PEN International

PEN International is campaigning for the release of writers and journalists who are among those held in Syria, some in incommunicado detention.

A joint submission to the UN UPR process of Cambodia focuses on the country’s compliance with its international human rights obligations in respect to freedom of expression.

A joint submission to the UN UPR process for Vietnam focuses on the country’s compliance with its international human rights obligations in respect to freedom of expression.

Eighteen human rights organisations came together to support an open letter addressed by the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom of Expression to the Chairman and members of the National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia, as they prepare to discuss the final draft of the constitution.

As demonstrations in Turkey continue, trials against writers and journalists are ongoing, some of which opened nearly four years ago. About 200 people are currently charged under Turkey’s Anti Terror Law, yet it is clear that many among the defendants are accused only for engaging in debates on Kurdish issues and other activities that in no way can be seen to promote violence.

A joint statement by 77 NGOs delivered to the UN Human Rights Council stressed that Russia’s actions at the 16th session of the UPR pose a dangerous challenge to the integrity of the UPR process.

IFEX members sent a joint letter to President Museveni calling for an end to impunity in cases of police violence against the media, after a violent crackdown on a demonstration in May over media closures.

Nineteen human rights organisations have joined forces to condemn the continued enforced disappearance of Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq whose health has been steadily deterioriating over the past eight months he spent in detention.