February 23, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in India. New information:
The Observatory has been informed about the temporary release on bail of Mr.
Varavara Rao, an 80-year-old human rights defender who was held in detention for two and a half years pending trial at Taloja jail, Mumbai, Maharashtra State [1].
On February 22, 2021, the Mumbai High Court granted bail for six months to Mr. Rao on medical grounds. He was released on a 50,000 Rupees (approximately 570 Euros) bail and on condition that he: remains in Mumbai, within the jurisdiction of the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court; attends the court whenever he is summoned; surrenders his passport to the NIA; refrains from hampering the investigation; and does not speak to the media about his case. At the t
February 23, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in
India.
The Observatory has been informed about the temporary release on bail of Mr.
Varavara Rao, an 80-year-old human rights defender who was held in detention for two and a half years pending trial at Taloja jail, Mumbai, Maharashtra State[1].
On February 22, 2021, the Mumbai High Court granted bail for six months to Mr. Rao on medical grounds. He was released on a 50,000 Rupees (approximately 570 Euros) bail and on condition that he: remains in Mumbai, within the jurisdiction of the Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court; attends the court whenever he is summoned; surrenders his passport to the NIA; refrains from hampering the investigation; and does not speak to the media about his case. At the time of publication of
Release / Harassment
February 19, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in
Kazakhstan.
The Observatory has been informed about the release and continuing judicial harassment of
Max Bokayev, head of the NGO “Arlan”[1] and a human rights defender working for the protection of the environment, freedom of expression and the fight against torture[2].
On February 4, 2021, Max Bokayev was released from a penal colony in Atyrau, Western Kazakhstan, upon completion of his five-year sentence for his crucial role in organising peaceful protests that took place in April and May 2016 against the amendments to the Land Code of Kazakhstan[3]. President Nursultan Nazarbayev had subsequently imposed a moratorium on the amendments, yet Mr. Bokayev remained in prison. The Observatory recalls that t
At a glance
Despite the end of the internal armed conflict in 2009, impunity still prevails in Sri Lanka. The country has not yet established a judicial mechanism with special counsel nor concluded its ongoing investigations into certain emblematic cases of violations committed during the conflict. As long as impunity persists for the long list of crimes under international law, the country will continue to struggle to eradicate the systemic human rights violations on its territory. It is worrying to observe the recurrence of hostilities and violence against ethnic and religious minorities.
Thousands of cases of enforced disappearances have remained unsolved, despite the authorities’ increased engagement to clarify the fate of those missing. In 2017, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) found that the investigation at the secret detention place located at the Navy Camp in Trincomalee, where many disappearances and torture-related offences allegedly occurred,
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