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Global: Enhanced Funding and Guarantees of Civic Space Are Vital for Climate Justice at COP29
Provision of greater climate finance and guarantees around civic space are essential if COP29 later this year is to advance human rights-based solutions to the climate crisis.
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Urgent Action: BLOGGER ARBITRARILY DETAINED DESPITE BAIL (Bangladesh 54.24)
Share: On This Page Selim Khan is an atheist blogger from Bangladesh. He was part of a private Facebook group for like-minded atheists where he expressed his views privately. Another…
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ACTIVIST SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR OTHER ILLTREATMENT FOR PROTESTING (Georgia 51.24)
Activist, Davit Katsarava, was detained for protesting peacefully on May 14. Police subjected him to beating, strangulation, and other degrading treatment, which they filmed on their phones. He was hospitalized…
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Urgent Action: ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER MUST BE PARDONED (USA 55.24)
Steven Donziger, a lawyer and environmental rights defender who successfully represented victims of oil dumping in Ecuador by oil company, Chevron, was later sued by Chevron in the USA. He…
Update
President Biden: Enough of the Silence on Sudan
President Biden has been nearly silent on Sudan for over a year of armed conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces
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Amnesty International Response to Supreme Court Retaining Availability of Mifepristone
All people have the human right to the highest attainable standard of health, including the medication they need. This decision will ensure that, for now, fewer people will be blocked…
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Greece: One year On From the Pylos Shipwreck, the Hellenic Coast Guard’s Role Must Be Properly Investigated
It is unconscionable that one year since this horrific tragedy the investigation into the potential liability of the Hellenic Coast Guard has barely progressed.
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Social Media Companies’ Removal of Abortion-Related Content May Hinder Access to Accurate Health Information
Companies need to take transparent steps to ensure that their users are able to access abortion-related information on their platforms, and that members of civil society are given adequate explanation…
Report
Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online
After the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are removing abortion-related content from reproductive health and rights organizations.
Update
Thailand: U.S. Needs to End Muted Approach to Thai Officials’ Abusive Application of Draconian Law
Thai and international human rights groups have called for the Thai government to reform or repeal lèse-majesté.
Urgent Action
Urgent Action: ONGOING CRIMINALIZATION AGAINST LGBT+ ACTIVIST (Argentina 3.24)
Pierina Nochetti, a lesbian human rights activist, faces criminal charges for allegedly painting graffiti protesting the disappearance of a young trans man in Necochea, Argentina. She can be sentenced up…
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Urgent Action: ARBITRARILY DETAINED AUTHOR MUST BE RELEASED (Mali 49.24)
On May 20, 2024, Etienne Fakaba Sissoko, a Malian economist and university professor, was convicted on charges of defamation, damaging the state’s reputation and distributing fake news. He was sentenced…