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Laos/Thailand: United Nations body petitioned over the enforced disappearance of Thai dissident
On 20 December 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights and (FIDH) and Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) ...
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Oil in Uganda: Serious human rights abuses and escalating threats as project development enters new phase
The Tilenga, Kingfisher and EACOP oil projects in Uganda have caused new harms for human rights, including labour rights ...
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Complaint filed against Franco-Israeli soldier: the French judiciary must open an investigation
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers allegedly involved in international crimes in Gaza have dual French-Israeli citizenship. However ...
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Zimbabwe’s Civic Space in Crisis: New Report Details Growing Operational Obstacles and Legal Threats to Civil Society
The ouster of President Robert Mugabe in 2017 in Zimbabwe was followed by a brief period of cautious optimism for increased ...
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SOS-defenders platform: Expose arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide
A collective of local, regional and international human rights organisations unveils SOS-Defenders, an action platform that ...
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One year of denouncing the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
One year ago, the elected representatives of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), voted on a resolution ...
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Laos: States should ask "Where is Sombath?" at upcoming review of human rights record
On the 12-year anniversary of the unresolved enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the ...
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Italy: Draft bill 1236 targeting peaceful environmental activism
Human rights and environmental organisations across Europe, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) ...
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United Nations binding treaty on business and human rights: FIDH’s position ahead of the 10th negotiation session
For more than a decade, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its members have been calling for a legally binding instrument (…) ...
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Brazil: Piquiá de Baixo’s community members resettled to safe houses away from mining pollution
After years of fighting for full reparations, the community of Piquiá de Baixo in the Brazilian state of Maranhão secured their relocation to safe homes away from mining pollution. In October 2024, ...