One of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defenders, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is serving a life sentence for his human rights work, has protested unfair prison regulations. We, the undersigned, call …
Human Rights Council should act to end reprisals against human rights defenders for cooperating with the UN
Human Rights Council 28th session GENERAL DEBATE, ITEM 5 March 18, 2015 Speaker: Michael Ineichen – check against delivery 8 regional and international NGOs: Human Rights Council should act to …
Escalating reprisals against human rights defenders
Moataz El Fegiery Prominent young activists are in jail, stigmatization of human rights defenders has increased and further legal measures against human rights groups are expected. One could hardly be …
Call for sustained engagement to secure consistent and coordinated UN action against reprisals
To: Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Cc: Chair of the Council Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) Member State representatives to COHOM All EU Member States’ Permanent …
CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN
Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) released a report entitled “Cut off from the World: Systematic Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf …
Bahrain: Reprisals and intimidation against human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati must end immediately
Geneva – The government of Bahrain must ensure threats against human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati are stopped immediately. After tweeting that he was in Geneva attending the 21st session of …
Reprisals against human rights defenders – next steps
Human Rights Council General Debate Item 5 – 17 September 2012 Check against delivery. This is a joint statement on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), …
CIHRS addresses reprisals against activists in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for cooperating with the UN
Yesterday, Thursday September 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) delivered an oral statement before the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council, currently convening in Geneva. The intervention was …
The Cairo Institute addresses reprisals against Saudi rights defenders before the UN Human Rights Council
Thank you Madam President, As encouraged by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 18/118, we wish to address the topic of reprisals against individuals and groups following their cooperation …
Side Event / Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the UN: Towards a Strengthened Institutional Response
Reprisals against Persons Cooperating with the UN: Towards a Strengthened Institutional Response Side Event during the UN Human Rights Council’s 16th Session Wednesday, 16 March 2011 Organised by …