April 14, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in
Vietnam.
The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary arrest and detention of
Nguyen Thuy Hanh, the founder of the “50K fund”, a fund created to support the families of unjustly detained prisoners across Vietnam. A vocal human rights advocate, she manages a popular Facebook account where she frequently discusses human rights issues.
On April 7, 2021, Nguyen Thuy Hanh was arrested by the police and charged under Article 117 of the Criminal Code for allegedly “making, storing, or spreading information, materials or items for the purpose of opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”. If convicted, she could face a prison sentence of between five and 20 years. She is currently detained at Temporary Detention Center No. 2 in Thuong Tin Di
Azerbaijan: Degradation of health condition while in detention of Elchin Mammad
09/04/2021
Degradation of health condition /
Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests
your intervention in the following situation in Azerbaijan.
New information:
The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing arbitrary detention and deteriorating health conditions of Mr.
Elchin Mammad, human rights lawyer, President of the Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgait Youth (SULESY), an NGO providing free legal assistance to low income families and non-profits, as well as the Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Yukselish Namine, which publishes articles on human rights concerns in the country.
April 9, 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 intervention in the following situation in
Azerbaijan.
New information:
The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing arbitrary detention and deteriorating health conditions of Mr.
Elchin Mammad, human rights lawyer, President of the Social Union of Legal Education of Sumgait Youth (SULESY), an NGO providing free legal assistance to low income families and non-profits, as well as the Editor-in-chief of the newspaper
Yukselish Namine, which publishes articles on human rights concerns in the country.
Aleh Hrableuski. The director of the Office for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Siarhei Drazdouski remains under house arrest, while the lawyer of ‘Viasna’ HRC
Dzmitry Salauyou is under a restriction order.
The Observatory urges the Belarusian authorities to put an end to any acts of harassment against human rights defenders, local human rights organisations, public associations and their members, and to immediately and unconditionally release the above-mentioned human rights defenders.
Actions requested:
Please write to the authorities of Belarus to urge them to:
Guarantee in all circumstances the physical integrity and psychological well-being of Natallia Trenina, Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorskaya, Yuliya Semenchanka, Hanna Sakalouskaya, Volha Shapakouskaya, Enira Branitskaya, and all other human rights defenders in Belarus;
Belarus: Judicial harassment of six human rights defenders
09/04/2021
Judicial harassment /
Arbitrary detention
April 9, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Belarus. Description of the situation:
The Observatory has been informed about the judicial harassment against
Enira Branitskaya, lawyer and human rights expert, having cooperated with Human Constanta [1], as well as of the arbitrary detention of
Natallia Trenina,
Hanna Sakalouskaya, and the arbitrary detention and subsequent release of
Volha Shapakouskaya, five members of the Belarusian public association ‘Zvyano’ (“Chain” in English) [2] , amid the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and organisations in Belarus.