Tag: Human Rights

Delhi Police. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service. Representational Image

RSF Calls on the European Union to Sanction Delhi Police Officers

Delhi Police. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service. Representational Image
Delhi Police. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service. Representational Image

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 four high-ranking officers of the Delhi Police, responsible – directly or indirectly – for exactions against dozens of journalists working or having collaborated with the independent media NewsClick. read more

Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. Photo: UN

UN Experts Demand Release of Human Rights Lawyer Arnon Nampa in Thailand

Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. Photo: UN
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. Photo: UN

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 of Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). He has provided free legal assistance, including representation in litigation, to individuals in vulnerable situations, and on highly sensitive cases. read more

Edited Screengrab from Amritpal Singh Video (file photo)

Petition to Get Amritpal Singh and Other Sikh Activists Released from Arbitrary Detention in India

Edited Screengrab from Amritpal Singh Video (file photo)
Edited Screengrab from Amritpal Singh Video (file photo)

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 India read more