Women human rights defenders across the MENA region face many obstacles to their work, including threats, harassment, torture, jail, travel bans and other violations that prevent them from freely carrying out their work. GCHR asks supporters to join the campaign in support of WHRDs worldwide by tweeting #SheDefends.
Source: MEDIA FEED
HRNJ-Uganda / About Author
Related Posts
Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers (Demo)
This statement was originally published on eff.org on 27 January 2020. Ring isn’t just a product that allows users to…
05 Feb 2020
– In crackdown on protests, Iranian regime targets freedom to inform (Demo)
In the first days of 2018, the Iranian regime arrested tens of citizen journalists in an attempt to censor information…
07 Jan 2018
RSF report highlights deteriorating press freedom climate in wake of Daphne Caruana Galizia murder (Demo)
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 14 October 2019. On 16 October 2017, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was…
15 Oct 2019
– Concerns about UK press freedom raised in submission to UN Human Rights Council (Demo)
In September 2016, RSF submitted a contribution to the UN Human Rights Council underscoring press freedom concerns in the U.K….
05 May 2017
– Historic sentencing in Paraguay: Prison term for mastermind behind assassination of journalist Pablo Medina (Demo)
The SPP welcomes the sentencing, while at the same time drawing attention to the fact that impunity reigns in 17…
08 Jan 2018
– 45 days and counting: Cameroon's internet shutdown (Demo)
Within the past year, the government of Cameroon has shut down the internet in its attempt to clamp down on…
20 Nov 2017
– Brussels triggers Article 7 but ignores Poland's press freedom violations (Demo)
(RSF) welcomes the European Commission decision to trigger Article 7 of the European Union treaty against Poland, but regrets that…
21 Dec 2017
– Iran frees Issa Saharkhiz then sentences him to one year in jail (Demo)
The one year sentence was handed down the day after Saharkhiz was released from jail on a separate charge, according…
02 May 2017
Hundreds of journalists jailed globally becomes the new normal (Demo)
For the third year in a row, 251 or more journalists are jailed around the world, suggesting the authoritarian approach…
14 Dec 2018
Argentine intelligence services surveilled journalist Hugo Alconada Mon under Macri administration (Demo)
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 18 June 2020. Argentine authorities should conduct a thorough investigation into the…
22 Jun 2020
– Uzbek political prisoner free after 19 years (Demo)
Rustam Usmanov, a peaceful political activist imprisoned arbitrarily in Uzbekistan for 19 years and brutally tortured, was finally freed on…
23 Feb 2017
IFJ demands release of tortured Yemeni journalists (Demo)
The Yemeni Journalists Syndicate has confirmed that the group of journalists abducted by Ansar Allah (Houthis) in 2015 have been…
01 May 2019
Kenya’s fight against COVID-19 chips away at digital rights (Demo)
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 22 September 2020. Kenya confirmed its first coronavirus (Covid-19) case on March…
30 Sep 2020
Bahraini human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace spends another birthday behind bars (Demo)
Al-Singace was arrested and sentenced to life in prison following his involvement in the 2011 peaceful pro-democracy protests in Bahrain….
17 Jan 2019
Macau: Proposed ‘fake news’ legislation threat to press freedom (Demo)
This statement was originally published on ifj.org on 27 May 2019. The Macau government’s proposed Civil Protection Law which has…
28 May 2019