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(1/10) ICYMI: we marked yesterday, 2 yrs since Chinese lawyer #YuWensheng's disappearance in 2018, with a round-up of how the int'l community took steps to call for for accountability. But wait - there was more in 2019!
Follow/RT to join our call on China to #FreeYuWensheng.
Follow/RT to join our call on China to #FreeYuWensheng.
(2/10) #YuWensheng received the Franco-German human rights prize - accepted by @xuyan709 - in January, and many govts called for China to release detained HRDs and lawyers at #HRC40 in March. This kind of visibility and pressure is key - and the more countries join, the better.
.@ACLU tells the U.N. Human Rights Council that U.S. disengagement and lack of cooperation with human rights bodies puts the United States squarely in the company of some of the worst human rights abusers around the world. theguardian.com/law/2019/mar/1…
Lack of cooperation with U.N. human rights experts and recent threats to ban travel of @IntlCrimCourt personnel provide encouragement to other nations with poor human rights records to ignore and undermine the essential work of int’l human rights mechanisms and judicial bodies.
ACLU calls on the United States to change course and take concrete actions to resume full and meaningful cooperation with all human rights bodies including facilitating official visits to the country. Full statement here: aclu.org/aclus-oral-sta… #HRC40
🇷🇺 #OyubTitiev is under trial for a crime he did not commit. Today at the #HRC40 the @rlafoundation will bring his case to the attention of the international community together w/ @MemorialMoscow Watch live 👉webtv.un.org @fidh_en @FrankSchwabe @crdefenders
#HRC40 🇷🇺 #OyubTitiev’s ongoing trial has been corrupted by falsified evidence and serious violations of due process and fair trial. However, Courts have repeatedly denied reuqest into evidence tempering @EU_UNGeneva @philippe_dam @ForstMichel
#HRC40 🇷🇺 #OyubTitievhas been recognised as a prisioner of conscience by dozens of national and international organisations. On two occasions the @Europarl_EN has called for his release as has the @ForstMichel
PORT 🇧🇷 Em minutos Min. Damares fala ao Conselho de Direitos Humanos da ONU em Genebra. Assista ao vivo webtv.un.org/live-now/watch… @MulherTamarindo @JamilChade @Survival @MST_Oficial @LeonardoBoff @cptnacional
#HRC40 coming up next 🇧🇷 👉 Brazilian minister of women, family and human rights, Damares Alves, will address the #HumanRightsCouncil. I wonder what she will have to say about #Bolsonaro’s human righst policies and the alarming state of human rights around the world.
