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Guatemala: In light of the presidential inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo, we urge to guarantee the transition of power and stop the criminalization of human rights defenders

With this letter, addressed to the President of Guatemala and the presidents of the Constitutional Court and the Congress of the Republic, we demand to guarantee the transition of power in the country and to end the instrumentalization of the judicial power to undermine democracy. ...

WITNESS

Statement: "As content moderators go home, content could go down"

19 March 2020

>> https://blog.witness.org/2020/03/as-content-moderators-go-home-content-could-go...

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Amnesty International

Statement: "Digital surveillance to fight COVID-19 can only be justified if it respects human rights"

2 April 2020

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Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

Arab Joint List, Adalah turn again to Supreme Court, demanding halt to Shin Bet’s invasive surveillance of citizens in struggle against coronavirus

5 April 2020

>> https://www.adalah.org/en/content/view/...

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International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

Statement: "COVID-19: Prioritise human rights and protect the most vulnerable"

March 27, 2020

>> https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-...

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Front Line Defenders

Statement: "Defending rights during a pandemic: Impact of Covid-19 on the safety and work of human rights defenders"
17 April 2020

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Programa Venezolano de Educación- Acción en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)

100 ONG venezolanas: Autoridades deben garantizar el trabajo de los actores humanitarios y adoptar medidas para garantizar derechos de poblaciones vulnerables en su respuesta al COVID-19

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World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)

Dignity in the time of COVID-19

>> https://www.omct.org/assistance-to-victims/statements/2020/03/d25747/

Human Rights Action

Letter to the UN Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights

>> http://www.hraction.org/2020/03/25/letter-to-the-un-special-rapporteurs-on-human-rights/?lang=en

Front Line Defenders

Crisis: COVID-19 & Impact on Human Rights Defenders:
>> https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/campaign/covid-19-attacks-hrds-time-pandemic

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