RT Lithuanian Permanent Mission in Geneva
The #LublinTriangle – 🇱🇹🇵🇱🇺🇦 – @UN_HRC stressed the importance of freedom of opinion&expression in every society and condemned Russia's deliberate targeting of #HRDs, journalists & those who speak out against Russia's aggression against #Ukraine and inform about atrocity crimes. https://t.co/Hni7a6Ah84

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LtGva/status/1672195941577760768

RT @VForestFL: Elections in #Turkey: The clock is ticking & the risk of crackdown on the opposition & #HRDs is rising. https://t.co/dyzIx986HE

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/blochbihler/status/1651691244957958146

RT @martinennals: 🚨#India must stop the persecution of #HRDs
📣UN experts have repeatedly highlighted grave concerns regarding the #UAPA law, which allows the designation of any individual as a ʽterroristʼ.
✊🏼#MEA 2023 #KhurramParvez was arrested on a NGO terror funding case. We urge his release.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/blochbihler/status/1639512693244674048

✅ Easier access to visas for #HRDs ...
▶️ ... e.g. for cases of acute or permanent threat, and to attend conferences / trainings in the EU.

See also the call of 50 civil society organisations: https://bit.ly/EU_Visa and the @EP_ThinkTank study: https://bit.ly/Study_EP_ThinkTank

(10/12)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1635923912465829888

✅ Better protection for HRD’s families & communities, who are often attacked to prevent #HRDs from speaking up
An example is @Sultanakhayya1. Moroccan security agents raided her house and physically assaulted her, her sister & other family members:
https://bit.ly/SultanaKhaya
(9/12)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1635923910364389384

‼️ #HRDs are often not safe. They & their families are
🛑 intimidated
🛑 subjected to smear campaigns
🛑 imprisoned on trumped-up charges and even
🛑 murdered.

My report looks at the implementation of the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.
Its main demands:

(2/12)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1635923892568047618

RT @boell_eu: 🟢 Online event on 2 March, 14:00 CET - Book presentation & discussion "In defence of defenders: criminalised #solidarity in #Europe", with @Border_Violence ➡️ https://calendar.boell.de/en/event/criminalisation-human-rights-activists
#HumanRights #MigrationEU #HRDs @BoellStiftung @boell_gr @heimatkunde_hbs

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/JanAlbrecht/status/1628430152697774085

@MigRAkademie #dimr @FMenschenrechte @forumzfd
RT @PI_AfricaHub: Celebrating 25 yrs of the UN Declaration on #HumanRightsDefenders! The Special Rapporteur @MaryLawlorhrds has created a logo to symbolize the resilience & achievements of #HRDs worldwide. Share the logo & stand in solidarity with HRDs. #HumanRights #25YearsOfAdvocacy #advocacy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/blochbihler/status/1621392060111527936

#HumanRights defenders have a right to travel to the 🇪🇺 - but often they can't bc of overly restrictive visa policies.

I support the call of 50 int. civil society organizations, i.a. @ProtectHRD_EU+@amnesty to make it easier for #HRDs to obtain EU Visas.

https://bit.ly/HRD_EU-visa

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1569356019599294464

Russia: 🇺🇳 experts make it clear:“Over the past decade 👉 decisive & systematic clampdown on civil society in 🇷🇺. Since the 🇺🇦invasion, this disturbing trend has deteriorated dramatically.” 🇷🇺 violates not only intl law but its own intl obligations regarding its own population.
RT @UN_SPExperts: UN experts condemn 🇷🇺 #Russia's heightened crackdown on #civilsociety, #HRDs & the #media. The State should halt #ArbitraryDetentions, use of…

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/ExtSpoxEU/status/1547981022117081092

Today, I met recipients of the @FrontLineHRD Awards for #HumanRights Defenders at risk.

Special congratulations to Liah Ghazanfar Jawad (Afghanistan) who was absent: She was denied a Schengen Visa. Such visas are more and more often denied to #HRDs - I'm working to change that.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1531630212521287680

Many of us lost friends last year who were killed only
because they chose to protect human rights.

But being harassed, kidnapped, tortured, killed for defending human rights is not normal.

It is not "part of the job".
And that is the line we need to hold.
(1/2)
#EPlenary #HRDs

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1493917064142151683

Many of us lost friends last year who were killed only
because they chose to protect human rights.

But being harassed, kidnapped, tortured, killed for defending human rights is not normal.

It is not "part of the job".
And that is the line we need to hold.
(1/2)
#EPlenary #HRDs

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1493917064142151683