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Interviewed by Hilary Miller. Please introduce yourself, your organization, and your human rights work. My name is Yang Jianli, and I am a human rights scholar and activist. I am a survivor of the Tiananmen massacre, and a former political prisoner of China. I run Citizen Power Initiatives for China,
Media Mentions of 2020 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy For videos, photos, transcripts, media mentions, quotes, and more, click here. CNN article on Iranian rights activist and 2020 International Women’s Rights Award recipient Shaparak Shajarizadeh: “Iranian women’s rights activist: ‘Don’t wait for anyone to hand you your rights’”
Family of retired Sydney baker jailed in Vietnam say Australia needs to do more Ben Doherty – March 1, 2020 Click here to see the original article The trial of a retired Australian baker sentenced to 12 years in jail in Vietnamon terrorism charges was a “charade”, his son says, saying
Activists warn over slavery as Mauritania joins U.N. human rights council Nellie Peyton – February 26, 2020 Click here to see the original article DAKAR, Feb 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mauritania is backsliding in efforts to eliminate descent-based slavery, an activist and opposition member has warned, as the West
Iranian women’s rights activist: ‘Don’t wait for anyone to hand you your rights’ Melissa Mahtani – February 26, 2020 Click here to see the original article (CNN)She may just have won the Geneva Summit 2020 International Women’s Prize but Iranian activist Shaparak Shajarizadeh says she can’t feel happiness anymore — not while
“La résistance des femmes est quotidienne en Iran” Caroline Azad – February 22, 2020 Click here to see the original article Rencontre avec la militante iranienne Shaparak Shajarizadeh. Elle a reçu cette semaine le prix international des droits des femmes au Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy pour son
La UE comete un “gran error” al excluir a la sociedad civil de su diálogo con Cuba Isabel Saco – February 21, 2020 Click here to see the original article Ginebra (EuroEFE).- La Unión Europea está cometiendo un gran error al excluir a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil de
Iran: une opposante féministe dénonce des élections “sans espoir” L’Obs with AFP – February 20, 2020 Click here to see the original article Genève (AFP) – Elle a cru le régime iranien capable de changer mais aujourd’hui ne le pense plus. A la veille de législatives dans son pays, Shaparak
Liste über gefangene Uiguren in China “lässt mich erschaudern” Esther Felden – February 21, 2020 Click here to see the original article Eine Recherche der DW und anderer Medien hat enthüllt, wie willkürlich der chinesische Staat muslimische Uiguren in Xinjiang verfolgt: ein Anruf ins Ausland, das Tragen eines Kopftuches, das Schließen
Il grido delle donne iraniane L’attivista Shaparak Shajarizadeh: “Il regime di Teheran continua ad uccidere gli oppositori. Non c’è rispetto dei diritti umani” February 20, 2020 Click here to see the original article In Iran venerdì ci saranno le elezioni legislative. Ma a far notizia per ora è soprattutto il
Die stille Rebellion der iranischen Frauen Sabine Peschel – February 20, 2020 Click here to see the original article Kurz vor der Parlamentswahl am Freitag (21.02.2020) haben sich die Hoffnungen vieler Iranerinnen und Iraner auf politische Vielfalt zerschlagen. Der von konservativen Geistlichen beherrschte Wächterrat hat die Hälfte der knapp 14.500
Der Westen lässt die iranischen Frauen im Stich Simon Widmer – February 19, 2020 Click here to see the original article Weil sie den Kopftuchzwang missachtete, musste sie aus dem Iran fliehen. Heute verlangt die Oppositionelle Shaparak Shajarizadeh Unterstützung im Kampf gegen das Mullah-Regime. Als Shaparak Shajarizadeh auf einer Strasse
Nouveaux témoignages de la répression au Xinjiang Frédéric Koller – February 19, 2020 Click here to see the original article Jewher Ilham, la fille du célèbre prisonnier politique ouïgour Ilham Tohti, est venue évoquer à Genève la situation de la région autonome du Xinjiang Enfant surnuméraire, barbe, voile, fréquentation de
The UN, where rights abusers get to be on the human rights council Terry Glavin – February 19, 2020 Click here to see the original article It would be a sufficiently damning indictment of the United Nations that on the 75th anniversary of the global body’s founding, the state of
Wir Iranerinnen sind starke Frauen Guido Felder – February 19, 2020 Click here to see the original article Weg mit dem diskriminierenden Kopftuch! Shaparak Shajarizadeh wagte in Teheran den Aufstand und wurde dafür brutal verhaftet. BLICK sprach mit ihr in Genf über den Protest, die Situation der Frauen im Iran
Dissidents spotlight abuses in Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Turkey, China, Pakistan, DR Congo, Venezuela, Vietnam, Mauritania GENEVA, Feb. 18, 2020 – China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Turkey and Venezuela were among the governments that came under scrutiny today in Geneva, days ahead of the 2020 UN Human Rights Council that opens there on
Iranian headscarf campaigner calls for vote boycott Christophe De Roquefeuil – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Geneva (AFP) – Anti-headscarf campaigner Shaparak Shajarizadeh once believed in the potential for change in Iran but is now so despondent she is calling for a boycott of Friday’s
Coronavirus would be ‘disastrous’ for China’s Muslim concentration camp prisoners and the world might never find out, Uyghur activist warns David Brennan – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Coronavirus poses a serious risk to millions of inmates in China’s Muslim prison camps, where overcrowding and
‘We Are Very Worried.’ Jailed Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi’s Family Say They Have Not Heard From Him In Over a Month Billy Perrigo – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, currently serving a 10 year prison sentence for criticizing the Saudi Arabian regime online,
New data on China’s detention of Uyghurs: ‘They could charge you for anything’ The World Staff – February 18, 2020 Click here to see the original article Around 1 million Uyghurs have been forcibly detained by the Chinese government in a widespread network of prisonlike facilities. Chinese authorities call the detention camps
GENEVA, February 18, 2020 – An international coalition of 25 human rights organizations will today award a prestigious international human rights prize to Biram Dah Abeid, a descendant of former slaves who has been called “the Nelson Mandela of Mauritania,” for dedicating his life to ending slavery in the country. The award will be presented today
GENEVA, February 18, 2020 – An international coalition of 25 human rights organizations will today present a prestigious international women’s rights award to Shaparak Shajarizadeh, a prominent Iranian women’s rights activist who was jailed, beaten and brutalized for removing her headscarf in public. The Iranian activist became a leader in the “Girls of Revolution Street”
GENEVA, February 16, 2020 — Russia’s leading anti-corruption activist will put Moscow in the hot seat tomorrow at the United Nations just one week before foreign ministers gather in the same building to open the 2020 U.N. Human Rights Council. Lyubov Sobol, a Russian lawyer and rights activist who has become one of the country’s
Arabic TV station Al Hurra features the 2018 annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy ahead of the 11th annual event in March 2019.
Nicaragua’s future leaders are in Ortega’s prisons, activist says Isabel Saco – March 28, 2019 Click here to view original article. The future leaders of Nicaragua are currently in President Daniel Ortega’s prisons, making the release of political prisoners the first step toward building a valid alternative to the Sandinista