Petition urges government to extend closing times for bars as women go hungry and are forced to skip HIV medication
Uganda: Safety and Security of the LGBTIQ+ Community in Uganda
Venezuela: Defense of 5 detained activists appeals to demand their freedom
Venezuelan Civil Society Organizations: We reject the criminalization and harassment against Azul Positivo and its members
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021, in the city of Maracaibo, the headquarters of the organization ACCIÓN ZULIANA POR LA VIDA, known as AZUL POSITIVO, were raided by a commission of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), in an alleged administrative procedure to the activities of the humanitarian assistance program developed by the organization in the state of Zulia.
Comment by UN Rights Office Spokesperson Marta Hurtado on Venezuela
We are deeply concerned by continuous and increasing attacks in Venezuela against civil society organizations, human rights defenders and journalists. In the latest incident, on 12 January in Zulia state, military counter-intelligence and regional police officers raided the NGO Azul Positivo. Documents were seized and six staff members were arrested. Five of them remain in detention. They have not been able to see their lawyers or families.
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SAA announces venue change for 2021 International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), organizers of the International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa (ICASA), would like to inform with deep regret, all partners, stakeholders, delegates and the international community, that unfortunately ICASA 2021 will no longer be held in Kampala, Uganda from 6th - 11th December 2021 as planned as a result of circumstances beyond our control.
UNAIDS calls on countries to put human rights first to beat pandemics
Turkey: The only just outcome is the acquittal of the METU Pride human rights defenders
We call on the trial prosecutor to recommend the acquittal of all the human rights defenders, and for all the relevant authorities in Turkey to ensure that the security forces and METU administration uphold the right to freedom of peaceful assembly as enshrined in domestic law and international human rights law.
Pakistan: Members write to the government of Pakistan regarding the rights of trans human rights defenders, in particular the case of Nayyab Ali
Police brutality: Activists demand ICASA boycott of Uganda
African human rights defenders are seeking to move the preeminent African anti-AIDS conference out of Uganda because of human rights abuses by Uganda’s police and security agencies. Forty-nine people were reported dead as of Monday evening during two days of violent riots in Ugandan cities and towns.