12 June 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRLP – Center for Reproductive Rights (Author), CSW – Christian Solidarity Worldwide (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), IRRI – International Refugee Rights Initiative (Author), African Defenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network) et al. (Author)
Eritrea
Joint NGO statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the continuing dire human rights situation (16 journalists in detention without trial; impunity for human rights violations; restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and religion or belief; the continued use of indefinite national service)
Ensure continued scrutiny of the human rights situation in Eritrea [AFR 64/0509/2019] (Appeal or News Release, English)
28 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Turkey
Human rights lawyer and co-president of the Human Rights Association (IHD) sentenced to over 3 years in prison
Turkey: Condemnation de l'avocat des droits humains et Présidente de l'Association des Droits Humains (IHD) Eren Keskin [TUR 003 / 0618 / OBS 087.2] (Appeal or News Release, English)
24 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Armenia
Ongoing judicial harassment against several human rights activists, journalists and lawyers by mining company
Armenia: Ongoing judicial harassment and defamation campaign against environmental defenders by the mining company Lydian Armenia [ARM 001 / 0519 / OBS] 045] (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Mexico
Guerro state: Start of trial against 16 members of the Council of Communal Lands and Communities Opposing the La Parota Dam (Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositores a la Presa La Parota, CECOP)
México: A juicio los 16 integrantes del CECOP criminalizados (Appeal or News Release, Spanish)
16 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Kazakhstan
Activist detained for announcing his intention to peacefully demonstrate for land rights on social media has already spent 3 years in a penal colony in Petropavlovsk
Max Bokayev: In Kazakhstan, peacefully defending land rights earns a ticket to a penal colony (Appeal or News Release, English)
16 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
India
Harassment against 2 human rights lawyers and founders of the NGO "Lawyers Collective"
India: New acts of harassment against Ms. Indira Jaising, Mr. Anand Grover and the Lawyers Collective [IND 004 / 0519 / OBS 043] (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), ACAT - Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture; AlterNativa Intercanvi amb Pobles Indígenes et al. (Author)
Colombia
Joint statement by civil society organisations on attacks and threats against leaders of Afro-Colombian and indigenous organisations
Colombia: International statement condemning attacks and threats against Afro-Colombian and indigenous leaders (Appeal or News Release, English)
13 May 2019 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author)
Mexico
Joint statement on lack of development in the investigation of the disappearance of a lawyer and university professor in Oaxaca state
Mexico: No developments in investigation one year after the disappearance of Ernesto Sernas (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 May 2019 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Adalah Center for Rights and Freedoms et al. (Author)
Egypt
Joint statement by civil society groups on defamation campaign by authorities against a human rights activist
Egypt: Reprisal against human rights defender Mohamed Soltan for human rights advocacy (Appeal or News Release, English)
9 May 2019 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Haiti
Plans to assassinate executive director of National Network for the Defence of Human Rights (RNDDH)
Haiti: Planification d'assassinat à l’encontre de M. Pierre Espérance, directeur exécutif du RNDDH [HTI 001 / 0518 / OBS 039] (Appeal or News Release, French)
