In a briefing paper released today, the ICJ provides answers to key questions regarding the blasphemy case against Asia Noreen (Asia bibi), a 45-year old Christian woman convicted and sentenced to death for “defaming the Prophet Muhammad” in 2010. (more…)
The ICJ today delivered an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. (more…)
Thailand’s government should immediately stop allowing criminal defamation laws to be used to harass victims and human rights defenders who seek justice for alleged incidents of torture, the ICJ said today. (more…)
The ICJ and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) today submitted a joint amicus curiae in the criminal defamation proceedings against human rights defender Andy Hall. (more…)
The Thai military must immediately withdraw its abusive criminal complaints against three leading human rights defenders for raising allegations of torture in Thailand’s restive deep South, said the ICJ today. (more…)
The ICJ and other organizations urge the Thai authorities and several mining companies to drop legal proceedings against community-based human rights defenders and to strengthen mechanisms to protect human rights defenders and ensure accountability for human rights abuses. (more…)
