26 Apr 2021
The American Bar Association Center for Human Rights is seeking a contracting organization to 1) identify cases related to attacks against human rights defenders (HRDs); 2) conduct meetings with judges, public prosecutors, government officials, and civil society organizations to discuss HRD cases; 3) observe trials on behalf of the Justice Defenders Program. The contracting organization should be based in the Occupied Palestinian territories and hold expertise in each of the aforementioned tasks.
How to apply
The Center is looking for cost estimates for such an undertaking (per/deliverable). They will also be familiar with basic digital and physical security protocols and secure communications platforms. Interested organizations are invited to submit a cost proposal for such an undertaking to lana.baydas@americanbar.org by Monday, April 26, 2021. Please copy sonali.dhawan@americanbar.org.
15 May 2021
The American Bar Association Center for Human Rights is seeking a Program Associate to assist with day-to-day administration and regional programmatic support for regions including but not limited to Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North
Africa, Eurasia, and Asia.
Principal Duties/Job Responsibilities
· Implement one or more programs or projects, includes participation in program/project planning, and ensuring compliance with ABA policies.
· Analyzes project/program performance throughout the process to ensure projects move forward in a productive manner.
· Provide research and writing support to program
· Serves as a point of contact for projects.
· Communicates with member leaders and staff, including reporting on progress and results.
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Alnur Ilyashev, a Kazakh activist and blogger, did what many do when fed up with their governments: He complained on Facebook. Following a trial last summer that ended in his conviction, he was banned for five years from political and civic activism.
In a series of posts in March 2020, Ilyashev criticized Kazakhstan’s ruling party, Nur Otan, for its handling of the then-emerging coronavirus pandemic and more generally. The posts, however, led to his arrest in April 2020 for violating Article 274 of the Kazakh Criminal Code banning the “disseminat[ion of] knowingly false information that creates the danger of disrupting public order and causing substantial harm to the rights and legitimate interests of citizens or organizations or the interests of society or the state protected by law.”
Kazakh Authorities Abused Rights Of Activist Who Criticized Coronavirus Response, Watchdog Concludes
March 12, 2021 10:29 GMT
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The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) has urged Kazakh authorities to review the conviction of activist Alnur Ilyashev, who was handed a parole-like three-year sentence and banned from social or political activism for five years for openly criticizing the Kazakh government s response to the coronavirus. [Ilyashev s] conviction is an example of how Kazakhstan is using COVID-19 as a pretextual ground to clamp down on speech, in particular on the Internet often the only space left for dissent during the pandemic, CFJ s
The CFJ is a human rights watchdog founded by Hollywood star George Clooney and his wife, Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Clooney.