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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#Thailand: read our @fidh-official.bsky.social new report on the lèse-majesté law, where we answer your 15 biggest questions about Article 112 and its implications for #humanrights, civic space, the media, and democratic development It's here 👉 www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

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Thailand: New report details more than a decade of lèse-majesté abuse

A new report published by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) (…)

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm overjoyed that #KhurramParvez & Irfan Mehraj were released on bail this evening in #India. This is long overdue after 1703 days of arbitrary detention without trial for Khurram + 1219 days for Irfan. The fight goes on until charges are dropped & they are truly free www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

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India: Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj released on bail

On 18 July 2026, a District and Sessions Judge in New Delhi granted bail to Kashmiri human rights defenders Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj in a (…)

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

In long awaited good news, #KhurramParvez & #IrfanMehraj were granted bail today, after 4.5 years of pre-trial detention for Khurram & 3+ years for Irfan. We hope they will be released from custody promptly and maintain our call on the authorities to drop all charges www.livelaw.in/news-updates...

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Delhi Court Grants Bail To Human Rights Activist Khurram Parvez, Journalist Irfan Mehraj In UAPA Terror Funding Case

A Delhi Court today granted bail to human rights activist Khurram Parvez and Kashmiri journalist

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

And while determining the scale and pervasiveness of corruption within all levels of the Pakistan judiciary is a difficult task, the evidence in our report points to indicators of potential grand corruption, in particular due to the high-level actors involved and the widespread human rights impact

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Because we know corruption is not a victim-less crime, we wanted to look at how corruption directly and indirectly impacts human rights: we found it significantly undermines rights to due process and fair trials, with a particularly disastrous impact on minorities and lower-income communities

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We interviewed 30 lawyers, judges, journalists and other experts who all told us the same thing: corruption is widespread, systematic and normalized in the judicial system, and accountability mechanisms are ineffective and politicized

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#Pakistan: today we're publishing a new report with our member org Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) detailing the myriad ways in which #corruption is manifested in the justice system and importantly, how it negatively impacts #humanrights www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

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Pakistan: New report highlights widespread, systemic corruption in the justice system

A new report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisation in Pakistan, the Human Rights Commission of (…)

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Katharine Derderian @kderderian1.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

15 EU member states discussing cooperation with the Taliban on deportations to Afghanistan? In a word 👇

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The statement is also endorsed by 80 individuals, including FIDH President @alexisdeswaef.bsky.social, former UN Special Rapporteurs @davidakaye.bsky.social @niaolainf.bsky.social @fernanddevarennes.bsky.social & former US Ambassador at large for war crimes Stephen J Rapp

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#India: On the eve of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez’s 49th birthday, 92 human rights and civil society organizations worldwide call for his immediate and unconditional release www.fidh.org/en/region/as... #FreeKhurramParvez #Kashmir

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For the first time in 4.5 years, we've had some good news: Khurram was granted bail by the Delhi High Court in one of the cases against him - although it doesnt mean hes free yet, this is a step in the right direction #FreeKhurramParvez scroll.in/latest/10934...

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Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez granted bail

He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in November 2021 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in a terror funding and recruitment case.

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Katharine Derderian @kderderian1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Tiananmen Mothers were not previously blocked from cemetery visits on today's 4 June anniversary. It is deeply troubling that the suppression of the Tiananmen commemoration appears to be escalating, reflecting the government’s deep seated insecurity about people’s demands for accountability.

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China: ‘Heartless’ ban on Tiananmen Mothers visiting cemetery signals escalating repression

Responding to reports that Chinese authorities have barred the mothers of protesters killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown from visiting their loved ones’ graves on this week’s anniversary of the atr...

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

#DeathPenalty: important new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, which concludes "the death penalty cannot be reconciled with the absolute prohibition of torture" & calls upon all retentionist States to move towards full #abolition docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/62/37

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ISHR @ishr.ch · 27/05/2026

🛡️ ECOSOC consultative status opens doors for NGOs to #UN decision-making spaces. ISHR’s new course gives you the tools to apply, navigate challenges, and strengthen your advocacy 💪 Explore it here: ow.ly/EZ3p50YR4xM

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

👉 Failure to uphold these principles risks further entrenching impunity, undermining the credibility of the European Union’s commitment to human rights and gender justice, and abandoning Afghanistan victims and survivors at a critical moment.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

6️⃣ : Instead, the EU should engage in structured and meaningful consultation with Afghanistan civil society, victims, and women human rights defenders, to ensure that their perspectives directly inform EU policy decisions.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

5️⃣ : The EU must ensure that no individual associated with the Taliban authorities, or any individual against whom credible allegations of serious human rights violations have been made, is received, hosted, or engaged in any form of cooperation or consultation.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

4️⃣ : The EU must publicly and unequivocally affirm that the rights of Afghanistan women and girls are non-negotiable, and cannot be compromised or used as bargaining chip in the context of diplomatic engagement or migration policy.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

3️⃣ : The EU must recognise that the minimum conditions often cited by the EU for engagement — including respect for fundamental rights, particularly women’s rights — are not currently met, and that proceeding despite this would undermine the European Union’s human rights commitments.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

2️⃣ : Any forced returns to Afghanistan would raise serious concerns under intl law, including the principle of non-refoulement. This concern is particularly acute for women & girls, whose lives, safety, and fundamental rights are at immediate and systemic risk under the Taliban.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

1️⃣ : the Taliban do not represent the people of Afghanistan. Any official engagement with Taliban reps, particularly on European soil, carries significant legal, political and symbolic implications. It risks being perceived as a form of normalization or implicit recognition.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

‼️For several weeks now, news have come trickling in that a #Taliban delegation will be invited to #Brussels to discuss forcibly returning Afghan asylum seekers from EU member states to #Afghanistan Read ou @fidh-official.bsky.social + 82 other groups' open letter: www.fidh.org/en/region/as... 🧵↩️

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Open letter on the proposed engagement of Taliban representatives in Brussels

On 27 May 2026, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) joined 82 other Afghan and international human rights groups to express grave (…)

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Meanwhile, Kashmiri civil society has been effectively silenced; #KhurramParvez has been detained since Nov 2021, on bogus politically-motivated charges (like so many other HRDs in India). We must continue to speak up about these injustices & hold the Indian govt to account.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In Oct 2024, we @fidh-official.bsky.social released a report that analysed how the abrogation of Kashmir's statehood set off a chain reaction of legal changes that fundamentally altered Kashmir's land laws - in effect dismantling Kashmiris' right to land. Read it here: www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Since 2019, the #humanrights crisis in Kashmir has deteriorated even further. The population is subjected to surveillance, silencing, harassment, and individual & collective punishment, including arbitrary arrests & detentions, denial of the right to work and expropriation of land & property

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In August 2019, Prime Minister Modi and his BJP government unilaterally revoked Jammu & Kashmir's special status, without any sort of local consultation or approval.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

For decades, the people of Jammu & Kashmir have been denied fundamental freedoms and subjected to grave human rights violations. Kashmiri muslims have especially been targeted. The State's special status under the Indian Constitution gave some protections but left the door wide open for many abuses

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Since 2014, #India has been sinking further into authoritarianism, accompanied by rising Hindu nationalism. The main victims? Muslims, especially from historically marginalized populations. Case in point: Jammu & #Kashmir 🧵↩️

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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 24/05/2026

Taiwan’s stateless and undocumented population, numbering in the tens of thousands, has no access to basic rights, including healthcare, legal residency, and in some cases, education.

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Taiwan’s Democratic Blind Spot: Statelessness and Legal Exclusion

Taiwan’s stateless and undocumented population, numbering in the tens of thousands, has no access to basic rights, including healthcare, legal residency, and in some cases, education.

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The resolution urges the authorities to conduct a thorough and independent investigation into these attacks, and urges the EU to address a worsening human rights situation, including in West Papua: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Finally on #Indonesia the resolution highlights the recent acid attack on Andrie Yunus, a representative of our member organization KrontraS, and a similar attack on environmental activist Muhammad Rosidi

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Notably, it calls for the expansion of sanctions against Iranian officials responsible for human rights abuses, and to close diplomatic missions alleged to engage in transnational repression: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

On #Iran, the resolution highlights recent worrying developments related to the repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and minorities

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Importantly, it regrets the decision to invite a Taliban delegation to Brussels + calls on the Commission + Member States to uphold non-recognition and non-normalisation: www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

On #Afghanistan, the resolution expresses concern regarding the situation for women and girls since the adoption of a new Criminal Procedure Code for Courts by the Taliban

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Yesterday, the @europarl.europa.eu adopted 3 important urgency resolutions on #humanrights issues: on #Afghanistan, #Iran and #Indonesia ↩️

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Yet again, a botched execution in the US. Let's call it for what it is: a form of torture, and a violation of international law. #abolishthedeathpenalty

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#China: @fidh-official.bsky.social & 5 of our NGO partners sent an open letter to MEPs to outline key concerns related to human rights and to call on them to take concrete action, both during their visit and after. Read it here: www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

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Joint public letter on human rights in China ahead of MEP visit

On 19 May 2026, ahead of a visit by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to China in late May 2026, the International Federation for Human (…)

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

As Dr. Aurora Corazon Parong, co-chair of the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), aptly puts it: "The process of listening and attending hearings is part of the healing process for victims and their families" 🧵4/4

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

With the confirmation of charges hearing against El Hishri in the #Libya situation scheduled to open 19/05 before the ICC, the briefing note draws on observations from Duterte's confirmation of charges hearing and offers the Court practical steps to implement during future proceedings 🧵3/4

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Some faced distressing experiences, including families of victims being told by ICC security that emotional reactions such as crying were not permitted, not knowing if they could leave the Public Gallery when they felt overwhelmed, and unexpected exposure to graphic images and testimonies. 🧵2/4

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

While the recent confirmation of charges against former #Philippines president #Duterte was a much welcome step, it was very disappointing to hear how poorly some of the victims & activists who attended the hearing were treated by court staff. 🧵1/4 www.fidh.org/en/issues/in...

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International Criminal Court: Improving accessibility and victim engagement at hearings

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), as part of the Victims’ Rights Working Group (VRWG), published a briefing note to support a (…)

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 14/05/2026

In a new report, HRW finds that the implementation and oversight of the EU regulatory framework governing export of surveillance technologies has serious flaws, resulting in the tech being sold to those who have previously used it in violation of international human rights and humanitarian law. 🧵⤵️

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#Iran: while we welcome the release on bail of prominent human rights lawyer and #Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh, we reiterate our call to the Iranian authorities to drop all charges against her, and to immediately and unconditionally release her husband www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

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Iran: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh released on bail amid ongoing crackdown

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory (…)

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

#Iran: We welcome the suspension of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's sentence and her transfer to hospital after too long. PEN International reiterates its call for all sentences against her to be annulled and for her immediate, unconditional release. www.rferl.org/a/iran-narge...

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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi In Critical Condition After Transfer To Tehran Hospital

The brother of imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says doctors cannot yet offer a definitive prognosis on her condition, days after Iranian authorities released her on bail...

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Juliette Rousselot @jrousselot.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#India: 2 days ago, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom held a timely hearing, with testimonies from Amb. Stephen Rapp, @raqibnaik.bsky.social & Angana Chatterjee, among others. www.uscirf.gov/events/deter...

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Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in India

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RightsCon @rightscon.org · 01/05/2026

Following our April 29 announcement, we believe it's important to be transparent about the context that led to the decision. We want to explain, where we can, why this was made on such short notice, only days before we were set to host RightsCon. Read: www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme...

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A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

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