Human Rights Defenders
Statement – The Observatory – AFGHANISTAN: Urgent action needed to protect women rights defenders
AFGHANISTAN: Urgent action needed to protect women rights defenders Paris-Geneva, April 14, 2021 – Women human rights defenders in Nangarhar Province are at high risk of being killed following death threats issued by the Islamic […]
Thursday، 15 April، 2021Statement – The Observatory – AFGHANISTAN: Attacks on civil society and human rights defenders intensify
Paris-Geneva, March 4, 2021 – Over the past five months, the situation of human rights defenders and journalists has deteriorated significantly in Afghanistan, with at least fourteen targeted killings and constant harassment reported. The Observatory […]
Thursday، 4 March، 2021Killing of Human Rights Defenders and Media Professionals in Afghanistan – New UN Report
Press Release KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN AFGHANISTAN – NEW UN REPORT KABUL, 15 February 2021 – The period following the start of Afghanistan Peace Negotiations in September 2020 has […]
Monday، 15 February، 2021‘I Could Just Vanish’: In Kabul, Pocket Notes to Prevent Anonymous Death
The New York Times By David Zucchino and Fatima Faizi As violence engulfs them, some Afghans carry notes with their names, blood types and relatives’ phone numbers in case they are killed or severely wounded. KABUL, Afghanistan — […]
Monday، 18 January، 2021IRAN: New report documents the systematic criminalisation of human rights defenders
(Paris, Geneva) Human rights defenders in Iran, long-time targets of the government, have been subjected to systematic judicial harassment since late 2017. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT partnership, sheds […]
Thursday، 22 August، 2019TAJIKISTAN: How human rights defenders are being squeezed out
The report Their last stand? How human rights defenders are being squeezed out inTajikistan, published by the World Organisation Against Torture and FIDH,outlines how the authorities have increasingly restricted the legal space to provide assistance to victims of human rights violations & torture.
Tuesday، 2 July، 2019Iran: Open letter to President Hassan Rouhani: Stop the persecution of HRDs
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture is writing to you to express its deepest concern over the ongoing wave of arbitrary arrests, prosecutions, persecution and judicial harassment of human rights defenders in Iran, including women’s rights defenders.
Monday، 1 October، 2018The Rome Statute at Twenty : 10 Challenges for an Effective and Independent International Criminal Court
Prior to the anniversary day of the adoption of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the first of its kind, FIDH issues a briefing note which addresses 10 challenges to an effective and independent international court.
Thursday، 19 July، 2018Condemned to silence: the situation of women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is well known for the severe limits it imposes on women’s rights – the legal status of the woman being inferior to that of the man – in all fields, even in the simplest acts of daily life.
Thursday، 8 February، 2018Antoine Bernard is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of the FIDH International Secretariat
FIDH Antoine established and steered the International Secretariat, playing a fundamental role in the development and expansion of FIDH. Under his guidance, the organisation engaged in innovative and pioneering operations in the world of defending […]
Thursday، 14 September، 2017
