights defender and lawyer Ms Nehad Abu-al-Qumsan received an abusive letter threatening her with death should she continue with her campaign for women's rights. Nehad Abu-al-Qumsan is the Chairwoman of the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights and is currently campaigning for the reform of family laws in Egypt.

2011-05-18T03:44:13+01:00 2011-05-18T03:44:13+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/observatory_iran_arbitrary.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Iran.

2011-05-13T03:49:45+01:00 2011-05-13T03:49:45+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_repudio.php whrd@apwld.org

Ginebra-Paris, 6 de mayo de 2011. El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), condena el asesinato del Sr.

2011-05-05T04:31:12+01:00 2011-05-05T04:31:12+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/arab_region_statement.php whrd@apwld.org

The Arab region is witnessing massive protests in various countries claiming the long quest of the citizens for a new relationship between state and the citizen that builds on promotion, protection and respect to their fundamental freedoms and human rights, establishment and active participation in democratic governance, that overcomes corruption, nepotism, lack of accountability and transparency.

2011-04-25T03:42:40+01:00 2011-04-25T03:42:40+01:00 Thailand- harassment and intimidation of human rights defender Ms Yaena Salaemae whrd@apwld.org

On 19 April 2011 the home of human rights defender Ms Yaena Salaemae was surrounded and searched by police and army officers in the Tak Bai District in Southern Thailand....

2011-04-25T03:42:40+01:00 2011-04-25T03:42:40+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/front_line_colombia_attempted_forced.php whrd@apwld.org

El 14 abril de 2011 el domicilio de la defensora de derechos humanos y activista de derechos a la tierra, Sra. Zoraida Hernández Pedraza, fue objeto de un intento de ingreso forzado, perpetrado por dos hombres no identificados en momentos en que ella se encontraba en compañía de su familia....

2011-04-25T02:48:03+01:00 2011-04-25T02:48:03+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/front_line_belarus_denial_entry.php whrd@apwld.org

On 20 April 2011, Ukrainian human rights defender Ms Marina Tsapok was denied entry into Belarus. Marina Tsapok is a member of the International Observation Mission of the Committee on International Control over the Situation with Human Rights in Belarus - a coalition of over 40 NGOs from across the OSCE region, and head of Kiev Information Centre of the same committee....

2011-04-11T02:46:36+01:00 2011-04-11T02:46:36+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/egypt_virginity_tests.php whrd@apwld.org

23 March 2011 Amnesty International has today called on the Egyptian authorities to investigate serious allegations of torture, including forced 'virginity tests', inflicted by the army on women protesters arrested in Tahrir Square earlier this month.....

2011-04-05T02:09:10+01:00 2011-04-05T02:09:10+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/libya_victim_rape_iman_al_obeidi.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) international solidarity network joins other human rights organizations and civil society groups calling for the Libyan authorities to immediately release 29 year-old lawyer and defender of women's human rights, Iman Al-Obeidi....

2011-04-01T04:12:16+01:00 2011-04-01T04:12:16+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/front_line_honduras_assault_judicial.php whrd@apwld.org

El 28 de marzo de 2011, la defensora de los derechos humanos Miriam Miranda Chamorro fue detenida durante 10 horas y media por las autoridades en el municipio de Tela, Honduras.....

2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/lobservatoire_pour_la_protection.php whrd@apwld.org

L'Observatoire pour la protection des défenseurs des droits de l'Homme, programme conjoint de l'Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT) et de la Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme (FIDH), vous prie d’intervenir de toute urgence sur la situation suivante en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).....

2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/front_line_mexico_killing_of_withness.php whrd@apwld.org

Mexico - Killing of witness in the murder case of daughter of human rights defender Ms Marisela Escobedo Ortiz....

2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_asesinato_del.php whrd@apwld.org

El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), solicita su intervención URGENTE ante la siguiente situación en Colombia.....

2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 2011-03-25T03:51:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/international_secretariat_omct.php whrd@apwld.org

New information The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source that Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mr. Mehdi Karroubi, two opposition leaders....

2011-03-24T03:53:56+01:00 2011-03-24T03:53:56+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/joint_statement_adefho.php whrd@apwld.org

Alice Nkom is a well known Human Rights lawyer in Cameroon and fear is mounting that she may be detained.....

2011-03-02T06:45:40+01:00 2011-03-02T06:45:40+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/morocco_physical_assault.php whrd@apwld.org

On 26 February 2011, human rights defender Ms Buthaina Amina Elmakoudi was physically assaulted while taking part in a peaceful protest in Agadir, Morocco.....

2011-02-25T05:06:07+01:00 2011-02-25T05:06:07+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russian_failure_investigate.php whrd@apwld.org

The period of investigation into the physical assault by police of human rights defender Ms Sapiyat Magomedova in June 2010 has reportedly been prolonged until March 2011.....

2011-02-25T05:06:07+01:00 2011-02-25T05:06:07+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/serbia_stiqmatisation.php whrd@apwld.org

On 14 February 2011, the Serbian daily newspaper Danas published an article stigmatising human rights defender Ms Aida Ćorović. Aida Ćorović is a well known human rights figure in Sanjak and director of the citizens' organisation Urban-In.....

2011-02-24T04:28:57+01:00 2011-02-24T04:28:57+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_fire_at_home.php whrd@apwld.org

On 16 February 2011, the home of human rights defender Ms Malú García Andrade was set fire to, reportedly by armed men, as she attended a hunger-strike and protest in front of the offices of the Chihuahua State Attorney General in Júarez. Malú García Andrade is President of the organisation Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa – NHRC (May Our Daughters Return Home).....

2011-02-21T03:18:58+01:00 2011-02-21T03:18:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/yemen_severse_assault.php whrd@apwld.org

On 13 February 2011, human rights journalist Ms Samia Alagbry was reportedly subjected to an abduction attempt and physical assault while participating in a demonstration in Sana'a.....

2011-02-21T03:18:58+01:00 2011-02-21T03:18:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/threats_physical_assault.php whrd@apwld.org

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) received information on the brutal attack and threats by local money lenders against Ms. Sunita Devi, a Dalit widow and woman human rights defender from Bihar.....

2011-02-16T03:34:26+01:00 2011-02-16T03:34:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_death_threats_guadalupe_calzada.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Guadalupe Calzada continues to face serious risks as a result of her position as founder and Coordinator of the Albergue San Juan Diego in Lechería, Mexico State, Mexico, despite receiving police protection following previous threats to her security.....

2011-02-16T03:34:26+01:00 2011-02-16T03:34:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/yemen_severe_assault.php whrd@apwld.org

On 13 February 2011, human rights journalist Ms Samia Alagbry was reportedly subjected to an abduction attempt and physical assault while participating in a demonstration in Sana'a.....

2011-02-10T02:45:33+01:00 2011-02-10T02:45:33+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/turkey_pinar_selek.php whrd@apwld.org

Paris-Geneva, February 9, 2011. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)....

2011-01-28T03:36:46+01:00 2011-01-28T03:36:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/uganda_avid_kato.php whrd@apwld.org

Front Line is deeply saddened by the news of the killing of David Kato. David was a very active human rights defender with Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), working for the respect of the dignity and rights of LGBTI people.....

2011-01-25T04:39:14+01:00 2011-01-25T04:39:14+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf/006_MEX_002_0111_OBS_006.pdf whrd@apwld.org

El Observatorio para la Protección de los Defensores de Derechos Humanos, programa conjunto de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) y de la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (FIDH), solicita su intervención urgente ante la siguiente situación en México.....

2011-01-24T07:54:44+01:00 2011-01-24T07:54:44+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/murder_whrd_mexico.php whrd@apwld.org

To the Ambassador of Mexico in the Philippines: As advocates for women's human rights, community health rights, and an end to sexual and gender violence, we, the undersigned members and allies of the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) denounce the ongoing brutal killings and gendered violence directed at the women's rights advocates living in the communities of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.....

2011-01-21T04:28:20+01:00 2011-01-21T04:28:20+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/cameroon_stiqmatisation.php whrd@apwld.org

Sunday 9 January 2011, the TV programme Canal Plus broadcast an interview with the technical advisor to the Minister of Communications, who referred to the possibility that human rights defender.....

2010-12-24T02:20:53+01:00 2010-12-24T02:20:53+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/statement_marisela.php whrd@apwld.org

Statement to denounce the killing of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz and the violations against women human rights defenders demanding for justice and accountability for femicide victims in Mexico.....

2010-12-20T08:11:37+01:00 2010-12-20T08:11:37+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_nobel_laureate.php whrd@apwld.org

(17 December 2010) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi announced a sit-in in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today to demand the release of her embattled colleague in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh. The sit-in will start on 20 December.....

2010-12-20T06:40:46+01:00 2010-12-20T06:40:46+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_amenazas_de_muerte.php whrd@apwld.org

On 10 December 2010, human rights defenders Ms Martha Lucia Giraldo, Ms Cristina Castro, Ms Berenice Celeyta and Ms Aida Quilcue received numerous death threats following a public event held in Valle de Cauca to mark the 61 anniversary of International Human Rights Day.....

2010-12-14T03:04:10+01:00 2010-12-14T03:04:10+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_death_threats.php whrd@apwld.org

On 28 November 2010, human rights defenders Mr Cuauhtemoc Ramirez Rodriguez and Ms Obtilia Eugenio Manuel received death threats against them and family members, when a letter containing the threats was left at the defenders' residence. Both human rights defenders work for the Organizacion del Pueblo Indigena Me'phaa - OPIM (Me'phaa Indigenous People's Organisation)......

2010-12-14T03:04:10+01:00 2010-12-14T03:04:10+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_nasrin_sotoudeh.php whrd@apwld.org

Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer and women's rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh is on hunger strike for the third time, her husband has told RFE/RL's Radio Farda......

2010-12-14T02:16:09+01:00 2010-12-14T02:16:09+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/human_rights_day_2010.php whrd@apwld.org

Human Rights Day 2010 on 10 December recognizes the work of human rights defenders worldwide who act to end discrimination. Acting alone or in groups within their communities, every day human rights defenders work to end discrimination by campaigning for equitable and effective laws, reporting and investigating human rights violations and supporting victims......

2010-12-01T02:15:06+01:00 2010-12-01T02:15:06+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/fyi_nasrin.php whrd@apwld.org

Call for the Iranian authorities to release Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers defending women's rights detained arbitrarily......

2010-11-30T03:41:43+01:00 2010-11-30T03:41:43+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_navid_mohebbi.php whrd@apwld.org

On 14 November 2010, human rights defender and blogger Mr Navid Mohebbi, aged 18 years, was tried in a private court sitting of a revolutionary court in the city of Amol, Mazandaran Province, on charges relating to his activities as a human rights defender.......

2010-11-30T03:41:43+01:00 2010-11-30T03:41:43+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/jamaica_lgbt.php whrd@apwld.org

On 16 November 2010, the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) were refused permission to hold a meeting on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.......

2010-11-29T04:53:52+01:00 2010-11-29T04:53:52+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/ukraine_violent_attack.php whrd@apwld.org

On 20 November 2010, a peaceful gathering jointly organised by NGO Insight and the Visual Cultural Centre to mark Transgender Day of Remembrance in Kiev was attacked by a number of unknown persons.......

2010-11-29T03:27:04+01:00 2010-11-29T03:27:04+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mexico_death_threats_against.php whrd@apwld.org

On 24 November 2010, Ms Margarita Guadalupe Martinez Martinez, the wife of human rights defender Mr Adolfo Guzman Ordaz, again received death threats from unknown individuals after being intercepted on a public street in the city of San Cristobal de Las Casas as she walked unaccompanied by her security guard.......

2010-11-19T04:10:54+01:00 2010-11-19T04:10:54+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/colombia_carolina_rubio.php whrd@apwld.org

On 16 November 2010, human rights defender Ms Carolina Rubio Esguerra was detained by members of the Seccional de Investigacion Criminal - SIJIN (Criminal Investigation Unit) in Bucaramanga City, Colombia, and is currently being held at the SIJIN Headquarters.......

2010-11-15T05:28:29+01:00 2010-11-15T05:28:29+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/sudan_nine_darfuri.php whrd@apwld.org

On 29 October 2010 between 4pm and 4.30pm eight Darfuri human rights defenders were arrested in Khartoum, Sudan. In a similar incident on 3 November another human rights defender was arrested.......

2010-11-15T05:23:47+01:00 2010-11-15T05:23:47+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russia_attack_lgbti.php whrd@apwld.org

On 30 October 2010, at approximately 3pm, five human rights defenders were attacked in the city of Tomsk by a group of eight people while participating in an LGBTI demonstration. The names of the human rights defenders are being withheld for personal security reasons........

2010-11-15T05:22:36+01:00 2010-11-15T05:22:36+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/cal_application.php whrd@apwld.org

Call to denounce the rejection of the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) Application for Observer Status by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)........

2010-11-08T08:34:07+01:00 2010-11-08T08:34:07+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/honduras_armed_gang.php whrd@apwld.org

Women human rights defenders working with the Asociacion para una sociedad mas justa - ASJ (Association for a more just society) have been threatened at gunpoint in two separate incidents in the past number of weeks........

2010-10-28T03:08:49+01:00 2010-10-28T03:08:49+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/afspa_10_year_hunger.php whrd@apwld.org

We, the undersigned human rights NGOs, human rights defenders, and women human rights defenders, celebrate Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila's unwavering courage for standing as a voice for thousands of voiceless people demanding to repeal the Armed Forced Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA). Her 10-year fasting symbolizes the journey of the people of Manipur and other areas of Northeast India for genuine peace and freedom from violence........

2010-10-21T03:05:07+01:00 2010-10-21T03:05:07+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/call_for_immediate_gambian.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD IC) is shocked to learn of the arrests of our colleagues Dr. Isatou Touray and Ms. Amie Bojang-Sissoho on Monday, October 11, 2010 in the Gambia.........

2010-10-21T02:31:56+01:00 2010-10-21T02:31:56+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/turkey_drop_charges_against.php whrd@apwld.org

(New York, October 12, 2010) - Prosecutors should investigate the attacks against five transgender rights activists by police in Ankara and drop all charges against the activists, five human rights organizations said today.........

2010-10-18T09:41:57+01:00 2010-10-18T09:41:57+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/gambia_whrd_ic_shocked.php whrd@apwld.org

The Women Human Rights Defenders' International Coalition (WHRD IC) is shocked to learn of the arrests of our colleagues Dr. Isatou Touray and Ms. Amie Bojang-Sissoho on Monday, October 11, 2010 in the Gambia.........

2010-10-18T04:31:24+01:00 2010-10-18T04:31:24+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf/APWLD_Statement_Demanding_the_Release_of_the_Morong_43.pdf whrd@apwld.org

The Philippines - Aquino's Credibility and Philippine Rule of Law will Crumble without Immediate Action on the Morong 43........

2010-10-15T10:06:57+01:00 2010-10-15T10:06:57+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/gambia_isatou_touray.php whrd@apwld.org

Gambia: Women's rights defenders Isatou Touray and Amie Bojang-Sissoho arrested and detained without charge WLUML Statement on the Arrest of Women's Human Rights Defenders in the Gambia, Dr. Isatou Touray and Ms. Amie Bojang-Sissoho.........

2010-08-20T09:41:50+01:00 2010-08-20T09:41:50+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/cirstina_palabay.php whrd@apwld.org

WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS APPEAL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF NURSING MOTHER AND HER THREE-WEEK OLD BABY Tanggol Bai, an association of women human rights defenders, today called for the immediate release of Carina 'Judilyn' Oliveros and her three-weeks old baby from detention, after their recent transfer from the Philippine General Hospital to detention facilities in Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig yesterday.........

2010-08-11T02:43:53+01:00 2010-08-11T02:43:53+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mohammad_mastafaie_seeks.php whrd@apwld.org

Since our last update on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, and her former attorney Mohammad Mostafaei, there have been a few important developments: Mostafaei, who had fled to Turkey after the arrest of his wife and brother in-law in Tehran, was arrested by the Turkish authorities and placed in a detention centre.........

2010-08-06T02:16:44+01:00 2010-08-06T02:16:44+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/mohammad_mastafaie.php whrd@apwld.org

Dear friends, Mohammad Mostafaie, a human rights defender and lawyer of Sakineh Ashtiani, the woman whose sentence to death by stoning in Iran recieved worldwide public attention, has been arrested and detained by Turkish authorities. On 24 July 2010, his wife, Fereshteh Halimi, and brother in law, Farhad Halimi, were arrested and are now detained at the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. Prior to their arrest, Mostafaie was invited for interrogation and subsequently released by the police but was immediately ordered to be arrested again. .........

2010-07-30T07:14:13+01:00 2010-07-30T07:14:13+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_update_sakineh.php whrd@apwld.org

The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women (SKSW Campaign) and Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) are seriously concerned about the reported arrest of the wife and brother-in-law of human rights lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei.........

2010-07-22T08:14:10+01:00 2010-07-22T08:14:10+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/honduras_death_threats.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms *Gladys Lanza* , Coordinator of the Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz Visitacion Padilla (Honduran Women's Committee for Peace 'Visitacion Padilla') has been subjected to death threats and intimidation The Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz Visitacion Padilla is a collective of women human rights defenders from across Honduras who work on issues such as gender violence and women's participation in public life, in addition to advocating for democracy and human rights in Honduras.........

2010-07-19T02:47:16+01:00 2010-07-19T02:47:16+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/guatemala_attempted.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Deodora Antonia Hernandez Cinto (Dona Maria) has been shot in the head in an assassination attempt on 7 July 2010. Deodora Antonia Hernandez Cinto is a member of the Asociacion para el Desarrollo de San Miguel Ixtahuacan ADISMI (Development Association of San Miguel Ixtahuacan) and has previously received threats as a result of the Associations opposition of the mining activities being carried out in the municipality by the Montana Mining Company. The Marlin mine is owned by Montana Explorada de Guatemala, S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldcorp Inc........

2010-07-19T02:47:16+01:00 2010-07-19T02:47:16+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/yemen_increasing_harassment.php whrd@apwld.org

Since March 2010, human rights defender Ms Afrah Sa'eed has been subjected to increasingly serious harassment and intimidation because of her work in defence of others. Afrah Sa'eed is the Secretary General of the Arab Foundation for the Support of Women and Juveniles and the information coordinator at the Yemeni Organization for the Defense of Democratic Rights and Freedom.......

2010-07-08T03:30:26+01:00 2010-07-08T03:30:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_halt_execution_zeynab.php whrd@apwld.org

Geneva, 1 July 2010. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by reliable sources of the imminent execution of Ms. Zeynab Jalalian, a 27 years old Kurdish political prisoner, who was arrested in 2007 and sentenced to death for 'enmity against God' in January 2009, after having been accused of connections with Kurdish opposition groups. OMCT calls upon the Iranian Judiciary to immediately suspend the execution sentence of Ms. Zeynab Jalalian as well as halt all executions in Iran. .......

2010-07-08T03:30:26+01:00 2010-07-08T03:30:26+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/the_observatory_iran_nargess.php whrd@apwld.org

Paris-Geneva, July 2, 2010. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), welcomes the release of Ms. Nargess Mohammadi, Vice-President of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC).......

2010-07-05T03:43:43+01:00 2010-07-05T03:43:43+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_female_political.php whrd@apwld.org

Call on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Urge Suspension of Executions (28 June 2010) The Iranian Judiciary should immediately suspend all execution sentences of political prisoners and initiate a thorough and independent review of these cases, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today........

2010-07-05T03:43:43+01:00 2010-07-05T03:43:43+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/kyrgyzstan_interrogation.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defenders Ms Tolekan Ismailova and Ms Aziza Abdirasulova have been subjected to interrogation and intimidation in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, following their activities monitoring the human rights situation in southern Kyrgyzstan in the wake of inter-ethnic fighting.......

2010-06-23T02:53:25+01:00 2010-06-23T02:53:25+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/india_hazari_lal_jatolia.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Mr Hazari Lal Jatolia was excommunicated by the caste council, Akhil Mewar Regar Samaj Mahasabha, in Rajasthan on 12 June 2010 as a result of his work protecting the rights of women. Hazari Lal Jatolia has worked actively with Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Foundation) amongst other human rights organisations.......

2010-06-23T02:53:25+01:00 2010-06-23T02:53:25+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russian_federation_assault_sapiyat.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights lawyer Ms Sapiyat Magomedova was severely beaten at Khasavyurt police station in Dagestan on 17 June 2010. Sapiyat Magomedova is a lawyer at Omarov and Partners, a law firm known for its strident defence of human rights.......

2010-06-16T03:22:13+01:00 2010-06-16T03:22:13+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_revolutionary.php whrd@apwld.org

Shortly after the disputed presidential elections on 12 June 2009, Shiva Nazar Ahari, a young human rights activist and a member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), was arrested and kept for months in solitary confinement and subjected to extreme methods of interrogation......

2010-06-15T02:20:55+01:00 2010-06-15T02:20:55+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_attack_against.php whrd@apwld.org

Paris-Geneva, June 11, 2010. The Observatory for the human rights defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its deepest concern following the recent attacks against human rights defenders on the eve of the presidential elections anniversary.....

2010-06-14T03:08:19+01:00 2010-06-14T03:08:19+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/zimbabwe_judicial_harassment.php whrd@apwld.org

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Zimbabwe. ....

2010-06-14T03:08:19+01:00 2010-06-14T03:08:19+01:00 http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/2537/action whrd@apwld.org

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2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/russian_federation_criminal.php whrd@apwld.org

The formal pre-hearing in the trial of human rights defender Ms Anastasia Denisova will take place on 22 March 2010 at 10 am. Anastasia Denisova has been charged with the "illegal use of non-licensed software by a person in an official position" and the "creation of computer malware". If found guilty of these charges, she could face up to nine years in prison and a fine of up to 700,000 Rubles (approximately 17,400 Euro). Anastasia Denisova is the president of the Youth Group for Tolerance "ETHnICS" (YGT "ETHnICS"), a member of the Coordinating Council of the International Youth Human Rights Movement, an employee of Human Rights Centre "Memorial", and co-coordinator of the "Green Alternative" group in the region of Krasnodar. YGT "ETHnICS" monitors manifestations of xenophobia and the situation of ethnic minorities in the Krasnodar region. Front Line previously issued an appeal in relation to the intimidation and harassment of Anastasia Denisova on 20 October 2009....

2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/iran_arrest_detention.php whrd@apwld.org

Human rights defender Ms Mahboubeh Karami was arrested on 2 March 2010. Mahboubeh Karami is a member of the One Million Signature Campaign, a movement which aims to end discriminatory laws against women in Iran. Front Line previously issued an appeal in relation to the arrest and detention of Mahboubeh Karami on 2 April 2009...

2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/guatemala_break_kn_threats.php whrd@apwld.org

The home of human rights defender Ms Erenia Vanegas was broken into on 5 March 2010 and the car of Ms Claudia Samayoa was tampered with in an attempt to cause an accident on 2 February 2010. Erenia Vanegas is an investigator with the Unidad de Proteccion de Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos Guatemala – UDEFEGUA (Unit for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Guatamala) and Claudia Samayoa is the coordinator of the same organisation....

2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 2010-06-07T07:20:58+01:00 http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/honduras_murder.php whrd@apwld.org

The daughter of human rights defender Mr Pedro Brizuela, Ms Claudia Larissa Brizuela, was murdered on 24 February 2010. Pedro Brizuela is a member of the Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular FNRP (National Popular Resistance Front). Claudia Larissa Brizuela was also a FNRP supporter. The FNRP is a pro democracy movement which actively denounces human rights violations under the new de facto government, including acts of violence and aggression carried out against people involved in peaceful protests against the coup d'etat of June 2009...