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Director’s update: Impact of US funding freeze on human rights defenders and ISHR
The suspension and, in some cases the termination, of US foreign aid is having profound and adverse human rights impacts, threatening the very existence of many human rights defenders, organisations and institutions.
The future is ours to right
Rising authoritarianism. An accelerating climate crisis. Continuing conflicts characterised by war crimes and crimes against humanity. It’s difficult to face 2025 with anything other than a sense of fear, inevitability and despair. Yet these are precisely the understandable impulses we must resist!
El Salvador must limit state of emergency, end arbitrary detention
The UN has reviewed El Salvador's human rights record, with civil society, UN bodies and many States calling for the lifting of the state of emergency which, according to civil society groups, has led to the arbitrary detention of thousands of people.
Sudan: End ethnicity-based attacks on civilians, including women, in Aljazeera
NGOs call for an end to all forms of ethnicity-based attacks on civilians in Aljazeera, Darfur, Khartoum and other conflict areas in Sudan.
Human rights defender’s story: Yasmeen EL-Hasan from Palestine
'The tragic irony here is that it should be very easy for duty bearers to take immediate and urgent action. States need only to abide by their legal obligations'.
Thank you for taking action: Carlos Correa is free!
Espacio Público announced today that Carlos Correa had been indeed arrested and has now been released from detention.
Human rights defender’s story: Yuteita Hoyos Ramos, from Mexico
Yuteita Hoyos Ramos is an Indigenous woman human rights defender from Mexico. In an interview, she told us how she came to work in defence of the rights of girls, women and Indigenous peoples, and about her aspirations for the future of Mexico.
Venezuela: where is Carlos Correa?
We call on Venezuelan authorities to disclose the fate and whereabouts and immediately and unconditionally release the Executive Director of Espacio Público, Carlos Correa, arbitrarily detained and forcibly disappeared by individuals believed to be connected with State security forces.
Sudan: End the siege on Dillinj and Habila in South Kordofan
The international community must uphold their commitments towards, and responsibility to protect, civilians by taking urgent measures to ensure access for necessary and life-saving humanitarian aid.