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Indigenous people protest, Brazil 2016
15 يونيو / حزيران 2016

Brazil: One Step Forward, Many Steps Back

By Renata Oliveira, Former Front Line Defenders Research & Training Fellow for the Americas

At the end of April, my last activity with Front Line Defenders was to accompany Brazilian human rights defender and indigenous leader Tonico Benites to Brussels. Tonico had the chance to meet with several policymakers and diplomats to discuss the challenges faced by indigenous persons in Brazil, particularly his group, the Guarani-Kaiowás. As a Brazilian who comes from a state that has practically decimated its native population, I thought I already knew how bad the situation was.

الحقوق 
#الحُقُوقُ البِيئيّة #حُقُوقُ الشُّعوب الَأصلِيَّة #حَقُّ الأرض
الإنتهاكات 
#القَتلُ #التَّهدِيد / التَّخويِف
المَناطق 
#Brazil
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Andrew Anderson's Blog
andrew Anderson and Andrea Rocca meeting Issa Amro in Hebron
9 يونيو / حزيران 2016

Non-violent protest under attack in Palestine and Israel

By أندرو أندرسون

I returned last week from a visit to Palestine and Israel. Over six days my colleague and I met with brilliant, tenacious, creative and brave human rights defenders who work non-violently on behalf of others in the brutally occupied West Bank or in an increasingly hostile Israel. We were not allowed access to meet with beleaguered human rights defenders in Gaza.

الحقوق 
#حُرِّيةُ التَّعبِير #الاحتِجَاج / التَّجمُّع #تَقرِيرُ المَصِير
الإنتهاكات 
#التشهير #الاعتِقالُ / التَّوقِيفُ / السِّجنُ
المَناطق 
#إسرائيل #الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة
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Mary Lawlor's Blog
Dawit Isaak
27 مايو / أيار 2016

Eritrea: little cause for celebration

By Mary Lawlor

Last week the government and people of Eritrea celebrated 25 years since independence. No one can deny the courage, resilience and sacrifice of those Eritreans who fought for the independence of their country, yet sadly this very fact prompts the question as to what exactly there is to celebrate 25 years on.

الحقوق 
#حُرِّيةُ التّجمُّع وتَكوِين الجَمعيّات #حُرِّيةُ التَّعبِير
الإنتهاكات 
#القَتلُ #التَّعذِيب / سُوءُ المُعَامَلَة
المَناطق 
#Eritrea
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Mary Lawlor's Blog
Zainab Al Khawaja
24 مايو / أيار 2016

البحرين بحاجة إلى إصلاح، وليس إلى وعودٍ فارغة

عبد الهادي، له سنتان من العمر ويجري حاليا احتجازه مع والدته زينب الخواجة في سجن مدينة عيسى للنساء في البحرين. زينب هي إحدى المدافعات البارزات عن حقوق الإنسان في البحرين. تواجه ثلاث سنوات وشهر واحد في السجن بعدة تهم، من بينها "تخريب ممتلكات عامة"، وذلك لممارستها حقها في حرية التعبير عبر تمزيق صور (الملك) حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة.

الحقوق 
#الحُقُوق المدنيّة والسّياسيّة #الإِفلات مِن العِقاب / العَدَالَة
الإنتهاكات 
#المُضايَقةُ القَضَائِيَّة #الاعتِقالُ / التَّوقِيفُ / السِّجنُ
المَناطق 
#البحرين
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Andrew Anderson Visiting Azimjan Askarov in Prison in Kyrgyzstan
17 مايو / أيار 2016

Birthday Behind Bars in Kyrgyzstan for Azimjan Askarov

By أندرو أندرسون

When I visited Azimjan Askarov in prison in Bishkek in December 2010 there were some grounds for hope that he would be released. He had been sentenced in September 2010 to life in prison, but the process had been seriously flawed and the Kyrgyz human rights Ombudsman had found that the charges against him were politically motivated. When we met with Azimjan our main concern was that his health was improving following the torture he had been subjected to.

الحقوق 
#الحُقُوق المدنيّة والسّياسيّة #حُقُوقُ الأقلِّيات #الفَسَاد
الإنتهاكات 
#الاعتِقالُ / التَّوقِيفُ / السِّجنُ #التَّعذِيب / سُوءُ المُعَامَلَة
المَناطق 
#Kyrgyzstan
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Maxima Acuna de Chaupe farmstead at sunset
28 أبريل / نيسان 2016

Máxima Acuña de Chaupe - Under Surveillance

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At the end of March, I visited environmental and land rights defender Máxima Acuña de Chaupe at her home in the Cajamarca region of Peru.  The next nonfiction graphic novel we are producing is about environmental and land rights defenders challenging and at risk from resource extraction companies. Máxima is confronting Newmont Mining (US) and its Peruvian counterpart, Yanococha Mining, which are trying to remove her from her land to build a huge gold mine, known as Conga.

الحقوق 
#الحُقُوقُ البِيئيّة #حَقُّ الأرض
الإنتهاكات 
#المُضايَقةُ القَضَائِيَّة #الاعتِداءُ الجَسَدِي
المَناطق 
#Peru
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Mary Lawlor's Blog
David Rabelo Crespo small
15 أبريل / نيسان 2016

Crisis of Confidence in the Legal System in Colombia

By Mary Lawlor

David Rabelo CrespoDavid Ravelo Crespo has been demanding justice for victims of extra-judicial killings, forced displacement and government corruption in Colombia for more than 30 years.

الحقوق 
#الحُقُوق المدنيّة والسّياسيّة
الإنتهاكات 
#المُضايَقةُ القَضَائِيَّة #الاعتِقالُ / التَّوقِيفُ / السِّجنُ
المَناطق 
#Colombia

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