Human Rights Alerts

71 Civil society organizations call for respect for the independence of the United Nations teams and special procedures

71 Civil society organizations call for respect for the independence of the United Nations teams and special procedures

The signatory civil society organizations express their rejection of the statements of the Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, in which he criticized the recent statement issued by four Special Procedures on the arbitrary detention of five of the members of the humanitarian NGO Azul Positivo, as a consequence of the legitimate exercise of their right to …

Cuba: Authorities Must Cease Harassment of UNPACU Activists and Organization’s Leader Jose Daniel Ferrer

Cuba: Authorities Must Cease Harassment of UNPACU Activists and Organization’s Leader Jose Daniel Ferrer

In response to the uninterrupted acts of intimidation and violence committed in the last two months by Cuban authorities against members of the dissident organization Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), its leader José Daniel Ferrer, and his family, international human rights organizations issued the following statement: We call on the Cuban authorities to immediately end the …