3/3 - We’ll read the stories of 7 #HRDs missing from these negotiations. Let’s amplify their voices. Let’s demand protection. Because there is no #ClimateJustice without #HumanRights.

2/3 - Environmental #HumanRights Defenders #HRDs face growing threats: violence, criminalization, even death. Their courage fuels #ClimateAction. Their absence at the table speaks volumes. #DefendTheDefenders #CivicSpace

RT by @blochbihler: In 2022, I wrote a report on the difficult situation for #HRDs defending the rights of refugees, migrants & asylum-seekers: https://bit.ly/A77178. As we mark #InternationalMigrantsDay, I regret that Govts are still repressing & failing to support the vital work of these HRDs.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/MaryLawlorhrds/status/1736696129725530214#m

[2023-12-18 10:33 UTC]

RT by @HeidiHautala: URGENT-happening now: #Morocco’s occupation forces brutally attacked the first national Congress of @CODESA_SO in occupied #Al_Aaiun/#WesternSahara. The NGO members (#HRDs) and guests were physically abused, assaulted and denied access by force to the congress location in attempt to prevent the congress from taking place. At least one member reported to be detained (Atiqu Barray), many injured. more details will follow. @MaryLawlorhrds @FrontLineHRD @amnestyfrance @amnesty @hrw @goldsteinricky @seth_binder @POMED @CraigMokhiber @volker_turk @antonioguterres

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/ElwaliWS/status/1715734399734452557#m

[2023-10-21 14:18 UTC]

#BVMN #ProtectNotSurveil #HRDs

Die #EU unterstützt #Menschenrechtsorganisationen außerhalb der EU.
Wenn es aber um solche innerhalb der EU geht, fehlt diese #Unterstützung meist.
Falls sie sich für #Geflüchtete einsetzen, werden sie oft auch noch #kriminalisiert.

Dazu ein Twitter-🧵 von @Border_Violence mit interessanten Links⬇️
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1712450015677886690.html

Courageous activists Leo Ijie and Raga Kogeya face intimidation as they fight for human rights in #WestPapua. Join us in amplifying their voices and demanding justice. #HumanRights #HRDs
https://humanrightsmonitor.org/case/criminalisation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-west-papua-continues-sorong-police-chief-presses-legal-charges-against-papuan-lawyer-leonard-ijie/
https://humanrightsmonitor.org/case/police-officers-intimidate-female-papuan-human-rights-defender-in-jayapura/

@EmmaReillyTweet RT by @badiucao: When I found out @UNHumanRights was betraying #Uyghurs, #Tibetans and #HRDs to #Beijing, I had a choice: 1. Take the promotion and money and say nothing; 2. Stay and fight. I chose 2. I knew I would be fired. I knew to get the proof I had to be fired *for* #whistleblowing. /1 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/EmmaReillyTweet/status/1667575830891864064#m

✅ Easier access to visas for #HRDs ...
▶️ ... e.g. for cases of acute or permanent threat, and to attend conferences / trainings in the EU.

See also the call of 50 civil society organisations: https://bit.ly/EU_Visa and the @EP_ThinkTank study: https://bit.ly/Study_EP_ThinkTank

(10/12)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1635923912465829888

✅ Better protection for HRD’s families & communities, who are often attacked to prevent #HRDs from speaking up
An example is @Sultanakhayya1. Moroccan security agents raided her house and physically assaulted her, her sister & other family members:
https://bit.ly/SultanaKhaya
(9/12)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1635923910364389384

‼️ #HRDs are often not safe. They & their families are
🛑 intimidated
🛑 subjected to smear campaigns
🛑 imprisoned on trumped-up charges and even
🛑 murdered.

My report looks at the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
Its main demands:

(2/12)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1635923892568047618

RT @boell_eu: 🟢 Online event on 2 March, 14:00 CET - Book presentation & discussion "In defence of defenders: criminalised #solidarity in #Europe", with @Border_Violence ➡️ https://calendar.boell.de/en/event/criminalisation-human-rights-activists
#HumanRights #MigrationEU #HRDs @BoellStiftung @boell_gr @heimatkunde_hbs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JanAlbrecht/status/1628430152697774085

Adding some of my old op-eds here to #Mastodon:

Xi Jinping Has Critics in #China. They Have Paid a Steep Price.

Human rights defenders in China face arrest and lengthy detention for calling out Xi’s mistakes.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/xi-jinping-has-critics-in-china-they-have-paid-a-steep-price/ #humanrights #hrds

Many of us lost friends last year who were killed only
because they chose to protect human rights.

But being harassed, kidnapped, tortured, killed for defending human rights is not normal.

It is not "part of the job".
And that is the line we need to hold.
(1/2)
#EPlenary #HRDs

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1493917064142151683

RT: #WorldRefugeeDay2020
Many African human rights defenders (#HRDs) are forced to leave home because of their human rights work. "Exile Shall Not Silence Us"- a podcast series on #HRDs in #exile - brings you their stories. Episode 1 is out on Monday 22. Stay tuned!!
https://nitter.mastodont.cat/AfricaDefenders/status/1274250714164928512#m

2020-06-20 08:00:19