Viet Nam: UN rights office condemns crackdown on climate activists
On Thursday, Hoang Thi Minh Hong, an acclaimed climate activist and former World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) employee, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $4,100 after…
Mexico: Rights experts ‘outraged’ over attacks on women activists
“We are outraged that those searching for forcibly disappeared family members and loved ones continue to be targeted and face violence in Mexico,” they said in a statement, issued in…
Activists encouraged to apply for UN SDG Action Awards
The 2023 UN SDG Action Awards will be presented in Rome, Italy, in July, and the deadline for applications and nominations has been extended to 7 May. “We are calling…
Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls
Since the beginning of the year, several civil society activists and journalists have been detained for speaking out against Taliban policies that restrict women and girls’ access to education, work,…
Rights expert urges India to stop crackdown on Kashmir activists
Her appeal follows the latest arrest of prominent rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been in detention for more than a year on charges related to conspiracy and terrorism. “Indian…
Irfan Meraj and other Kashmiri journalists and human rights activists should be released, Ali Raza Syed
Chairman Kashmir Council European Union Ali Raza Syed has demanded the early release of journalist Irfan Meraj and other Kashmiri journalists and human rights activists who were arrested in Occupied…
Drone attack by anti-government activists, Russian spy plane destroyed
Oakes Berif A-50U aircraft, file photo Two drones shot down a Russian spy plane at a Russian airbase in Belarus. According to the British newspaper, the value of the Russian…
Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea
Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017. Those…