🇨🇳#China: Ahead of the 24/07 #EUChinaSummit, we urge the EU to prioritise human rights and to put arbitrarily detained defenders at the forefront of the discussions & demand their immediate & unconditional release! #50Years50Voices #EUChina50 👉fidh.org/en/region/asia…

The Criminal Court has dismissed a petition requesting an inquiry to end inhumane treatment of human rights lawyer Anon Nampa regarding the use of leg shackles during his royal defamation trial, citing that the practice was lawful. Link in reply.

"They want to repeat what happened with the 2010 elections.  Those elections were also rejected, but the international community went on to drop sanctions and support the regime it had previously described as illegitimate." burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefing…

#Iran: Reports of several hundred executions so far this year underscore how deeply disturbing the situation has become & the urgent need for an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty. Death penalty is incompatible with right to life & irreconcilable with human

Myanmar junta’s new electoral law imposes life imprisonment and execution for disrupting stage-managed December poll. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/4oeteul

We call on Cambodian and Thai authorities to continue efforts to resolve the root causes of conflict, and to ensure victims of violence and displacement receive redress. Quick measures are needed to build confidence & peace. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

[Opinion] Seoul’s moment to lead on North Korean human rights - by Shin-wha Lee koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/202507… #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #DPRK

Rebranded regime suspends privacy laws—weaponizing the law to allow warrantless raids, arrests, detentions and mass surveillance ahead of planned December election. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar bit.ly/4mrUeom

The abduction issue has long been treated as a bilateral concern between Japan and North Korea. But amid shifting geopolitics, it warrants a broader regional response. buff.ly/2Fn4fIF

Read our press statement: The Enforced Disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah democracymaldives.org/?p=495 "We call on you to hold the government and individual public officials accountable for these actions and in-actions."

Chinese embassy officials entered a top art gallery in Thailand and demanded an exhibition about transnational repression be shut down, according to a curator and communications seen by Reuters. reuters.com/world/china/th…

China must protect rights of imprisoned human rights defenders and ensure they are not subjected to torture or ill-treatment says Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs, urging authorities to provide detailed information on 7 HRDs serving prison sentences of 10 years or longer. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

#SriLanka: UN Human Rights report calls on the Government to seize the historic opportunity to break with entrenched impunity & deliver long-overdue justice & accountability for serious violations & abuses committed in the past. ➡️ ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

#Maldives: FIDH joins 8 other groups in calling on the government to abandon the introduction of the death penalty for drug trafficking and to abolish capital punishment

#Maldives: FIDH joins 8 other groups in calling on the government to abandon the plan to impose capital punishment for drug trafficking

UN experts urge international community to reject Taliban’s violent & authoritarian rule in #Afghanistan. The Taliban’s institutionalised system of discrimination & oppression amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution on grounds of gender. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

#Myanmar: “I think this election is only being held to give power to military dictators until the world ends.” - Junta sets December 28 for the initial phase of sham election rfa.org/english/myanma…

#Myanmar: #Rohingya's safe return is impossible until crimes against them end and perpetrators held accountable, says Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), which is also investigating destruction/dispossession of Rohingya land/property iimm.un.org/en/rohingyas-s…

🇭🇰#HongKong: The health of arbitrary detained publisher Jimmy Lai is worsening. At his age, the lack of specialised medical care puts him at severe risk of life-threatening complications 📣We call for his immediate & unconditional release! #FreeJimmyLai 👉fidh.org/en/region/asia…

The regime has scaled back its plans for an election on December 28 with observers dismissing the process as a sham. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar ------------------- Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar bit.ly/supporttheirra… bit.ly/4fLun8R