🗣️
#FIDH
Intl. Board adopted a resolution recognizing that a unfolding
#genocide
is being committed against the Palestinian people.
#Israel
's actions kill civilians every hour. Their current living conditions are the result of a planned elimination👇
Thailand 📍
👀Yes, this tweet is from 2020.
👀Yes, women remain objectified - to the detriment of their cause.
👀 No, this tweet is not acceptable.
👀Read our report to find out why.
#WomensRights
✊
👉
🚨Human rights defenders are NOT criminals
🇮🇷
#Iran
has a long history of harassment and repression of human rights defenders, prosecuting them under so-called "national security" charges. The government must stop silencing civil society
➡️Read our report:
⚠ # SOSNicaragua
🇳🇮The
#OrtegaMurillo
regime has been sowing terror in
#Nicaragua
since April 2018:
👉🏽325 people murdered
👉🏽2500 wounded
👉🏽762 political prisoners
We won't forget the imprisoned peaceful protesters! They must ALL be released!
Read:
#Burundi
: Germain Rukuki is deprived of health care in an unsanitary prison, confined with 120 prisoners in a 100m2 cell.
His health is deteriorating – this confinement puts him at serious risk of catching
#COVID19
We speak out, they walk free
#ForFreedom
Lao blogger, Mouay, suffers twice over: censored and thrown in prison by Lao authorities, she’s at high risk of being exposed to
#COVID19
We speak out, they walk free.
#ForFreedom
French Interior Minister
@GDarmanin
questioned the state funding of
@LDH_fr
amid the exposure of police violence in recent protests against the pension reform.
FIDH stands in solidarity with its member organisation in France. Freedom of association is essential to democracy 🚨
.
@LDH_Fr
: "Je ne connais pas la subvention donnée par l'Etat, mais ça mérite d'être regardé dans le cadre des actions qui ont pu être menées."
@GDarmanin
💻WEBINAR: come join us via
#Zoom
to address the topic "Innovating to fight violence against women in the time of
#COVID19
"!
#WomensRights
🗓️ June 17
🕑 6 p.m. (Paris time)
To attend, please sign up here 👉
#Covid19
Emergency
📢 Wrongfully imprisoned, all human rights defenders must be freed.
Time is of the essence
With the virus' rapid spread, they are more vulnerable than ever: being locked up = being in danger.
We speak out, they walk free.
➡️
#ForFreedom
🔴Massive overcrowding, poor labor conditions, insufficient healthcare services, punishment and disciplinary measures sometimes close to torture...
📌Find out the reality of women incarcerated in
#Thailand
's not so "model prisons"
👉
In
#China
, Taiwanese
#HumanRights
defender Li Ming Che, already weakened from the rotten food served to him in prison, is believed to have been placed in a forced labor camp.
Now with
#COVID19
he’s more vulnerable than ever
Share far and wide
#ForFreedom
For defending
#Kashmir
's autonomy, Miyan Abdul Qayoom is suffering a double punishment: imprisoned in
#India
over 800 km from his loved ones, the 70-year-old is highly vulnerable to
#Covid19
and has no access to healthcare.
Speak out for him,
#ForFreedom
.
In
#Burundi
, four journalists from independent newspaper
@iwacuinfo
are in prison, in conditions that expose them to
#COVID19
⚠ A ruling on appeal is expected tomorrow — we demand their immediate release!
Speak out for them
#ForFreedom
⚠️Defending human rights is not a crime⚠️
In
#Iran
, human right defenders are systemically targeted and criminalised.
New report of
@OBS_defenders
documents harassment of 28 women's rights defenders and human rights lawyers.
➡️Read our report:
For defending the rights of sick and disabled people in
#China
, Cheng Yuan, Liu Dazhi and Wu Gejianxiong are imprisoned.
They risk becoming ill and contracting
#Covid19
if they are not released soon. Share far and wide!
#ForFreedom
#Algeria
: Authorities systematically repress
#Hirak
leaders, including Abdelouahab Fersaoui, who’s in prison for “incitement to violence”.
His “crime”? Participating in a peaceful rally.
✊ He must be released!
#ForFreedom
To be sentenced to 38.5 years in prison and 148 lashes for practicing as a lawyer is possible in
#Iran
where Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained for 2 years. In an unsanitary and overcrowded prison, she is at risk of being infected with
#COVID19
.
#ForFreedom
The dead cannot demand justice, and the pleas of the survivors are ignored. Eleven years after the Conakry stadium massacre in Guinea, victims’ cries for justice are still being ignored by the government.
#JusticeForConakry
➡️Help us get their stories heard.
Thailand📍Women have been the face of nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations. ✊ Female university and school students, in particular, have been front and center in this wave of peaceful protests. Check out our report 👉
🚨This week is being held in The Hague the Assembly of States Parties of
@IntlCrimCourt
⚖️
FIDH is present at this key moment for international justice.
What exactly is it?
To understand everything, it's here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ # Thread
#ASP18
(1/9)
#Turkey
: Human rights defender Hasan Ceylan faces terrorism charges based on dubious testimony, in part from… former terrorists! Now in prison, Hasan suffers from health problems.
✊He must be freed!
#ForFreedom
#Thailand
✊ Many of these women have been protecting and promoting fundamental human rights and freedoms through peaceful means.
👉Yet, some trolls mocked them online. See one such reaction below 🔴
#WomensRights
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
✊January 3-15 🏁 the
#DakarRally
will be held for the second time in Saudi Arabia. While many women drivers are expected to race, why is the Saudi government still imprisoning the women who advocated for women’s right to drive? 👉
🔴 For the ‘crime’ of carrying out research on
#humanrights
in
#Egypt
, Patrick Zaki was arrested, tortured, and thrown in prison.
His vulnerability to
#Covid19
increases by the day...
We speak out, they walk free
#ForFreedom
#Iran
: Narges Mohammadi is a victim of the Iranian government's repression of
#HumanRights
defenders.
In prison, ill treatment has made her health deteriorate. Now, with
#Covid19
, she's more vulnerable than ever.
Speak out for her.
#ForFreedom
.
#Ecuador
: In the face of multinational corporations, Victor Guaillas defends people’s right to their land and access to potable water. Now, he’s arbitrarily detained, and vulnerable to
#COVID19
Share far and wide
#ForFreedom
In the Conakry stadium, the cries of the victims overrode the cries of the fans. Eleven years after the Conakry stadium massacre in Guinea, victims’ demands for justice are still being ignored by the government.
➡️Help us get their stories heard.
#JusticeForConakry
Their "crime"? Demonstrating against corruption in
#Niger
. Moussa Moudi, Halidou Mounkaila and Maïkoul Zodi are now detained in conditions that do not allow them to protect themselves against
#Covid19
. Speak out for them!
#ForFreedom
While
#Turkey
announced the release of many detainees,
#humanrights
lawyer Sevda Özbingöl Çelik remains in prison for allegedly “assisting a terrorist organisation”. She doesn’t belong behind bars!
#ForFreedom
🔴For 30 years, the mining and steel industry has been violating human rights and destroying communities in Brazil.
📢To politicians and leaders of these companies: Will you come celebrate this 30th anniversary in the town you’re destroying?
#AnInvitationToPiquia
📣
#FIDH
& the
#UnionForCivilLiberty
release today their report on prison conditions in
#Thailand
🇹🇭
It highlights the government’s inadequate response to
#COVID19
and sub-standard conditions in Thai prisons 👇
#InternationalWomensDay
✊Together. Now. Everyday
This week, we want to share with you our actions and impacts in defending women’s rights. We don’t need to wait for a special day to support this fight.
👉
🔴Today to be visible you have to do like the others. And that starts with the # trend. The trend of the day
#InternationalWomensDay
instead of what should be,
#WomensRightsDay
🧐 An algorithm against women's rights or just a "bad" trending topic ?👉
We’re participating in the change and application of laws. ✊ Justice was served for Tunisian Meriem. Remember her? FIDH was alongside her in the conviction of the three officers responsible of her assault 👉
Syrian authorities orchestrated the disappearance of
#HumanRights
defender Khalil Maatouk yet they deny arresting him and taking him to a secret detention center.
He has been spotted in a prison where torture is commonplace
He must be released!
#ForFreedom
📢Human rights defender Fredy García Ramírez has been imprisoned since November 2019 in
#Mexico
. He's shown symptoms of
#Covid19
while in custody, but hasn't received adequate medical care, putting his health at risk.
Speak out for him!
#ForFreedom
➡️
🕐In a rapidly evolving
#business
&
#HumanRights
field, accountability often remains a struggle for victims of corporate abuse.
🎉Today, FIDH is proud to launch a fully revamped, interactive web version of its guide on recourse mechanisms.
👉
🔴[
#THREAD
] Oil companies
@Total
and CNOOC are on the verge of launching 30 years of oil exploitation in Uganda, which could have disastrous consequences for people and the environment.
Today, FIDH &
@Oxfam
release 2 reports alerting about the risks.
#OilVsRights
? (1/12) ⬇️⬇️
🔴Struggle for justice, survivors speaking up, lack of political will... ⚖️On the international Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, FIDH analyze the impact of 9 cases of litigations in
#Africa
➡
#HumanRightsDay
✊ FIDH, Acción Ecológica, and the Waorani community are filing a lawsuit in Ecuador on oil companies’ impact on climate change and rights of indigenous people.
Faced with the
#COVID19
pandemic,
#Mexico
has announced amnesty for prisoners convicted of petty offences.
🔴 Pablo López Alavez, on the other hand, remains in prison for opposing illegal logging operations.
📣 We speak out, they walk free
#ForFreedom
🔴BREAKING
Islam Alloush, former spokesperson for the Syrian Islamic group Jaysh al-Islam was arrested and indicted in Paris. On 26 June 2019, our organisations filed a complaint against the group and have been accompanying 20 victims and their families
➡️
Saudi
#humanrights
defender Loujain al-Hathloul is in prison for defending
#WomensRights
to drive. Having been tortured in prison, she’s highly vulnerable to
#COVID19
We speak out, they walk free.
#ForFreedom
#InSolidarityWithTurkey
🔴Our report reveals the multiple tactics by which the gov’t undermines human rights defenders’ work : judicial harassment, closure of NGOs, stigmatisation, and funding cuts are but a few. For more details see 👉
Selçuk Kozağaçlı has been detained in
#Turkey
since November 2017 for practicing as a lawyer. Weakened by his health condition and his recent hunger strike, he is among those most susceptible to
#Covid19
. He must be released.
#ForFreedom
🚨In
#Guinea
, Oumar Sylla was arrested for giving an interview.
His detention conditions are appallingly unhygienic and overcrowded, making him particularly vulnerable to
#Covid19
.
We speak out, they walk free.
#ForFreedom
➡️
In
#Turkey
, the rule of law remains under siege.
As the crackdown on civil society continues unabated,
@OBS_defenders
publishes a report examining the attacks on freedom of assembly.
If you're not familiar with the situation, here's some background. ⬇️ (1/7)
⚠️🇬🇹
#Guatemala
- Stating on one hand he "do not need international organizations telling us what to do", wishing to get closer to
#FBI
to fight crime on the other: What does Mr. Giammattei want as a follow up to
#CICIG
?
➡️
”Now we're also working on a complex justice strategy, to offer a chance of justice to hundreds of thousands of victims." ~
@avalaina
, Head of the
@ccl_ua
in
#Ukraine
🇺🇦
🔴Joint letter to
#EU
representatives🇪🇺
#FIDH
& 6 other
#HumanRights
organisations point to the urgent need to end military assistance to the Rwandan army provided under the European Peace Facility👇
🔴 As in today’s
#OzgurGundem
trial, authorities in Turkey deliberately target human rights defenders and other civil society actors by judicially harassing and criminalising these brave individuals.
Time to learn more here 👉
🇰🇬Journalist, painter, human rights defender...
Free
#AzimjanAskarov
!
After 10 years of unjust detention, Azimjan faces today the final hearing before the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan.
Read more:
🔴Yury Dmitriyev’s research on Stalinist repression evoked the rage of Russian authorities who try to downplay Soviet-era crimes.
⚠ Now in prison, Dmitriyev’s fragile health makes him vulnerable to
#COVID19
We speak out, they walk free
#ForFreedom
Sexual and gender-based violence against both women and men remain invisible and go unpunished !
- 25 cases before the ICC
@IntlCrimCourt
- 3 accused acquitted
- 0 final conviction...
New FIDH report >
Today was signed an agreement to build a 1445km pipeline in East Africa.
For the inhabitants, this could be the beginning of 30 years of oil exploitation, +12,000 families would lose land, and represent a huge risk for the local culture & environment.
#SOSNICARAGUA
🔹 Since 2018, the Ortega-Murillos have carefully done everything necessary
to be considered an unbalanced and dictatorial regime.
All the details in our Executive Summary 👉
📢There is no peace without justice.
While we commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the Conakry stadium massacre in Guinea, the victims are still calling for justice.
➡️Today, let's give them hope. Let's bring them
#JusticeForConakry
👉
Already detained twice for her activism in favour of political prisoners and against impunity in
#Palestine
, Khalida Jarrar was arrested again on Oct 31, 2019 by the Israeli Forces. Her detention makes her more vulnerable than ever to
#Covid19
#ForFreedom
#SOSNICARAGUA
🔹 In
#Nicaragua
, criminal structures exist within the State, which are very well organised to commit crimes.
Do you know how they work?
Details here 👉