23 January 2007 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Colombia
Report on women human rights defenders (persecution, gender-specific attacks, killings, adequat investigation)
HRF Submission to CEDAW on Women Human Rights Defenders in Colombia (01-23-07) (Special or Analytical Report, English)
18 October 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Russian Federation
Threats and accusations against leading human rights defenders; court verdict ordering the closure of one of the few remaining organisations monitoring human rights violations in Chechnya
HRF Details Recent Escalation of Attacks Against Russian Human Rights Defenders in the Wake of Anna Politkovskaya's Murder (Special or Analytical Report, English)
8 September 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Indonesia
Kejari Jayapura prosecutor`s office filed complaint with Papua provincial police against 8 defenders charged with criminal defamation
HRF Urges Prosecutor to Drop Charges Against Defense Lawyers (Special or Analytical Report, English)
13 July 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Sudan
Nagib Nagm Eldine from the Amel Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture arrested and interrogated about the SOAT; he was released on bail 9 hours later and is investigated for offenses like defamation; Khartoum: Government is using new legislation and other forms of harassment to prevent human rights defenders from doing their work
Sudanese Government Preventing Work of Rights Defenders in Khartoum (Special or Analytical Report, English)
13 July 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Russian Federation
Briefing of the Congressional Human Rights Centre on democracy and human rights (NGO law; counter-extremism amendment)
The G8 Summit in St. Petersburg: Russia`s Democracy and Human Rights Situation (Special or Analytical Report, English)
29 June 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Egypt
2 prostestors were detained on May 25; one of them was tortured, both are still unjustly imprisoned for criticizing lack of democratic freedom
Freed Activist Asks You to Help Release Others Still Detained in Egypt’s Jails (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 June 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Russian Federation
Report on the situation of human rights defenders with case examples and follow-up to the report on "The New Dissidents: Human rights defenders and counterterrorism in Russia" (defamation of human rights defenders; political influence on the judicial system; Trepashkin case; Dmitrievsky case; Badalov case)
An Update to The New Dissidents: Human RIghts Defenders and Counterterrorism in Russia (Special or Analytical Report, English)
21 June 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Russian Federation
Ineffectual government response to rising racist violence; independence of the judiciary is undermined, NGOs restricted, human rights defenders prosecuted
G8 Summit – A Chance for Change in Russia (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 June 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Iran
On june 12 hundereds of protestors demanded an end to discriminatory laws against women; police used violence against them; 70 protestors were detained and interrogated; human rights activist Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini remains in custody
Iranian Activist Detained for Demanding Women’s Rights (Appeal or News Release, English)
14 June 2006 | Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Cuba
The journalist José Luis was arrested in 2003 along with 73 other human rights activists and journalists and sentenced to 24 years for calling for democracy; he is severely ill; Human rights First calls for his release
Former Cuban Prisoner Requests Your Help to Release Seriously Ill Journalist (Appeal or News Release, English)
