3 June 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights
Honduras
11-month delay in the formal issuing of the verdict in the case of the killing of human rights defender Berta Cáceres
Honduras: Failure to issue sentence in Berta Cáceres case denies access to justice for victims (Appeal or News Release, English)
2 June 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), CENIDH - Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Author)
Nicaragua
Between 4 and 31 May 2022, the legal status of 177 NGOs and foundations has arbitrarily been cancelled via legal decrees
Nicaragua: The Ortega-Murillo regime tries to obliterate space for independent civil society (Appeal or News Release, English)
June 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IHD – Turkish Human Rights Association (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)
Türkiye
Report on the use of administrative harassment to intimidate civil society
Turkey Part III; Drowned in Procedure, Sentenced to Fail: Administrative Harassment Against Civil Society in Turkey (Special or Analytical Report, English)
24 May 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), ASADHO - Association africaine des droits de l’Homme; GL - Groupe Lotus; LE - Ligue des électeurs; VSV - Voix des sans-voix pour les droits de l’Homme (Author)
Congo, Democratic Republic
2 members of the armed forces sentenced to death and to 12 years in prison, respectively, for killing 2 human rights defenders in 2010
DRC: Verdict issued in the Chebeya-Bazana case (Appeal or News Release, English)
24 May 2022 | ARTICLE 19 (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (Author)
Türkiye
Joint NGO submission to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the continuing detention of opposition politician Selahattin Demirtaş, despite a judgement by the European Court of Human Rights calling for his release
Submission by the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project, ARTICLE 19, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists, and the International Federation for Human Rights (collectively “NGOs”) pursuant to Rule 9.2 of the Committee of Ministers’ Rules for the Supervision of the Execution of Judgments providing additional observations on the implementation of Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (No.2) (Application no. 14305/17) Grand Chamber judgment of 22 December 2020. (Appeal or News Release, English)
23 May 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances; Maayer Daak; Odhikar (Author)
Bangladesh
Joint NGO statement on the continuing occurrence of enforced disappearances, particularly cases perpetrated by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the detective branch of police
Bangladesh: Government must stop enforced disappearances (Appeal or News Release, English)
20 May 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), LTDH - Chadian League for Human Rights; ATPDH -Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights (Author)
Chad
Joint NGO statement on the arrest of participants in a peaceful protest held in N'Djamena on 14 May 2022
Chad: Arrest and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders during demonstration in N’Djamena (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 May 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights
Central African Republic
Article on the first trial of the Central African Special Criminal Court (SCC), in which 3 former members of the 3R rebel group are charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity
Q&A: Opening of the first trial before the Special Criminal Court in CAR (Appeal or News Release, English)
16 May 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Access Now et al. (Author)
Cambodia
Joint NGO statement calling for the revocation of the Decree on the Establishment of the National Internet Gateway as it bears potential for violating human rights by restricting access to information and storing network data traffic and providing such data to authorities
Cambodia should scrap rights-abusing National Internet Gateway (Appeal or News Release, English)
16 May 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights
Israel, State of Palestine
Recently imprisoned Palestinian lawyer calls on International Criminal Court to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the forced expulsion of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, committed by Israeli forces
Palestine: Salah Hammouri urges International Criminal Court to investigate Israel’s crimes in Jerusalem (Appeal or News Release, English)
