ABA Fair Trials

The ABA Center for Human Rights (@chr_aba) monitors trials around the world that are at high risk of fair trial violations.

[ABA Fair Trials @ABA_FairTrials]

#Guatemala: As part of @TrialWatch, we are in the room monitoring the start of Jose Ruben Zamora's trial, an award-winning journalist who has been detained since July 2022. @ChepeZamora https://t.co/CsBHSCzOFm

[Prensa Comunitaria Km169 @PrensaComunitar]

#ZamoraLibre 👏🏼 El periodista Jose Rubén Zamora recupera su libertad

Tras más de 800 días en prisión preventiva, juez otorga medida sustitutiva al fundador del desaparecido diario elPeriódico.

[ABA Fair Trials @ABA_FairTrials]

Nuestro informe de observación del juicio concluyó que el juicio de #KeniaHernandez estuvo plagado de irregularidades y que las autoridades no respetaron la garantía de no discriminación.

https://t.co/WOqGQDVEnY

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

A 4 años de la detención arbitraria de la defensora #KeniaHernández, seguimos exigiendo su #libertad. Durante este tiempo su derecho al debido proceso ha sido violado, ha sufrido discriminación basada en género y por pertenecer al pueblo indígena amuzgo, además de estar sujeta a situaciones extremas de aislamiento y a restricciones en el acceso a la atención médica. #LibertadParaKenia ➡️ https://t.co/iwSLcSMq3P

[𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙯𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖 @jczamora]

>> El @OJGuatemala puede hacer justicia este viernes, 18 de octubre. Mi papá, el periodista #JoseRubénZamora, tras 800 días de detención arbitraria, debe quedar libre. La prisión preventiva no puede aplicarse como pena anticipada por un delito que no cometió. #ZamoraLibre

[𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙯𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖 @jczamora]

>>@OJGuatemala can deliver justice this Friday, October 18. My father, journalist #JoseRubénZamora, after 800 days of arbitrary detention, should be set free. Pretrial detention cannot continue to be applied as an early punishment for a crime he did not commit. #ZamoraLibre

[ABA Fair Trials @ABA_FairTrials]

Our #TrialWatch report found that Guatemalan authorities violated Zamora's right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment. He should be immediately released. https://t.co/CzT7o8S3xX

[𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙯𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖 @jczamora]

“My father has been arbitrarily detained for over 700 days, facing inhumane treatment documented by an independent expert. Despite this, Guatemalan authorities refuse to release him and drop the spurious charges.

Our international legal team has filed an urgent appeal with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (@DrAliceJEdwards) to protect my father and secure his release. The world is watching – Guatemala must end this political persecution and release him.” https://t.co/rxcn0uX0Ba

[ABA Fair Trials @ABA_FairTrials]

@chr_aba documented the abusive reach of the EIT law in #Indonesia against journalists and social media users alike. Read our report: https://t.co/6uHlpfGlaZ

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

In a submission they made to the UN Human Rights Committee earlier this year, TrialWatch and @ICJRid called on #Indonesia to cease abusive prosecutions under its Law on Electronic Information and Transactions (EIT Law).
https://t.co/1OHVtkqAKc

[Vance Center for International Justice @VanceCenter]

@CIDH We and many other rights organizations have criticized the trial proceedings against Zamora for multiple rights violations, including failure to guarantee due process and harassment and bringing criminal charges against a series of defense lawyers.

https://t.co/ge1Cq0zCXk

[Vance Center for International Justice @VanceCenter]

Today a team of lawyers from the Vance Center and law firms King & Spalding and Colombara Estrategia Legal submitted a petition to the @CIDH outlining ongoing violations of the rights of imprisoned Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín.

https://t.co/dLuekzWsTF

[Paola Ugaz @larryportera]

Thanks to @ClooneyFDN and #TrialWatch for making my story, which is also the story of many women journalists around the world, the most important story today on #WorldPressFreedomDay
It means a lot to me and my family. A seguir con mas y mejor periodismo 😍💪

[ABA Rule of Law @ABARuleofLaw]

For #WorldPressFreedomDay, @jczamora, son of Guatemalan #journalist José Rubén Zamora shared the following quote on his father's continued incarceration. @chr_aba published a report on his trial, concluding that his prosecution was an “abuse of process”.➡️https://t.co/HgfvJQnBAi

[ABA Justice Defenders Program @JusticeDefend]

#Palestine: @ABAPresident writes to @IDF general citing concerns about the detention of Palestinian #HumanRightsDefender @AyeshDiala who has been detained since January 17 without charge. https://t.co/PR7mpPS0tC

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

“The ⁦@TrialWatch⁩ report meticulously outlines severe irregularities in Zamora’s trial, including limited access to evidence for defense lawyers, challenges in maintaining legal representation, and an erroneous reversal of the burden of proof.” https://t.co/FbIUw25M2G

[ABA Fair Trials @ABA_FairTrials]

@CHR_ABA monitoreó proceso penal sobre lavado de activos contra periodista @ChepeZamora. Nuestro reporte de @TrialWatch encontró varias violaciones al debido proceso y calificó el proceso con nota F, la más baja en la escala: https://t.co/SkFQXoRYoj

[Diario La Hora @lahoragt]

#AhoraLH | Jose Rubén Zamora, presidente del extinto diario elPeriódico, llega a Torre de Tribunales. Este día se tiene programada su acusación para decidir si debe ir a juicio en un cuestionado segundo caso.

📷Maria José Bonilla/La Hora

[ABA Human Rights @chr_aba]

#Guatemala: @CHR_ABA monitoreó proceso penal sobre lavado de activos contra periodista @ChepeZamora. Nuestro reporte de @TrialWatch encontró varias violaciones al debido proceso y calificó el proceso con nota F, la más baja en la escala: https://t.co/JiJi0uAAq8

[ABA Human Rights @chr_aba]

@CHR_ABA’s @TrialWatch report found repeated violations of @ChepeZamora’s right to a defense and concluded that his prosecution appears to be an “abuse of process.” Read the full report: https://t.co/JiJi0uAAq8

[ABA Human Rights @chr_aba]

El nuevo reporte de @CHR_ABA @TrialWatch encontró repetidas violaciones del derecho de @ChepeZamora’s a la defensa y concluyó que su persecución es un “abuso del proceso”: https://t.co/JiJi0uAAq8

[ABA Human Rights @chr_aba]

#Guatemala: ABA CHR monitored criminal proceedings in a money laundering case against journalist @ChepeZamora. Our @TrialWatch report found numerous breaches of fair trial violations and assigned the trial a grade of F: https://t.co/JzDfW4l8UB

[ABA Fair Trials @ABA_FairTrials]

Our new report highlights the abusive reach of a cybercrime law in #Indonesia, which violates international standards of the right to freedom of expression.

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

A notorious cybercrime law in #Indonesia that has been through multiple iterations seriously endangers the right to freedom of expression. A new report from @TrialWatch and @chr_aba shows how it has been  weaponized against journalists and others: https://t.co/3XFlU1phlw

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

Last October, @OBS_defenders said that Hernandez' health was deteriorating in maximum-security prison where a lack of potable water and adequate medical care had been reported. UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders @MaryLawlorhrds called for her release that same month.

[Clooney Foundation for Justice @ClooneyFDN]

Last year, a court in #Mexico reduced Hernandez’s sentence to nine years and five months, down from more than 11 years. @TrialWatch had monitored her trial through our partners @chr_aba, finding it “riddled with irregularities” and assigning it a D grade. https://t.co/EvV1RFmh5S