🔊 Front Line Defenders Global Analysis 2022 on human rights defenders at risk out now!
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➡️Detailing killings, risks, threats + attacks faced by HRDs around the world in 2022
➡️Global and regional analysis
➡️Case studies and examples of HRDs at risk
#GA22
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I've been studying various aspects of #protest & contentious #politics in #China for 25 years.
What's happening now is novel, interesting, & potentially quite important. But we need to be careful about drawing conclusions or making predictions. A🧵:
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After many months of data collection, today we have released the China Dissent Monitor (CDM), a @freedomhouse project tracking protest & other dissent in the PRC.
We've recorded 735 events since June 2022: https://t.co/VtUavwYGvc
Thread on early findings⤵️
Cantonese! Beijing is working to diminish and in some cases obliterate languages within China's borders, preferencing Mandarin. So two Canto women decided to take over the @dwnews studio and tell you a little about Cantonese — just the best language in the world 😆:
🗞New explainer🗞 What did @UNHumanRights find in its assessment of the Uyghur region?
As @UN_HRC is set to vote on a resolution on the issue, we released a new explainer breaking down the UN's report.
In English & Spanish. Soon in French & Chinese: https://t.co/hJeTYWaElg
Our article in the Hong Kong Law Journal (2022, vol.52:2)is out! We write on the first #NSL trial in #HK in light of international human rights law and comparative best practice @tom_kellogg @GeorgetownCAL . Download from my @ResearchGate:
https://t.co/1ZNsd6x5Ld
“SOMO is currently looking for a researcher who will lead our research on supply chains passing through China, with a focus on the garment and electronics sectors.”
A good opportunity!
@AudreyGaughran @Sukichungml@KevinSlaten@FangYiren@ProfSuryaDeva
https://t.co/5Z51noNgJV
So much to comment on Hong Kong govt's response, but one quote captures the end of 'One Country Two Systems', by Apollonia Liu, Dep Secretary for Security:
'Rest reassured: there are no difference in human rights standards & standards for judicial bodies between HK and mainland'
👂LISTEN TO the voices of LGBTI and gender diverse human rights defenders worldwide on how the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (#SOGI) impacted their work #RenewIESOGI
🔗 https://t.co/NxLyVNi4p3
With @UNHumanRights chief @mbachelet announcing that she's stepping down, it's imperative that @antonioguterres establish a process for appointment of next HC that is transparent, merit-based and prioritises attributes of independence, principle, and human rights expertise #HRC50
"The Human Rights Council takes very significant action" - @LucMcK of @hrw
"You see refinement and creativity at the Human Rights Council" - @KevnWhelan of @amnesty
✅ Leading NGOs speaking at a @genevapressclub event about the Council's role in today's #HumanRights system.
For those of you who don't know me well, I'm also a strategic communications trainer with @the_hope_guy for many civil society orgs. So what strategies have Ukrainians used & how has #Ukraine convinced the world of its power and resilience?
Here's a brief recipe from me 🧂🧈🥚
ISHR joins 60 human rights organisations in a joint statement detailing the main expectations to be met for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s announced visit to China to truly be credible.
Read more here: https://t.co/4D9Usru6bc
#China#RepealRSDL