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Salem Ali Al-Maashani, as well as about the acquittal of Mr.
Amer Muslim Bait Saeed. Messrs. Issa Qatan, Al-Maashani and Bait Saeed are environmental rights defenders and online activists who work for the preservation of green areas and their natural heritage in the Dhofar Plain of the Dhofar Governorate in Oman.
On March 8, 2021, the Salalah’s Court of First Instance ordered the release on bail of Dr. Issa Qatan until his next appearance before the court, scheduled for March 17, 2021.
The Observatory recalls
that on February 23, 2021, Dr. Issa Qatan was arrested by the Internal Security Service (ISS). On February 24, 2021, the Public Prosecutor charged Dr. Issa Qatan with “using social media in a way that would prejudice public order” (article 19 of the Cyber Crime Law) and remanded him in custody for two weeks pending trial. Dr. Issa Qatan remained detained in the detention centre of the Dhofar Governorate Police Command’s Directorate of Criminal Inquiries and Inves
Judicial harassment /
Arbitrary arrest
March 10, 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 the Human Rights Centre ‘Viasna’ as reprisals for its work documenting human rights abuses and providing legal assistance to victims amid the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and organisations in Belarus.
On February 16, 2021, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus revealed that a preliminary investigation into the activities of “organisations that position themselves as human rights organisations” was ongoing. It is clear that the statement of the Investigative Committee refers to ‘Viasna’: on the same day, within the framework of the preliminary investigation, the Main Director
Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul,
Panupong Chadnok, three human rights defenders and prominent pro-democracy activists.
On March 8, 2021, the prosecutors made a decision for criminal proceedings against Ms. Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, Mr. Jatupat Boonpattararaksa and Mr. Panupong Chadnok to go ahead. The three have been charged under Articles 112 (“lèse-majesté”) and 116 (“sedition”) of the Criminal Code in connection with speeches concerning the Thai monarchy they made at a peaceful pro-democracy protest at Bangkok’s Sanam Luang on September 19, 2020. Subsequently, the Bangkok Criminal Court ordered their pre-trial detention and denied bail requests to all three defendants, arguing that the defendants would present a high risk of re-offending if released.
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