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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 1

    : Did you know that is not an independent criminal offense? 35 years after ratifying the UN Anti-Torture Convention,🇨🇭has still not included torture in its criminal code. Parliament can now change that & help prevent & punish this serious crime

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  2. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    : The office is alarmed at the continued disappearance of 6 people abducted two weeks ago in connection with women’s rights protests, saying, “arbitrary arrests + detentions perpetuate a climate of fear and uncertainty”.

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  3. 16 hours ago

    : la société civile attend du Parlement qu'il adopte enfin une définition précise du crime de pour prévenir et combattre efficacement ce fléau.

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  4. 18 hours ago

    : Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy was sentenced to 4 years in prison by an emergency court because of social media posts. He was arrested in Feb 2021 shortly after his return from Vienna where he was studying. Call on to and release him NOW

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  5. Feb 1

    : one year into the military coup and the junta's brutal repression, millions of citizens keep resisting. Despite the risks.

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    A year since the military takeover in Myanmar: citizens again show their defiance with a "silent strike". Video from shows Yangon's streets largely deserted, despite threats of punishment from the authorities for those who stay at home or close their shops.
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  6. Feb 1

    : Saviez-vous que la n'est pas une infraction à part entière? 35 ans après avoir ratifié la Convention anti-torture de l'ONU, la🇨🇭n'a toujours pas inclus ce crime dans son code pénal. Le parlement🇨🇭 peut désormais changer cela en modifiant le code pénal

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  7. Retweeted
    Jan 31

    : 🔴In 2021, +275 human rights and independent orgs. were shut down. Now a new amendment to the Criminal Code leaves no room for legal human rights activities. Rights defenders face up to 2 years in prison for working in unregistered NGOs. ▶️

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  8. Jan 31

    : Blogger & activist Mohamed Oxygen was sentenced in Dec 2021 to 4 years in prison for posts critical of the government in an unfair trial by an emergency court. He is detained since 2019 in horrid conditions. Call on to and release him NOW

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  9. Jan 31

    on the eve of one year from the military coup ⤵️

    As the 1yr of the failed coup approaches the is stronger than ever. Despite momentum, the intl comm has failed to respond to systematic being perpetrated by the junta. ⌛️Time is ticking. It is time to act! More in weekly update:
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  10. Jan 30

    : Director of Adalah NGO and rights lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer has been unjustly detained since 2019 & was sentenced to 4 years in prison by an emergency court in Dec 2021. He is punished for his human rights work. Call on to & release him NOW

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  11. Retweeted
    Jan 28

    : We celebrate the release of Boğaziçi University students and rights defenders Ersin Berke Gök and Caner Perit Özen. Yet we call for the end of the judicial harassment & for an investigation into the acts of ill-treatment against them. ▶️

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  12. Jan 28

    : authorities must end the persecution of Alaa Abdel Fattah for his activism and role in the . He's been detained for most of his 30s and is serving an unjust 5-year prison term. Time for to and release him NOW

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  13. Jan 28

    By 2050, 200 million may have fled their homes. But climate migrants struggle to be recognized as refugees, and to get rights and protection. affects people’s habitat, it's a human rights issue. It's time we consider it as such.

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  14. Jan 28

    : the Olympic Games can't be a "force for good" when the host government commits atrocity crimes against its own population. 243 civil society groups urge governments to join a diplomatic boycott of the Games in China

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  15. Jan 27

    : One week from the start of the , find out all you need to know about the country's human rights crisis in this excellent 🧵 by our member ⤵️

    NEW: : Your Quick Guide to China’s Human Rights Crisis Here are the top human rights concerns in for spectators, journalists, commercial sponsors, government delegations, and athletes.
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  16. Jan 27

    : in 2021, an emergency court sentenced Egyptian politician Hossam Moanes, unjustly behind bars since Jul 2019, to 4 years in prison for exercising his human rights. Call on to stop punishing activists, & release him NOW

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 26

    : 60 NGOs urge to reverse recent decision to end funding for , widen & increase support for Palestinian civil society & reject Israel’s designation of 6 Palestinian NGOs as "terrorist organisations" Read➡

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  18. Jan 27

    : these seven activists are imprisoned in inhumane conditions for peacefully expressing their opinions - a universally recognised human right. We call on to and release them now ➡️

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  19. Jan 26

    : Our e-bulletin is now out in 5 languages. It includes human rights highlights & recommendations from the Committee Against Torture to , , , , and . Check it out here in EN/SP/FR/RU/AR ➡️

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  20. Jan 26

    : In Nov 2021, an emergency court convicted politician Hisham Fouad on bogus charges and sentenced him to 4 years in prison. Call on to stop punishing activists, and release him NOW.

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