The @UN Working Group on #ArbitraryDetention says the Hong Kong government’s deprivation of @zouxingtong’s liberty is arbitrary and in contravention of international human rights law. #ChowHangTung #鄒幸彤 @amnestychinese @hrw_chinese @ISHR_chinese @the29principles https://nitter.hongkongers.net/jooeysiiu/status/1672287479846584330#m

Statement by Minister Joly: Two years ago today, Canada launched the Declaration Against #ArbitraryDetention in State-to-State Relations as part of an international effort to deter and put an end to the practice of arbitrary arrest, detention and sentencing of individuals for leverage over another state. 
Canada is deeply grateful for the support of our partners, who share our commitment to upholding international #HumanRights.
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/02/second-anniversary-of-declaration-against-arbitrary-detention-in-state-to-state-relations.html

Democracy ‘on trial’ as Hong Kong 47 prepare to face court. ‘The vast majority of the 47 have been kept in prison since…January 2021…. William Nee [@williamnee] …[of] Chinese Human Rights Defenders, likens the trial to a “pre-emptive strike” against an entire generation of democracy activists & former legislators… “The charges are absolutely absurd from an international law point of view…”.’ | Erin Hale, Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/3/democracy-on-trial-as-hong-kong-47-prepare-to-face-court #China #HongKong #HumanRights #ArbitraryDetention

RSF reports: “Last year’s record has been broken again. The total of 533 #journalists being held…on 1 December [2022] was 13.4% higher than last year’s figure. RSF has also never previously seen so many women journalists in detention…78 are currently held, a…rise of nearly 30% compared to 2021… 
#China…continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, with a total of 110 currently being held…” | RSF https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide #FreeExpression #WomenJournalists #ArbitraryDetention

RSF reports: “Last year’s record has been broken again. The total of 533 #journalists being held…on 1 December was 13.4% higher than last year’s figure. RSF has also never previously seen so many women journalists in detention. A total of 78 are currently held, a…rise of nearly 30% compared to 2021… 
#China…continues to be the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, with a total of 110 currently being held.” | RSF https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide #FreeExpression #WomenJournalists #ArbitraryDetention

In 2019, Egyptian #photojournalist Shawkan was released after 5 years in prison for covering a 2013 crackdown by security forces. He remained subject to police observation, however. Read about our submission to the #UN Working Group on #ArbitraryDetention: https://www.mediadefence.org/news/award-winning-egyptian-photojournalist-shawkan-subject-to-draconian-police-observation-probation-measures/

#Israel will have to wait to deport a Palestinian lawyer and activist to France for at least several weeks.
Saleh Hammouri appeared at a court hearing near Tel Aviv on Tuesday. No decisions were made, & another hearing was set for Jan. 1…He remains in Israeli custody. Hammouri has been held since last March under administrative detention. | AP
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-jerusalem-israel-obituaries-tel-aviv-2715ba3d4a93c4cca5490442dc03cb3f #ArbitraryDetention #HumanRightsDefender

Sean Turnell tells of Myanmar jail squalor, torture fear | AFP/Mizzima https://www.mizzima.com/article/sean-turnell-tells-myanmar-jail-squalor-torture-fear #Myanmar #SeanTurnell #ArbitraryDetention #illtreatment #SolitaryConfinement #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Sean Turnell tells of Myanmar jail squalor, torture fear | AFP/Mizzima https://www.mizzima.com/article/sean-turnell-tells-myanmar-jail-squalor-torture-fear #Myanmar #SeanTurnell #ArbitraryDetention #illtreatment #SolitaryConfinement #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar