News on the topic: FIDH
26.05.2016 FIDH calls on international community to support extension of UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus’ mandate
On 30 June, the U.N. Human Rights Council will vote on whether or not to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Belarus. It is essential for the future of the citizens of this country to keep the Special Rapporteur in place.
20.05.2016 FIDH President congratulates Viasna on 20th anniversary
FIDH President Karim Lahidji has congratulated Viasna on its 20th anniversary.
04.05.2016 Sport for Rights warns pop stars against performing at Formula One Grand Prix in Baku
Sport for Rights Campaign, of which FIDH is a member, sent letters to singers Pharrell Williams, Enrique Iglesias and Chris Brown ahead of their performance during the Formula One European Grand Prix in Baku.
15.03.2016 Russian Federation: Members of the Joint Mobile Group and journalists attacked in Ingushetia
(Geneva-Paris) Following the violent assault on members of the Joint Mobile Group (JMG) and journalists in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia, near the Chechnya border, on March 9, 2016, the Observatory urges the Russian authorities to shed full light on those attacks and bring those responsible to justice.
02.03.2016 Sport For Rights: Another human rights lawyer at risk of disbarment in Azerbaijan
The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the other undersigned members of the Sport for Rights coalition express serious concern regarding the on-going disciplinary case against Yalchin Imanov, a prominent human rights lawyer in Azerbaijan.
05.02.2016 Belarus human rights organisations urge EU to maintain firm position towards Belarus. A Press Release by FIDH
On February 2nd and 3rd, Ales Bialiatski, President of Human Rights Centre Viasna and FIDH Vice-President and Zhanna Litvina, board member of the Belarus Association of Journalists, came to Brussels to present to the EU the concerted position reached by several Belarus human rights organisations on the development of EU-Belarus relations.
02.12.2015 EU and Belarus: three months to convince
(Brussels, Minsk, Paris) EU must obtain human rights commitments from Belarus before the February 2016 decision on sanctions, say FIDH and its member organisation in Belarus Human Rights Center "Viasna" in a joint open letter.
16.11.2015 FIDH: "These despicable attacks are directed at all of humanity"
FIDH and its French member organisation, LDH (Ligue des droits de l’Homme et du citoyen), firmly and unequivocally condemn the terrorist attacks that took place during the night of 13-14 November 2015 in Paris and Saint Denis.
02.09.2015 Belarus: The release of six political prisoners should not overshadow ongoing human rights violations
Ahead of the revision of the restrictive measures against Belarus by EU members states, FIDH urge the European Union to assess the critical lack of effective reforms that would allow Belarusian citizens to exercise their civil, political and economic rights. The EU should also require full rehabilitation of all former political prisoners.
01.09.2015 FIDH: Sentsov and Kolchenko trial : outrageous sentence, torture and rights violations
The sentencing on 25 August of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and civic and antifascist activist Alexander Kolchenko to respectively 20 and 10 years of severe regime detention is scandalous, declared today FIDH and ADC Memorial.
17.08.2015 AZERBAIJAN: Verdict against Leyla and Arif Yunus is outrageous and must be nullified
The Observatory’s trial observer in Baku reports that Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunusov have been handed 8.5 and 7 year jail sentences, respectively.
14.08.2015 'Azerbaijan is turning into a dictatorship – we shouldn't fall for its caviar diplomacy'
After a lifetime fighting for human rights, Leyla and Arif Yunus face a decade in jail. How can Europe turn a blind eye, asks Souhayr Belhassen?
13.08.2015 AZERBAIJAN: Verdict against Leyla and Arif Yunus is outrageous and must be nullified
The Observatory’s trial observer in Baku reports that Leyla Yunus and Arif Yunusov have been handed 8.5 and 7 year jail sentences, respectively.
05.06.2015 FIDH: European governments must take action to release the political prisoners in Azerbaijan
One week before the opening ceremony of the first European Games in the history of the continent, FIDH calls on the European leaders to make the participation of their countries in the opening ceremony of the Games contingent upon the release of political prisoners and activists placed in pre-trial detention on trumped-up charges.
14.04.2015 New presidential decree in Belarus uses fines and imprisonment as a means to "stimulate" employment
Human rights activists call on the Belarusian authorities to immediately annul the presidential decree on the "prevention of dependency on social aid" due to its non-compliance with the international human rights obligations of Belarus.
