Category: Media Monitoring
Vietnam: Conviction of three human rights defenders upheld
Vietnam: Conviction of three human rights defenders upheld Bangkok-Paris-Geneva, December 12, 2014 – The conviction of three human rights defenders on trumped-up charges is the latest act of the government’s relentless repression of independent voices, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint program of FIDH and OMCT) and the Vietnam Committee […]
joint statement on the killing of children yesterday
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and HAQ: Centre for Child Rights are appalled and horrified at the wanton killing of children in Peshawar.Our hearts go out to the the parents, families and the country in this unspeakably tragic hour. Democratic forces must come together to fight this inhumanity. We hope that there will be […]
EU: For an immediate and unconditional recognition of Palestine
Brussels, Paris, 12 December 2014 – FIDH calls on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to vote in favour of the recognition of the state of Palestine, and to strongly urge Member States to take immediate and unconditional steps to that end. A vote on the recognition of the Palestinian State by the MEPs is […]
FIDH Recommendations to the 13th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the ICC
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights Position paper FIDH Recommendations to the 13th Assembly of States Parties to the Statute of the ICC Paris, 5 December 2014 – On the occasion of the 13th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which takes […]
Land Rights defenders: the forgotten victims of unbridled development
THE OBSERVATORY – PRESS RELEASE Land Rights defenders: the forgotten victims of unbridled development Publication of the 2014 Annual Report of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Paris-Geneva, December 2, 2014 – Land rights defenders are increasingly the target of repressive measures, says the Observatory in a new report published today in […]
Afghanistan: FIDH supports the International Women’s Film Festival – Herat
Paris, 5 November 2014 – FIDH is proud to support for the second consecutive year the International Women’s Film Festival – Herat, to be held from 8 to 12 November 2014 in Herat, Afghanistan. Organized by Armanshahr Open Asia, FIDH’s member organization in Afghanistan, and Roya Film House, the festival will present 42 films in […]
Cambodia: Eleven human rights defenders jailed
THE OBSERVATORY – PRESS RELEASE Bangkok-Geneva-Paris-Phnom Penh, November 13, 2014. The Cambodian Government must end the repression of land rights defenders and immediately release those imprisoned on November 11-12, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, said today. “The government’s latest wave of repression of peaceful protests is extremely […]
Cambodia: Call for the Immediate Release and Acquittal of Seven Imprisoned Land Rights Activists
For Immediate Release Cambodia: Call for the Immediate Release and Acquittal of Seven Imprisoned Land Rights Activists (Bangkok, 12 November 2014) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its members the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights […]
Egypt: increased repression against human rights defenders
PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY Egypt: increased repression against human rights defenders Paris-Geneva, October 28, 2014 – The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), deplores the sentence against Ms. Yara Sallam, Transitional Justice Officer at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights […]
Burmese government urged to investigate the enforced disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization in Burma Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma and its partners Joint Press Release Burmese government urged to investigate the enforced disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja October 28, 2014 – On the third anniversary of the abduction of Sumlut Roi Ja, an ethnic Kachin woman […]
