David Ravelo is freed after nearly seven years in prison
Colombian human rights defender David Ravelo Crespo left prison on 20th June 2017. As reported by Peace Brigades International (PBI), Ravelo was detained and incarcerated on 14th September 2010, accused of being the intellectual author of the 1991 murder of David Núñez Cala, a civil servant from Barrancabermeja. On 5th December 2012, the Specialised Criminal […]
Joint Statement: EU/US: Sanction Senior DR Congo Officials
Urgent Action Needed to Deter Large-Scale Violence, Repression (Kinshasa), 9 December 2016 – The European Union and United States should expand targeted sanctions against those most responsible for recent violent repression and other serious human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a coalition of 72 Congolese and 15 international human rights organizations said […]
Indonesia: Open Letter to the President Regarding the Criminalisation of Haris Azhar
Photo Credit: ANTARA/Widodo S. Jusuf / Tempo.co In an open letter to the President of Indonesia, NGOs stand in solidarity to request that the government drop the defamation charges against human rights defender Haris Azhar. Mr. Haris Azhar, Executive Coordinator at KontraS, the Commission for “The Disappeared” and Victims of Violence was reported on 3 […]
Joint Statement: Human Rights Defenders Are Not Criminals
Brussels, November 29, 2016 – “Human rights defenders worldwide are regularly subjected to harassment and trumped-up criminal charges aiming at paralyzing, intimidating and delegitimizing their human rights activities. They face difficulties carrying out their work in increasingly restrictive legislative and administrative environments denying the right to freedoms of association, expression, and peaceful assembly. Licences of human […]
UPDATE: Press freedom advocates call on Thailand to protect Thai PBS and journalists
UPDATE (November 16, 2016): The Criminal Court dismissed the criminal defamation complaint against Thai PBS and its reporters The Court cited that the Thai PBS has carried out its duty in good faith, covering the issues of natural resources and the environment which affected the quality of lives of the people and, therefore, a matter […]
Cambodia: Support and solidarity for the five detained HRDs
Together with 53 others organisations, Protection International is calling for support and solidarity for the 5 Cambodian human rights defenders who have been detained since 28 April 2016. Senior staff senior staff members from the NGO Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Mr. Ny Sokha, Mr. Yi Soksan, Mr. Nay Vanda and Ms. […]
Projection de “Les gouttes qui fissurent la roche” – Bruxelles, 10 mai
Pendant les 60 minutes des “Gouttes qui fissurent la roche”, le public aura l’occasion de découvrir les cas emblématiques du Collectif d’Avocats et Avocates José Alvear Restrepo, en passant par les disparus, les exécutés et torturés des faits du Palais de Justice en 1985 jusqu’à la dérive criminelle du DAS (ancien service secret colombien) pendant l’administration […]