Các chế độ chuyên chế coi đại dịch Covid-19 là cơ hội để tăng cường quyền lực-Tại Hungary, thủ tướng hiện có thể cai trị bằng sắc lệnh. Ở Anh, bộ trưởng có quyền bắt giữ người dân và đóng cửa biên giới. Thủ tướng Israel đã đóng cửa các tòa án và bắt đầu một cuộc giám sát công dân. Chile đưa quân đội đến các quảng trường công cộng […]
Defend the Defenders’ Latest Statistics: Vietnam Holds 242 Prisoners of Conscience- Defend the Defenders, Press Release, April 1, 2020 According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of March 31, 2020, Vietnam’s communist regime is holding at least 240 prisoners of conscience in prisons or similar forms of detention, and female activist Huynh Thuc Vy is under house arrest while Ngo Hao (m) is in […]
Chính phủ Việt Nam trả lời chuyên gia nhân quyền LHQ về việc bắt giam ông Phạm Chí Dũng-Việt Nam Thời báo, ngày 01/4/2020 Ngày 20/3/2020, chính phủ Việt Nam đã trả lời kháng thư chất vấn về việc bắt giam nhà báo độc lập Phạm Chí Dũng, Chủ tịch Hội Nhà báo Việt Nam Độc lập của nhóm các chuyên gia nhân quyền LHQ ngày 22/1/2020. Chính phủ Việt Nam cho […]
For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power-Soldiers and police officers at a checkpoint in Santiago, Chile, last week.Credit…Martin Bernetti/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Selam Gebrekidan, The New York Times, March 30, 2020 LONDON — In Hungary, the prime minister can now rule by decree. In Britain, ministers have what a critic called “eye-watering” power to detain people and close borders. […]
All journalists jailed globally must be freed amid COVID-19 pandemic-CPJ, March 30, 2020 CPJ launches #FreeThePress campaign New York, March 30, 2020 –The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched the #FreeThePress campaign to call for the unconditional release of all jailed journalists to ensure their safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past four years, CPJ’s annual census has found a record high […]
Urgent action needed to prevent COVID-19 “rampaging through places of detention” – Bachelet - GENEVA (25 March 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on governments to take urgent action to protect the health and safety of people in detention and other closed facilities, as part of overall efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. “Covid-19 has begun to strike prisons, jails and […]
Physical, emotional and digital protection while using home as office in times of COVID-19-Front Line Defenders, March 27, 2020 Ideas & tips for human rights defenders A global pandemic is a new situation for all of us. Most of us already are or soon may be forced to start working remotely. Many will use their home as an office. In some places, there is no doubt this […]
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