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Human Rights: Three Candidates Shortlisted for the 2024 Václav Havel Prize The overall winner of the 2024 Prize is due to be announced at the opening of PACE’s Autumn plenary session in Strasbourg on 30 September. The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which rewards outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights in Europe and …
Iran Urged to End Harassment of Narges Mohammadi Narges Mohammadi is serving multiple sentences amounting to more than 13 years of imprisonment. A group of independent experts has urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately and unconditionally release Narges Mohammadi and all women human rights defenders, who remain in jail on charges relating to their defence of human rights. …
Safeguarding Democracy and Human Rights in the Digital Age The Digital Democracy Initiative works closely with civil society partners CIVICUS, Global Focus, Digital Defenders Partnership, and Access Now. As autocrats are increasingly misusing digital platforms to spread fake news, suppress dissenting voices, and deprive people of their fundamental rights, new programs are required to protect people’s rights in the technology-driven …
RSF Calls on the European Union to Sanction Delhi Police Officers RSF and Guernica 37 are calling for European Union sanctions against these police officers, under a scheme introduced in December 2020 to address serious human rights violations in third countries. International press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Guernica 37 Chambers call on the European Union to sanction …
UN Experts Demand Release of Human Rights Lawyer Arnon Nampa in Thailand Arnon Nampa is also facing ongoing disbarment proceedings before the Lawyers Council of Thailand. A group of UN experts* today (March 25) expressed alarm over the use of Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws to convict and sentence human rights defender and lawyer, Arnon Nampa. Arnon Nampa is a founding member …
Petition to Get Amritpal Singh and Other Sikh Activists Released from Arbitrary Detention in India Sikh Leader Amritpal Singh ਸਿੱਖ ਆਗੂ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਡਿਬਰੂਗੜ੍ਹ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਵਿੱਚ डिब्रूगढ़ जेल में सिख नेता अमृतपाल सिंह UN Human Rights, USCIRF Petition to Protect Human Rights of Sikh Youth Leader Amritpal Singh and Other Sikh Activists and Get Them Released from Arbitrary Detention in …