#humanrightsdefenders — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #humanrightsdefenders, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/236308/ Ethiopia: Inadequate Implementation of Recommendations Against… #AssistVictims #Ethiopia #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #omct #ProtectHumanRights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Jailed journalist Frenchie Cumpio wins Annenberg Justice for Women award
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Jailed journalist Frenchie Cumpio wins Annenberg Justice for Women award
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Italy: CAT raises concerns over violations of the principle of…
During the 84th session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT), on Wednesday 15th April, and Thursday 16th April…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #assistvictims #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #omct #protecthumanrights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/?p=224756 Türk Warns Tunisia Over Escalating Crackdown on Civil Society, Journalists and Political Critics #AvocatsSansFrontières #CivicSpace #CivilSocietyCrackdown #FreedomOfExpression #HumanRightsDefenders #JournalistsArrested #KaïsSaied #MouradZghidi #PressFreedomTunisia #Tunisia #TunisiaDemocracy #TunisianLeagueForHumanRights #UnitedNationsHumanRights #VolkerTrk #ZiedElHeni
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/102732/ Israel must release Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek who were… #AssistVictims #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #Israel #omct #ProtectHumanRights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/91609/ Global Sumud Flotilla: Raid by Israeli forces on a… #AssistVictims #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #Israel #omct #ProtectHumanRights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
From US to Toboso: The bloody journey of Fil-Am activist Lyle Prijoles
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
From US to Toboso: The bloody journey of Fil-Am activist Lyle Prijoles
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
RJ Ledesma: Poet, human rights activist, journalist writes 30
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/people/rj-ledesma-poet-human-rights-activist-profile/
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
RJ Ledesma: Poet, human rights activist, journalist writes 30
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/people/rj-ledesma-poet-human-rights-activist-profile/
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Vietnam-EU: Concerns regarding the EU-Vietnam Comprehensive…
21 April 2026 – Following the upgrade of EU-Vietnam relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on 29 January…
#Europe #EU #assistvictims #EuropeanUnion #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #omct #protecthumanrights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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Norway/Greece: Aegean Boat Report founder, Tommy Olsen,…
New informationGRE 003 / 1022 / OBS 076.2Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Transnational repressionNorway / Greece31 March…
#Greece #GR #Europe #Europa #EU #assistvictims #greece #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #omct #protecthumanrights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture #Ελλάδα #νεα
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PBI At The Human Rights Council
"The 61st session of the Human Rights Council will address, among other issues, the human rights situation in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, as well as matters related to human rights defenders, the environment, the right to food, and the right to adequate housing, all of which are particularly relevant to PBI’s work."
#PeaceBrigadesInternational #HumanRightsDefenders
#UN #HRC61https://peacebrigades.org/en/news/hrc61-pbi-human-rights-council
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PBI At The Human Rights Council
"The 61st session of the Human Rights Council will address, among other issues, the human rights situation in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, as well as matters related to human rights defenders, the environment, the right to food, and the right to adequate housing, all of which are particularly relevant to PBI’s work."
#PeaceBrigadesInternational #HumanRightsDefenders
#UN #HRC61https://peacebrigades.org/en/news/hrc61-pbi-human-rights-council
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PBI At The Human Rights Council
"The 61st session of the Human Rights Council will address, among other issues, the human rights situation in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, as well as matters related to human rights defenders, the environment, the right to food, and the right to adequate housing, all of which are particularly relevant to PBI’s work."
#PeaceBrigadesInternational #HumanRightsDefenders
#UN #HRC61https://peacebrigades.org/en/news/hrc61-pbi-human-rights-council
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PBI At The Human Rights Council
"The 61st session of the Human Rights Council will address, among other issues, the human rights situation in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, as well as matters related to human rights defenders, the environment, the right to food, and the right to adequate housing, all of which are particularly relevant to PBI’s work."
#PeaceBrigadesInternational #HumanRightsDefenders
#UN #HRC61https://peacebrigades.org/en/news/hrc61-pbi-human-rights-council
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PBI At The Human Rights Council
"The 61st session of the Human Rights Council will address, among other issues, the human rights situation in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, as well as matters related to human rights defenders, the environment, the right to food, and the right to adequate housing, all of which are particularly relevant to PBI’s work."
#PeaceBrigadesInternational #HumanRightsDefenders
#UN #HRC61https://peacebrigades.org/en/news/hrc61-pbi-human-rights-council
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/12873/ Iraq: Assassination of WHRD Yanar Mohammed, Emblematic Figure… #AssistVictims #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #Iraq #omct #ProtectHumanRights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/114981/ Kenya: Denial of entry, detention and deportation of… #AssistVictims #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #omct #ProtectHumanRights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture #zimbabwe
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Greece: Continued judicial harassment against migrants’ rights…
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY New informationGRE 002 / 0922 / OBS 067.3Judicial harassmentGreece26 February 2026
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#Greece #GR #Europe #Europa #EU #assistvictims #greece #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #omct #protecthumanrights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture #Ελλάδα #νεα
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O Civic Space Watch nasceu em 2017 para responder ao encolhimento do espaço cívico na Europa. Desde então, cresceu — e a pressão sobre a sociedade civil também.
Hoje o novo site reúne dados, relatórios, alertas precoces e um espaço dedicado a recursos e ferramentas de proteção para organizações da sociedade civil e defensoras dos direitos humanos.
@europeancivicforum
#CivicSpace #HumanRightsDefenders #CivilSociety #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #EarlyWarning #Advocacy #ProtectCivicSpace #NGOs #Europe
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"PBI Colombia rekrutterer nå nye frivillige som ønsker å bidra til beskyttelsen av lokale menneskerettighetsforkjempere og støtte deres innsats for fred, miljøvern, ytringsfrihet, demokrati og etniske minoriteters rettigheter."
Søknadsfrist 28. februar 2026.
#HumanRightsDefenders
#PeaceBrigadesInternational
#PBIColombia #PBINorge
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"PBI Colombia rekrutterer nå nye frivillige som ønsker å bidra til beskyttelsen av lokale menneskerettighetsforkjempere og støtte deres innsats for fred, miljøvern, ytringsfrihet, demokrati og etniske minoriteters rettigheter."
Søknadsfrist 28. februar 2026.
#HumanRightsDefenders
#PeaceBrigadesInternational
#PBIColombia #PBINorge
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"PBI Colombia rekrutterer nå nye frivillige som ønsker å bidra til beskyttelsen av lokale menneskerettighetsforkjempere og støtte deres innsats for fred, miljøvern, ytringsfrihet, demokrati og etniske minoriteters rettigheter."
Søknadsfrist 28. februar 2026.
#HumanRightsDefenders
#PeaceBrigadesInternational
#PBIColombia #PBINorge
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"PBI Colombia rekrutterer nå nye frivillige som ønsker å bidra til beskyttelsen av lokale menneskerettighetsforkjempere og støtte deres innsats for fred, miljøvern, ytringsfrihet, demokrati og etniske minoriteters rettigheter."
Søknadsfrist 28. februar 2026.
#HumanRightsDefenders
#PeaceBrigadesInternational
#PBIColombia #PBINorge
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"PBI Colombia rekrutterer nå nye frivillige som ønsker å bidra til beskyttelsen av lokale menneskerettighetsforkjempere og støtte deres innsats for fred, miljøvern, ytringsfrihet, demokrati og etniske minoriteters rettigheter."
Søknadsfrist 28. februar 2026.
#HumanRightsDefenders
#PeaceBrigadesInternational
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Iran: Accountability for Unlawful Use of Force Against…
UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are examining credible…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #assistvictims #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #Iran #middleeast #middleeastcrisis #omct #protecthumanrights #Tehran #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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International "development" banks: Your money financed an assassination. A report links your funds to the murder of #BertaCáceres
👉 https://wp.me/pdD3iE-vEG 🐝
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Russia leaving European Convention for the Prevention of… https://www.byteseu.com/1607273/ #AssistVictims #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #omct #ProtectHumanRights #Russia #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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Albania: CAT raises concerns over detention conditions and… https://www.byteseu.com/1599669/ #Albania #AssistVictims #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #omct #ProtectHumanRights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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Israel: CAT warns of systematic torture and ill-treatment of…
During the 83rd Session of the Committee Against Torture (CAT), on Tuesday, 11 November, and Wednesday, 12 November,…
#Israel #News #assistvictims #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #omct #protecthumanrights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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Belarus Turns Torture Into Public Spectacle, New OMCT Briefing…
Geneva, 3 December 2025 — The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) today released a briefing note revealing how…
#Belarus #BY #Europe #Europa #EU #assistvictims #belarus #humanrightsdefenders #ill-treatment #omct #protecthumanrights #torture #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/546053/ Ukraine: Judicial harassment of anti-corruption activist Mr… #AssistVictims #EU #Europe #HumanRightsDefenders #IllTreatment #omct #ProtectHumanRights #Torture #Ukraine #WorldOrganisationAgainstTorture
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Europe's civil society faces formidable challenges. #HumanRightsDefenders are under threat from:
1 - Restrictive legislation
2 - Crackdown on activists and harassment
3 - Severe funding crisis
Council of Europe states and non-state funders should stand up for civil society, the lifeblood and pillar of democratic society. ⬇️
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3 ways #Trump's #immigration #crackdown could hit #USCitizens
Brittany Gibson, Apr 23, 2025
"#Trump administration officials are suggesting their immigration crackdown could expand to include deporting convicted U.S. citizens and charging anyone — not just immigrants — who criticizes Trump's policies.
"Why it matters: Such moves — described by officials in recent days — would show how U.S. citizens could be impacted by the growing number of tactics President Trump is using to, in his view, improve national security.
"They'd also be certain to ignite new legal battles over how far Trump's team can go in fighting illegal immigration and responding to #dissenters.
"Zoom in: Here are three tactics the administration has teased that legal analysts say would challenge Americans' rights:
1. Sending convicted U.S. citizens to prisons abroad.
This has been floated as a spinoff of Trump's deal with El Salvador, where a high-security prison is holding about 300 U.S. immigration detainees that the administration says are suspected criminals and gang members.
"Homegrowns are next," Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele last week, referring to sending Americans convicted of crimes to serve time in foreign prisons.
"We always have to obey the laws," Trump said, "but we also have homegrown criminals that push people into subways, that hit elderly ladies over the head ... I'd like to include them in the group of people to get them out of the country."
Trump's suggestion — echoing a similar proposal Bukele made to Secretary of State Marco Rubio in February — drew a storm of criticism from legal advocates, who called it unconstitutional.2. Putting critics of the administration's policies in jeopardy.
Some officials say U.S. citizens who #criticize administration policies could be charged with crimes, based on the notion that they're aiding terrorists and criminals.
"You have to ask yourself, are they technically aiding and abetting them, because aiding and abetting criminals and terrorists is a crime," White House senior director for counterterrorism Seb Gorka said in an interview with Newsmax.
Trump's team also has questioned the legality of civic groups providing #immigrants with "#KnowYourRights" trainings on how to respond to federal agents. Border czar Tom Homan suggested that such seminars help people evade law enforcement.
"They're trying to use terrorism laws to attack people for their speech and for their political activism, and that's an authoritarian effort," said Kerri Talbot, co-executive director of the Immigration Hub, an immigration advocacy group.3. Questioning the authority of court orders.
The administration's resistance to returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia — who was legally in the U.S. with an order not to be deported back to El Salvador, but deported to the prison there anyway — has raised questions about how far Trump's team can go in trying to skirt court orders.
The White House says the decision to return #AbregoGarcia rests with El Salvador because the U.S. Supreme Court told the administration only to "facilitate" his return, not "effectuate" it.Advocates worry the resulting confusion has laid the groundwork for Trump's team to send a #USCitizen to a foreign prison, then claim that person couldn't be returned.
A federal judge raised this concern in Abrego Garcia's case.
"If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" wrote Judge Harvie Wilkinson III.
"And what assurance shall there be that the Executive will not train its broad discretionary powers upon its political enemies?"What they're saying: Michelle Brané, former executive director of the Biden administration's Family Reunification Task Force, echoed Wilkinson.
"If they can send a noncitizen to a prison in El Salvador without due process ... why would a U.S. citizen be safer?"
The White House didn't respond to a request for comment. But officials have argued that they have an electoral mandate for stricter immigration enforcement, and that opposition to their policies is against the will of voters.
Trump's handling of immigration polls well in public surveys.
But sending immigrants to El Salvador's prison without criminal convictions or due process does not — about 60% were opposed in a recent YouGov survey.Between the lines: U.S. citizens have been mistakenly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) before, including cases this month in Arizona and Florida.
"People are realizing that this is going to impact all communities," Talbot said, "and that if one citizen can be picked up, then any of us can be picked up and put into proceedings, or labeled a #terrorist, or removed to a foreign prison."
Original article:
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/trump-immigration-crackdown-us-citizensArchived version:
https://archive.ph/wUUdG#SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #CriminalizingDissent #USPol #DontQuestionBigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism #MemoryHoled #Orwellian #ThoughtCrime #WaterDefenders #LandDefenders #Resisters #HumanRightsDefenders #IhrePapiereBitte #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Nazis #SecretPolice
#Disappeared #USCitizens #ICEDetention
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Report highlights disproportionate killings of #IndigenousEnvironmentalActivists
PBSNewshour, Nov 16, 2024
"Leaders at the United Nations’ #COP29 #CimateChange summit are being pressed this year to address the rising threats to #environmentalists and defenders of #HumanRights. Ali Rogin looks at the challenges facing these activists around the world and speaks with Laura Furones, a senior adviser at the environmental watchdog and advocacy group Global Witness, to learn more.
Watch / read transcript:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/report-highlights-disproportionate-killings-of-indigenous-environmental-activists#GlobalWitness #Phillipines #SouthAfrica #Malaysia #Colombia #Brazil #IndigenousActivists #MurderedActivists #LandDefenders #WaterProtectors #MegaInfrastructureProjects #Mining #Megaprojects #Deforestation #HumanRightsDefenders #ProtectTheForests #WaterIsLife
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Missing voices: The violent erasure of land and #environmental #defenders
September 2024
"This report and our campaign are dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land, and our environment.
"Last year [2023], 196 people were murdered for doing this work.
"We also acknowledge that the names of many defenders who were killed last year may be missing, and we may never know how many more gave their lives to protect our planet. We honour their work too."
Read their names here:
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/environmental-activists/missing-voices/#LandDefenders #WaterProtectors #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #EnvironmentalDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #AfricanActivists #Indonesia #India #Phillipines #GlobalWitness
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I haven't done a #FollowFriday list in a while. Here are some of my favorite #HumanRights accounts (in alphabetical order):
@404mediaco
404 Media is a journalist-founded digital media company exploring the ways technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We're focused on investigative reports, longform features, blogs, and scoops about topics including: hacking, cybersecurity, cybercrime, sex, artificial intelligence, consumer rights, surveillance, privacy, and the democratization of the internet.@AIF_Massachusetts
American Iron Front in Massachusetts: standing against Nazis, the alt-right, and fascists of all stripes in Massachusetts and the greater New England area.@BLKNewsNow
News blog covering stories for Black America, the Black diaspora, and allies from all backgrounds.@CrimethInc
CrimethInc. is a rebel alliance—a decentralized network pledged to anonymous collective action—a breakout from the prisons of our age. We strive to reinvent our lives and our world according to the principles of self-determination and mutual aid.@DemocracyNow_Headlines_rss
Automated toots from Democracy Now's Headlines RSS feed. This account is not affiliated with #DemocracyNow.@EndIsraeliApartheid
The UN report, entitled "Anatomy of a #Genocide", says Israel has violated three of the five acts listed in the UN Genocide Convention. The UN’s international court of justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to end its occupation of the Palestinian territories “as rapidly as possible”.@Freedom_Press
An independent, radical co-op controlled by its volunteers, Freedom runs Britain’s oldest anarchist press and its largest bookshop.@humanrightswatch
This is the international organization #HumanRightsWatch.@igd_news
In search of new forms of life. A digital community center and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reporting on autonomous social movements and revolt across so-called North America from an #anarchist perspective.@indybay
San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center • Anti-Oppression Anti-Capitalist Open Publishing Since 2000 Make media • Make trouble!@MikeDunnAuthor
Working Class Historical Fiction from the not so gilded age. Labor History. Social justice. An injury to one is an injury to all!@mondoweiss
We cover the movements, activists and policymakers who affect the struggle for freedom in #Palestine. We are now on Peertube! Watch our videos in the fediverse and follow us there for updated video content: https://video.mondoweiss.net@MusiqueNow
#Music #Musique #Musica #Musik #pouetradio #WeAreTheRadio and #news. #SolidarityWithPalestineRadio
#TransAndNonBinaryrRightsAreHumanRights #QueersBashBACK #NEVERAGAINforANYONE@PoliceStateUK
Tracking politics, policing and #CivilLiberties in the UK.@RadicalGraffiti
Just sharing pics of #AntiCapitalist, Anti-#authoritarian and #AntiColonial graffiti, stickers and street art seen around the world.@Resister
MSW, RSW • She/Her • Settler • #Activist • #Vegan • Critical Consciousness Raiser •
Creator of - https://radicalsocial.work/about@rmblaber1956
I am a retired academic, with an MA & PhD in Social Policy & Administration from the Universities of York & Kent respectively. I am disabled, & am deeply concerned about human, gay and disability rights, the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis. I was politically homeless, but am increasingly favouring the Green Party. I like films, classical music, jazz & reading.@Sherifazuhur
Research prof. (UCLA PhD - MIT, American Univ. In Cairo, CSU, UCB, SSI-US Army War College, Fulbright scholar, Syria) #MiddleEastNorthAfrican #history, #politics, #defense, #IslamicStudies, #arts, #thought, #education Toots on MENA current news.@ThailandWatch
Posts about human rights and conflict related to Thailand. Posts by @peacemakers_ca@UnicornRiot
Independent media amplifying stories from the frontlines of social and environmental struggles. Bookmark our website: https://unicornriot.ninja/@USAJusticeWatch
Focus on the USA with emphasis on human rights and conflict. Please send a direct message for information about the curator of this account, who watches the US from another country. Messages deleted from time to time.@YourAnonNews
We are Anonymous, we are legion, we do not forgive, we do not forget. Expect us. Prepared to go forward w/it. Here live. Not a cat. #Anonymous #HackThePlanet#FridayFollows #FollowFridays #HumanRightsDefenders #HumanRightsNews #HumanRightsList
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Protection of defenders against new and emerging forms of technology-facilitated violations
> Join us on 7 March at #HRC58 for a discussion on the challenges human rights defenders face.
- This event will also serve as a reminder to states of their obligations to protect those who stand up for fundamental rights.
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From 2019: Criminalization of #HumanRights Defenders of #IndigenousPeoples Resisting #ExtractiveIndustries in the United States
Report to the Inter-American
Commission on Human RightsPrepared by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program on behalf of the Water Protector Legal Collective
6/24/2019
Introduction
1. Peaceful demonstrations are a catalyst for the advancement of human rights. Yet around the world governments are criminalizing dissent and suppressing public #protest, often as a means to protect #CorporateInterests. In this context, indigenous peoples increasingly find themselves as the subjects of arrests, criminal prosecution and police violence when defending the lands they rely upon for their existence and survival from #ResourceExtraction by industries who are operating without the free prior and informed consent of the affected communities.
2. This report is submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (#IACHR) in conjunction with a thematic hearing held during the 172nd period of sessions. At the hearing,
Commissioners heard directly from those involved in the indigenous-led resistance to the #DakotaAccessPipeline (DAPL) at Standing Rock, North Dakota. This report addresses the criminalization and suppression of protest by indigenous human rights defenders and their allies by United States (U.S.) federal, state and local governments, working hand-in-hand with private security forces [#Blackwater], specifically in relation to the construction and operation of #DAPL by #EnergyTransfer
Partners and Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) and the connected #BayouBridgePipeline (collectively the “#BakkenPipeline”).3. Standing Rock is an emblematic case of #IndigenousResistance to extractive industry that drew attention from around the world as water protectors met on the banks of the #MissouriRiver in peaceful assembly in what was the largest gathering of indigenous peoples in the U.S. in 100 years. Standing Rock is merely one example of how the U.S. government works with industry to approve energy projects carried out without the meaningful participation or consent of
indigenous nations. Indigenous peoples are left with no choice but to peacefully protest and then are criminalized for their efforts to defend their lands and resources.4. Since Standing Rock, there has been an alarming trend by the United States government and state legislatures to criminalize opposition to pipelines and other energy projects. These #AntiProtest and so-called “#CriticalInfrastructure laws” progress towards criminalizing dissent and implicitly condone the use of excessive force towards human rights defenders, often including indigenous peoples and their allies who are at the forefront of resistance to extractive industries. As the international community has acknowledged, these laws are incompatible with domestic and international law. The governments’ use of excessive force and mass arrests to threaten, intimidate, and silence “#WaterProtectors” seeking to defend their lands, resources, and #culture, and the collusion with private security forces, violate fundamental human rights to #FreeSpeech and Aassembly enshrined in international human rights law and the #USConstitution.
5. The information provided here builds on a 2016 request for Precautionary Measures filed by the #StandingRock, #CheyenneRiver and #YanktonSioux tribes, past Commission hearings on similar matters that remain unsettled, and reports on Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Activities, and the Criminalization of #HumanRightsDefenders. In addition, the United Nations has reported on the situation at #StandingRock through the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of of indigenous peoples. Despite condemnation from these international bodies and mechanisms, water protectors continue to suffer impacts from the criminalization of their dissent, while the United States moves forward permitting new #pipeline projects on indigenous territories.
#HR9495 #StopHR9495 #CriminalizingDissent #Fascism #Authoritanism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #CorporateFascism #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #ErikPrince #ErikPrinceColonialism #Blackwater #StandWithStandingRock #NoMiningWithoutConsent #WaterIsLife #NoDAPL #StandingRockSioux #LandDefenders #WaterDefenders #WaterProtectors #DefendTheSacred
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Federal Judge #DianeHumetewa, #Hopi, is First to Halt Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's #Lithium Drilling Permits in #Native #Ceremonial Places
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 18, 2024
"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at #Hualapai's Sacred Spring.
"Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment.
"Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.
"#Biden's Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO #VernLund has joined the board of the Australian-owned company #Hawkstone / #ArizonaLithium of Perth, Australia.
"In a separate case, the #TohonoOodham and #SanCarlosApache have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, #burial places and #MedicineGrounds in southern #Arizona. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the #SunZia Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, #PattenEnergy, is owned by the #CanadianPensionFund.
"The lithium drilling continues at the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned #LithiumAmericas / #LithiumNevada. #Paiute and #Shoshone elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. #Haaland said she supports the #LithiumMining.
"#ApacheStronghold filed a case before the U.S. #SupremeCourt [#SCOTUS] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, #OakFlat in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's #RioTinto and #BHP, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred #Aboriginal teachings in caves in #Australia. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and #SouthAfrica."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html#DefendTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat
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#GreenColonialism, Rights of Women and Languages: Priorities of #Indigenous in Reports for #UnitedNations
by #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
April 27, 2024NEW YORK -- "#FakeGreen projects, the removal of children from their homes, loss of languages, rise of hate speech, and war were among the top concerns cited in the reports by the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it closed its ten-day session on April 26, 2024.
"The rights of women, the need to protect endangered languages and redress for victims of boarding and residential schools were also priorities in the Permanent Forum's reports prepared for the U.N. Economic and Social Council.
"Some of their concerns:
- #Inuit: Children Removed, Women Victims of Doctors
- Green Colonialism: Immediate Moratorium
- Loss of languages
- Rights of Women
The following are topics, "prepared by Censored News, from the draft documents prepared by the Permanent Forum for the U.N. Economic and Social Council." For full text of the draft documents, visit the link below.
- Increasing Violence and #HateSpeech Toward #IndigenousPeoples
- Free, Prior and Informed Consent
- War and Displacement
- #CrimeanTartar in Ukraine
- Central and #SouthAmerica and #Caribbean: Hate Speech
- #Australia: Harsh Incarceration and Suicides of Youths
- #NewZealand: Harsh Measures Against #Maori
- Rights of #RapaNui People and #Kanuk
- #Honduras and #Indonesia
- #Bolivia
- #Pacific: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
- #Sami
- #Africa
- #BoardingSchools and #ResidentialSchools
- The Protection of Indigenous #Women and #Girls
- Indigenous young people
- Right to Remain in #Isolation
- Protection of #Languages
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/green-colonialism-rights-of-women-and.html
#NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #CobaltMining #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #NoPipelines #NoDAPL #CorporateColonialism #RioTinto #SaveOakFlat #Genocide #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #ExtractiveMining #TraditionalLanguage #IndigenousLanguages #TraditionalKnowledge #IndigenousPeoplesDay
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Federal Judge #DianeHumetewa, #Hopi, is First to Halt Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's #Lithium Drilling Permits in #Native #Ceremonial Places
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 18, 2024
"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at #Hualapai's Sacred Spring.
"Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment.
"Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.
"#Biden's Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO #VernLund has joined the board of the Australian-owned company #Hawkstone / #ArizonaLithium of Perth, Australia.
"In a separate case, the #TohonoOodham and #SanCarlosApache have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, #burial places and #MedicineGrounds in southern #Arizona. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the #SunZia Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, #PattenEnergy, is owned by the #CanadianPensionFund.
"The lithium drilling continues at the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned #LithiumAmericas / #LithiumNevada. #Paiute and #Shoshone elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. #Haaland said she supports the #LithiumMining.
"#ApacheStronghold filed a case before the U.S. #SupremeCourt [#SCOTUS] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, #OakFlat in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's #RioTinto and #BHP, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred #Aboriginal teachings in caves in #Australia. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and #SouthAfrica."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html#DefendTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat
#CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #ExtractiveMining -
Federal Judge #DianeHumetewa, #Hopi, is First to Halt Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's #Lithium Drilling Permits in #Native #Ceremonial Places
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 18, 2024
"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at #Hualapai's Sacred Spring.
"Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment.
"Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.
"#Biden's Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO #VernLund has joined the board of the Australian-owned company #Hawkstone / #ArizonaLithium of Perth, Australia.
"In a separate case, the #TohonoOodham and #SanCarlosApache have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, #burial places and #MedicineGrounds in southern #Arizona. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the #SunZia Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, #PattenEnergy, is owned by the #CanadianPensionFund.
"The lithium drilling continues at the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned #LithiumAmericas / #LithiumNevada. #Paiute and #Shoshone elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. #Haaland said she supports the #LithiumMining.
"#ApacheStronghold filed a case before the U.S. #SupremeCourt [#SCOTUS] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, #OakFlat in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's #RioTinto and #BHP, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred #Aboriginal teachings in caves in #Australia. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and #SouthAfrica."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html#DefendTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat
#CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #ExtractiveMining -
Federal Judge #DianeHumetewa, #Hopi, is First to Halt Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's #Lithium Drilling Permits in #Native #Ceremonial Places
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 18, 2024
"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at #Hualapai's Sacred Spring.
"Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment.
"Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.
"#Biden's Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO #VernLund has joined the board of the Australian-owned company #Hawkstone / #ArizonaLithium of Perth, Australia.
"In a separate case, the #TohonoOodham and #SanCarlosApache have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, #burial places and #MedicineGrounds in southern #Arizona. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the #SunZia Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, #PattenEnergy, is owned by the #CanadianPensionFund.
"The lithium drilling continues at the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned #LithiumAmericas / #LithiumNevada. #Paiute and #Shoshone elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. #Haaland said she supports the #LithiumMining.
"#ApacheStronghold filed a case before the U.S. #SupremeCourt [#SCOTUS] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, #OakFlat in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's #RioTinto and #BHP, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred #Aboriginal teachings in caves in #Australia. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and #SouthAfrica."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html#DefendTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat
#CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #ExtractiveMining -
Federal Judge #DianeHumetewa, #Hopi, is First to Halt Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's #Lithium Drilling Permits in #Native #Ceremonial Places
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 18, 2024
"Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at #Hualapai's Sacred Spring.
"Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment.
"Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.
"#Biden's Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO #VernLund has joined the board of the Australian-owned company #Hawkstone / #ArizonaLithium of Perth, Australia.
"In a separate case, the #TohonoOodham and #SanCarlosApache have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, #burial places and #MedicineGrounds in southern #Arizona. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the #SunZia Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, #PattenEnergy, is owned by the #CanadianPensionFund.
"The lithium drilling continues at the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned #LithiumAmericas / #LithiumNevada. #Paiute and #Shoshone elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. #Haaland said she supports the #LithiumMining.
"#ApacheStronghold filed a case before the U.S. #SupremeCourt [#SCOTUS] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, #OakFlat in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's #RioTinto and #BHP, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred #Aboriginal teachings in caves in #Australia. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and #SouthAfrica."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/federal-judge-humetewa-hopi-is-first-to.html#DefendTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat
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>> Seeding change: Supporting Palestinian human rights defenders through digital security
“As the war unfolded, I realised the importance of digital security for protecting our activism and staying safe online,” one of the participants in the digital security training organised by @7amleh said.
On our #SeedingChange column:
