So proud of my brilliant Amnesty International team for this research, and for showing those who risk facing transnational repression that they are not alone. Read “On my campus, I am afraid”, on #China ’s efforts to target and silence dissent by overseas students: amnesty.org/en/documents/a…

Saudi Arabia: NGOs, including @ishrglobal, renew call for lifting of the illegal travel ban on women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul. Let's spread awareness and demand that her right to travel be guaranteed. #HumanRights

Read the statements here: docs.google.com/document/d/1eN…

📣 🎉 Meet the new cohort of #HRDAP2024 ! From diverse parts of the globe, these activists share an incredible dedication to safeguarding human rights. In the upcoming session, they’ll come together to build their networks and skills to create lasting change in their communities.

The international community, and all parties to the conflict, must cease attacks and ensure protection for human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in #Sudan , says ISHR and a coalition of NGOs ishr.ch/latest-updates… Salma El Hosseiny

Governments should revise the draft 'UN Pact for the Future' to strengthen respect for, investment in, and principled and consistent application of, human rights, writes Human Rights Watch's louis charbonneau. Human rights provide the compass for justice and equality for all. hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

For all its investment in reputation management and sportswashing, the regime of Saudi Arabia exposes its real face with the arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of a women for supporting women’s rights theguardian.com/world/2024/may… Salma El Hosseiny ISHR

After our #RememberingCaoShunli campaign, Ville de Genève plans to honour persecuted human rights defenders, like #CaoShunli , with a public monument.
✊ Thanks to YOU, Cao's death was not in vain, her legacy continues, shedding light on the plights of all persecuted defenders.

🌍 Are you passionate about enhancing civil society’s role at the #UN 🇺🇳? We need your input! Help civil society craft a practical manual for meaningful participation with UN human rights mechanisms. Take the survey and contribute to global change. 👇 bit.ly/3Qip1qm

Privileged to speak today at global gathering of Rafto Foundation human rights defender laureates. Common themes were importance of solidarity and intersectionality between defenders, and holding states accountable to a principled, consistent application of human rights law.

As the crackdown on climate protests increases across the globe, the international human rights community needs to press governments to comply with their obligations to deal with climate change instead of treating activists as criminals.
See at Human Rights Watch: shorturl.at/norzL

In jarring contradiction to its purported values of tolerance and inclusion, the #UAE is systematically subjecting human rights defenders to unfair trials, arbitrary detention and torture, says Human Rights Watch's Joey Shea
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ISHR and our partner NGOs and activists have campaigned for months to honour #CaoShunli 's legacy, 10 years after her death while she sought to cooperate with the UN.

We achieved a lot, more info in this thread: x.com/vdraphael/stat…

MAJOR WIN: inspired by #CaoShunli , City of Geneva will erect a monument to honour all persecuted human rights defenders globally.

In the context of our joint #RememberCaoShunli campaign, ISHR delivered last week a petition with 1000+ signatures.

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Inclusive multilateralism, which ensures the meaningful participation of civil society and is underpinned by a principled commitment to human rights and the rule of law, is our best hope to address global crises and conflicts in an effective, sustainable way. #MultilateralismDay

Greatly disturbed by the reported detention of at least 11 WHRDs in #Egypt following a protest in solidarity with women in Gaza and Sudan. They should be released immediately Permanent Mission of Egypt in Geneva 🇪🇬 🇺🇳

✊ 100 organisations have joined the call to States to #PayYourDues as the #UN is facing a financial liquidity crisis, preventing key international human rights mechanisms from fully functioning.

Read more 🔗 ishr.ch/latest-updates…

Very pleased to contribute to this article by Felix Lowe in Cyclist on what the increasing investment of authoritarian States like Saudia Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE means for human rights and professional cycling cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/middl… ALQST for Human Rights

JUST IN: UN expert Margaret Satterthwaite documents crackdown on human rights lawyers in letter to China's government.

Human rights lawyers are pivotal for change inside 🇨🇳. Yet, the govt's repression is met with little intl reaction.

A🧶 on this key letter:

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Very pleased to contribute to this article by Felix Lowe in Cyclist on what the increasing investment of authoritarian States like Saudia Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE means for human rights and professional cycling cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/middl… ALQST for Human Rights