Katharine Derderian

🚨The Latvian parliament will vote today on a proposal to leave the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty protecting women & girls from violence. Such a move would put safety & lives risk.
@amnesty.org calls on Latvia to uphold the convention & work towards its full implementation.

‼️It has been 10 years since Gui Minhai disappeared from Thailand.

EU leaders must use all tools at their disposal to press the Chinese authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally, and allow him to travel home.
#FreeGuiMinhai #China

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The people of El Fasher have endured the RSF’s brutal 18-month long siege of the city.

@amnesty.org calls on the RSF to:
👉End attacks on civilians & civilian infrastructure
👉Allow humanitarian aid into the city
👉Guarantee safe passage for civilians fleeing violence

The RSF must immediately end attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and allow humanitarian aid into the city. On 26 October, the RSF claimed that it had taken control of parts of El Fasher, the last major city in Darfur under SAF control. On 27 October, SAF announced it had withdrawn its forces from the city.

📢 Amid reports of Rapid Support Forces attacks on civilians in El Fasher, Sudan, the EU and international actors must act swiftly to prevent further civilian suffering.

All those responsible for ongoing atrocities must be held individually accountable.

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I will cut adrift—I will sit on pavements and drink coffee—I will dream; I will take my mind out of its iron cage and let it swim—this fine October.

- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart

The Cuban authorities must
👉End repression
👉Immediately & unconditionally release all unjustly imprisoned
👉Respect rights to freedom of expression & to defend human rights

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Johanna Cilano on X: "🚨🇨🇺 #CubaSinRepresión @AmnistiaOnline : José Daniel Ferrer ha salido de Cuba rumbo a un exilio forzoso. Celebramos que pueda reencontrarse con su familia y recuperar parte de su libertad. José Daniel salió directamente de la cárcel al avión que lo saca de Cuba luego de https://t.co/gkShWfWm7N" / X 🚨🇨🇺 #CubaSinRepresión @AmnistiaOnline : José Daniel Ferrer ha salido de Cuba rumbo a un exilio forzoso. Celebramos que pueda reencontrarse con su familia y recuperar parte de su libertad. José Daniel salió directamente de la cárcel al avión que lo saca de Cuba luego de https://t.co/gkShWfWm7N

José Daniel Ferrer has left Cuba & is now in forced exile

We @amnesty.org celebrate that he can reunite with his family & regain part of his freedom

His situation is not an isolated incident but part of the Cuban government's systematic strategy to silence those who dissent

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Auch drei Jahre nach Uno-Bericht: Keine Aufarbeitung der Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit in Xinjiang Auch drei Jahre nach dem Uno-Bericht, der China schwere Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Xinjiang attestierte, setzt sich die Repression in der Uigurischen Autonomen Region fort. Angehörige der Inhaftier...

Das bedeutet unter anderem, die schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen in #Xinjiang anzusprechen, die auch drei Jahre nach dem Bericht des UN-Hochkommissars für Menschenrechte noch immer weitergehen... 2/3 www.amnesty.ch/de/laender/a...

Der chinesische Aussenminister Wang Yi besucht die #Schweiz für einen „strategischen Dialog“ mit Bundesrat #Cassis. @schweiz.amnesty.ch erwartet, dass Ignazio Cassis die #Menschenrechte ausdrücklich zur Sprache bringt! www.scmp.com/news/china/d... 1/3

Il faut également exiger la libération de courageux·ses défenseur·e·s des droits humains tel que #ZhangZhan. En outre, l'instrumentalisation du système judiciaire sur le continent chinois et à #Hongkong pour harceler et persécuter les militant·e·s et opposant·e·s doit cesser.

Chine. Trois ans après un important rapport de l’ONU, nul n’a été amené à rendre des comptes pour les crimes contre l’humanité commis dans le Xinjiang Des familles de personnes détenues dans le Xinjiang décrivent leurs souffrances, trois ans après un rapport de l'ONU dénonçant de graves violations des droits humains par la Chine.

Il faut notamment aborder les graves violations des droits humains au #Xinjiang, qui n'ont toujours pas cessé, trois ans après la publication du rapport du Haut-Commissaire des Nations unies aux droits de l’homme. www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/ne...

Le ministre chinois des Affaires étrangères, Wang Yi, est en visite en #Suisse pour un « dialogue stratégique » avec le conseiller fédéral Cassis.
@suisse.amnesty.ch attend d’Ignazio Cassis qu’il aborde explicitement la question des droits humains !

Torture weapons are being used on Europe's streets to put down protests Rubber bullets, chemical substances, experimental acoustic weapons have been used recently by various police on Europe's streets against peaceful protests, writes the UN special rapporteur on torture.

Rubber bullets, chemical substances, experimental acoustic weapons have been used recently by various police on Europe's streets against peaceful protests, writes the UN special rapporteur on torture.

Torture weapons are being used on Europe's streets to put down protests Rubber bullets, chemical substances, experimental acoustic weapons have been used recently by various police on Europe's streets against peaceful protests, writes the UN special rapporteur on torture.

Torture weapons are being used on Europe's streets to put down protests

China: Courts used as tools of systematic repression against human rights defenders Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today in a new report exposing the judiciary’s...

The Chinese government must immediately release all those imprisoned solely for exercising their fundamental freedoms.

Read more 👉
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When lawyers are jailed for defending clients, petitioners are punished for seeking justice, and writers are imprisoned for their words, the message is clear: nobody is safe.

Yet still, Chinese human rights defenders persist – and the world must stand with them.

🚨 ICYMI - a new @amnesty.org report out last week

On how China’s courts are used as a tool to silence journalists, activists, lawyers and citizens - often for nothing more than their peaceful expression.

⚖️ Our research on 68 cases shows systematic fair trial violations.

Afghanistan & Iran show how international failure to engage consistently allows the deterioration of gender rights to go unchecked & emboldens regimes to institutionalize oppression.

Only decisive, coordinated action can close this gap between principle & practice.

Subcommittee on Human Rights Ordinary meeting - Jointly with the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality - Multimedia Centre The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...

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➡️Establish accessible well-resourced protection pathways for women at risk in Afghanistan, Iran & worldwide
➡️Ensure EU work on women’s rights addresses intersectional forms of discrimination
➡️Actively mainstream women’s rights & gender sensitivity across all EU external action

What can the EU do?

➡️Work for recognition of gender apartheid as a crime under international law
➡️Anchor EU policy on women’s rights in genuine consultation with women rights defenders & civil society
➡️Include women in all peacebuilding & conflict resolution initiatives

“There is no worst-case scenario left to imagine, [...] an increasing number of UN experts and Afghan women describe what they are enduring today as gender apartheid.”

Yesterday @amnestysasia.bsky.social's Regional Director Smriti Singh spoke at the DROI Committee and FEMM Committee hearing.

Read our take on how the EU can be visible, strategic & impactful on human rights at a critical time.

Only with human rights at the core of their partnership will the EU and India be equipped to confront today's challenges at home & in the wider world.

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We @amnesty.org urge the EU to
👉Speak out unequivocally on serious abuses & repressive trends in India
👉Be clear that deepening bilateral relations will be linked to concrete, measurable progress on human rights
👉Ensure human rights remain at the very heart of EU-India relations.

You have to look very hard to spot human rights here.

Last week's @ec.europa.eu Joint Communication on the EU-India strategic agenda has even less commitment on rights than last time in 2018.

And not a mention of the profound rights crisis affecting people across India.

We call on the EU to:

➡️facilitate diplomatic spaces
➡️support projects defending human rights & the Amazon
➡️monitor the situation

There's no time to lose for international action to guarantee the rights of Indigenous children & protect those defending life in the Amazon.

Peru's repressive laws increase risks for indigenous communities & threaten their human rights.

Still, MANTHOC Perú activists highlight acts of resistance🌱

👉Botanical gardens preserving medicinal plants

👉Work to strengthen ancestral knowledge & protect their territory

Last Friday, activists from MANTHOC Perú with support of
Amnesty International Peru met with the European External Action Service in Brussels.

They raised the alarm about river pollution and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and weak protection for environmental defenders in Peru.

And here it is!

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