Statements and Reports

Statement

3 June 2025

Panama: Concern over violent repression against Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous communities amid social protests

Rights

#Human Rights #Protests / Assembly #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Violence

Location

#Region: Americas #Panama

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Statement

3 June 2025

Guatemala: Concern over the criminalisation of indigenous human rights defenders of the 48 Cantones of Totonicapán and the risk of a wave of arrests

Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Guatemala

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Statement

28 May 2025

Pakistan: Mass expulsion of at-risk Afghans imperils lives of writers, journalists, human rights defenders and others persecuted by the Taliban

Rights

#Human Rights

Violations

#Other Harassment

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan

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Statement

27 May 2025

Pakistan must end crackdown on Baloch human rights defenders

Rights

#Enforced Disappearances #Human Rights #Minority Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan

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Statement

26 May 2025

Uzbekistan: Front Line Defenders Award Winner Sharifa Madrakhimova was prevented from leaving Uzbekistan to attend the FLD Award Ceremony in Dublin

Rights

#Human Rights #Journalism

Violations

#Reprisals #Other Harassment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia #Uzbekistan

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Statement

22 May 2025

Five courageous human rights defenders receive Front Line Defenders Award

Rights

#Human Rights

Violations

#Enforced Disappearance #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Benin #Uzbekistan #Thailand #Western Sahara #Dominican Republic #Haiti

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Statement

16 May 2025

Sudan: Human rights defender Abubakr Mansour Abdela sentenced to 20 years in prison

Rights

#Human Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention

Location

#Sudan #Region: Africa

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Statement

14 May 2025

Civil Society groups condemn the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Journalist Zhang Zhan

Rights

#Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Arbitrary detention

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #China

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Statement

9 May 2025

Mexico: Smear campaign continues against land and human rights defenders of the Chontal indigenous community El Coyul

Rights

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights

Violations

#Defamation #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

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Statement

6 May 2025

Remarkable resilience of human rights defenders a source of hope amid global rollback on rights

Rights

#Human Rights

Location

#Global

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Statements and Reports

Panama: Concern over violent repression against Ngäbe-Buglé Indigenous communities amid social protests

Guatemala: Concern over the criminalisation of indigenous human rights defenders of the 48 Cantones of Totonicapán and the risk of a wave of arrests

Pakistan: Mass expulsion of at-risk Afghans imperils lives of writers, journalists, human rights defenders and others persecuted by the Taliban

Pakistan must end crackdown on Baloch human rights defenders

Uzbekistan: Front Line Defenders Award Winner Sharifa Madrakhimova was prevented from leaving Uzbekistan to attend the FLD Award Ceremony in Dublin

Five courageous human rights defenders receive Front Line Defenders Award

Sudan: Human rights defender Abubakr Mansour Abdela sentenced to 20 years in prison

Civil Society groups condemn the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Journalist Zhang Zhan

Mexico: Smear campaign continues against land and human rights defenders of the Chontal indigenous community El Coyul

Remarkable resilience of human rights defenders a source of hope amid global rollback on rights

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