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		<title>Joint Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner Štefan Füle on the trial of Human Rights defender Ales Byalyatski</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 23 November 2011 A 468/11 &#8211; Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, and Stefan Füle, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, made today the following statement:
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		<title>Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the sentencing of Ms. Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian Human Rights Defender</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 8 October 2011 A 399/11 &#8211; The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
&#8220;The High Representative wishes to express her concern over the 11 year prison sentence given to Iranian Human Rights Lawyer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the recent release on bail of medical staff in Bahrain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 8 September 2011 A 351/11 &#8211; The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
&#8220;The High Representative welcomes the release on bail by the Bahraini authorities of the medical staff who had been detained in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the arrest of Mr Ales Bialiatski in Belarus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 5 August 2011 A 313/11 &#8211; The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
&#8220;The High Representative expresses her concern over reports that the authorities in Belarus detained Mr Ales Bialiatski, a prominent human rights defender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the outcome of the recent appeal trial of Mr Cu Huy Ha Vu in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 5 August 2011 A 312/11 &#8211; The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
&#8220;The High Representative expresses her serious concern over the rejection, on 2nd August, by the Supreme People&#8217;s Court, of lawyer Cu Huy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNSR: Commentary to the Declaration on human rights defenders</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, 27 July 2011 – “It is not easy being a human rights defender; in too many countries it is dangerous, plain dangerous,” said United Nations Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya launching her essential guide to the right to defend human rights*, a key document aimed at supporting those who stand for our rights by increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the recent sentencing of Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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Brussels, 26 July 2011 A 296/11 &#8211; The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
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		<title>Statement of the Spokesperson of the HR/VP Catherine Ashton on the verdict of the Military Court in the DRC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Le porte-parole de Catherine Ashton, Haute Représentante de l&#8217;Union pour les affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité et vice-présidente de la Commission, a fait ce jour la déclaration suivante:
L’Union européenne a pris connaissance du verdict prononcé ce jeudi 23 juin 2011 à l&#8217;issue du procès des assassins présumés du défenseur des Droits de l&#8217;Homme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Defender in El Salvador</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C., June 24, 2011 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in El Salvador of human rights defender Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, who was an activist with the Comité Ambiental de Cabañas para la Defensa del Agua y los Recursos Naturales (Cabañas Environmental Committee for the Defense of Water and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by the spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton on the release of Ai Weiwei</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/06/statement-by-the-spokesperson-of-high-representative-catherine-ashton-on-the-release-of-ai-weiwei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS &#8211; , 23 June 2011 A 245/11 &#8211; The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today:
&#8220;The High Representative welcomes the reports that the artist Ai Weiwei has been released, while regretting the circumstances of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Activist and Expresses Concern over New Threats to Human Rights Defenders in Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C., June 20, 2011—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in Colombia of Ana Fabricia Córdoba Cabrera, an Afro-descendant community leader who worked with displaced persons seeking the restitution of lands in the Urabá region. The Commission also expresses its deep concern over a new death threat targeting human rights defenders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICAHR: Promotion of the rights to freedom of assembly and of association in the Americas</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/06/promotion-of-the-rights-to-freedom-of-assembly-and-of-association-in-the-americas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AG/RES. 2680 (XLI-O/11)
Promotion of the rights to freedom of assembly and of association IN THE AMERICAS
(Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 7, 2011)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
BEARING IN MIND the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the American Declaration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Defenders in Belarus are severely persecuted</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/human-rights-defenders-in-belarus-are-severely-persecuted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/human-rights-defenders-in-belarus-are-severely-persecuted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[25/05/2011 08:03 &#8211; Thomas Hammarberg´s latest Human Rights Comment &#8211; In Belarus, the crackdown on opposition politicians, civil society groups, human rights defenders and media continues. While no less than seven hundred demonstrators were arrested in the evening after the elections of 19 December, several of them have now been brought to court, have faced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IACHR: Website of the Rapporteurship on Human Rights Defenders now online!</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/iachr-website-of-the-rapporteurship-on-human-rights-defenders-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 08:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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During its 141st session, held in March 2011, the IACHR decided to create an Office of the Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, in view of the petitions it has received and in the interest of giving greater visibility to the important role human rights defenders and justice operators have in building a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promotion Mission of the ACHPR SR on HRDs in CAR</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/promotion-mission-of-the-achpr-sr-on-hrds-in-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights on the situation of human rights defenders in Africa, Mrs. Lucy Asuagbor, will undertake a promotion mission from 6 to 16 June 2011 in Central African Republic.
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		<title>Declaration by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union, on the unfolding situation in Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/declaration-by-the-high-representative-for-foreign-affairs-and-security-policy-catherine-ashton-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-the-unfolding-situation-in-syria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brussels, 18 May 2011 &#8211; 9512/2/11 REV 2 &#8211; PRESSE 115 &#8211; The EU expresses its grave concern about the situation unfolding in Syria and the deployment of military and security forces in a number of Syrian cities. It strongly condemns unacceptable violence against peaceful demonstrators, the increasing number of fatalities and calls on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IACHR condemns murder of LGBTI rights activist in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/iachr-condemns-murder-of-lgbti-rights-activist-in-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 20:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C., May 10, 2011 — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in Mexico of Quetzalcóatl Leija Herrera, who was president of the Center for Studies and Projects for Integral Human Development (CEPRODEHI) and worked to defend and promote the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex persons (LGBTI) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights report on Armenia</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/council-of-europe-commissioner-for-human-rights-report-on-armenia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/05/council-of-europe-commissioner-for-human-rights-report-on-armenia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 18:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 9 May 2011, the Commissioner for Human Rights has published a press release about the publication of the report following his visit to Armenia from 18 to 21 January 2011. The report focuses on human rights issues related to the March 2008 events,  freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and association, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Defender in Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/iachr-condemns-murder-of-human-rights-defender-in-mexico-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C., April 25, 2011—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder in Mexico of human rights defender Javier Torres Cruz, a member of the Organization of Campesino Ecologists of the Sierra de Petatlán and Coyuca de Catalán. The IACHR urges the Mexican State to investigate and legally clarify this crime, and punish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN experts call on Syria to urgently end crackdown and implement reforms</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/un-experts-call-on-syria-to-urgently-end-crackdown-and-implement-reforms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/un-experts-call-on-syria-to-urgently-end-crackdown-and-implement-reforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (15 April 2011) –UN human rights experts* on Friday denounced the rising death toll and brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, journalists and human rights defenders in Syria despite the Government’s promises of reforms and consultations to end the 48-year-old emergency rule.
The experts noted that there were many underlying grievances that led to recent protests, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release following the end of the ACHPR joint promotion mission in the DRC</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/press-release-following-the-end-of-the-achpr-joint-promotion-mission-in-the-drc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/press-release-following-the-end-of-the-achpr-joint-promotion-mission-in-the-drc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<title>Statement by the Head of Delegation of the European Union to China on the increasing use of arbitrary detention in China</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/statement-by-the-head-of-delegation-of-the-european-union-to-china-on-the-increasing-use-of-arbitrary-detention-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Delegation of the European Union to China is concerned by the increasing use of arbitrary detention against human rights defenders, lawyers and activists in China.Our attention has been brought lately to the case of Ai Weiwei, a well-known artist who reportedly went missing at the weekend after attempting to board a plane to Hong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Côte d’Ivoire: UN rights experts call on all parties to spare civilians and stop human rights violations</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/cote-d%e2%80%99ivoire-un-rights-experts-call-on-all-parties-to-spare-civilians-and-stop-human-rights-violations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (1 April 2011) – A group of UN human rights experts warned Friday about the serious human rights violations in Côte d’Ivoire, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, killing and maiming of children, and sexual violence.
Giving their full support to the Security Council resolution 1975*, adopted this week, the independent experts said that what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IACHR Concludes its 141st Regular Session and decides to establish an Office of the Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/iachr-concludes-its-141st-regular-session/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/04/iachr-concludes-its-141st-regular-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Observatory</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;During this period of sessions, the IACHR decided to establish an Office of the Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, in view of the petitions it has received and in the interest of giving greater visibility to the role that human rights defenders and justice operators have in building a democratic society in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing IACHR: Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas (audio)</title>
		<link>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/03/hearing-iachr-situation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-americas-audio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanrights-defenders.org/2011/03/hearing-iachr-situation-of-human-rights-defenders-in-the-americas-audio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Centro de Derechos  Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez (PRODH), Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y  Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CMDPDH), Red Nacional de Organismos  Civiles de Derechos Humanos &#8220;Todos los Derechos para Todas y Todos&#8221;  (REDTDT), Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en [...]]]></description>
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