#FacesOfHope: Today women human rights defenders Marfa Rabkova and Nasta Lojka have been released! ❤️🩹
We welcome their release and that of many other human rights defenders in Belarus. 🇧🇾
✊🏻 #FacesOfHope: Women just want to defend rights. Instead, they face prison.
On International Women’s Rights Day, we amplify the voices of women human rights defenders who are arbitrarily detained for standing up to injustice and fighting for theirs and their communities’ rights.
🇳🇪 #FacesOfHope: Moussa Tchangari is a human rights defender and a regional symbol for peaceful resistance.
🇹🇷 #FacesOfHope: Yesterday, Turkish lawyer and human rights defender Selçuk Kozağaçlı, sentenced to 10 years in prison on bogus charges of « membership in a terrorist organisation », has once again been arbitrarily denied conditional release.
#FacesOfHope: Today, woman human rights defenders Marfa Rabkova and Nasta Lojka, both from Belarus, are turning 31 and 37 respectively, behind bars.
‼️ Marfa Rabkova, a Viasna member, is imprisoned for her work as volunteer coordinator and for documenting human rights violations in Belarus.
🇸🇦 #FacesOfHope: For 10 years, human rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgham has been arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia.
She remains behind bars for advocating and peacefully protesting for the rights and equal treatment of the Shia minority under Saudi Arabia’s law.
🇳🇮 #FacesOfHope: Ignacio Celso Lino, Argüello Celso Lino, Donald Andrés Bruno Arcángel and Dionisio Robins Zacarías, four leaders and volunteer foresters in the Mayangna Sauni As community, on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, have been arbitrarily detained for the past 4 years.
🇲🇦 #FacesOfHope: For 15 years, journalist and human rights defender Mohamed Lamin Haddi has been arbitrarily detained in Morocco.
#FacesOfHope: For 3 years, woman human rights defender Nasta Lojka, member of Human Constanta, has been arbitrarily detained in Belarus.
She is behind bars for having defended equality, and fair trials in a country where crackdown on civil society has become too frequent.
🇲🇽 #FacesOfHope: Today marks 5 years of arbitrary detention for Amuzga Indigenous lawyer and woman human rights defender Kenia Hernández.
⚖️ Mexico must stop criminalising human rights defenders and release Kenia Hernández and other defenders like her currently detained.
✨ A child’s shy smile says more than words. Every gift we share creates a story of hope.
#FacesOfHope #TogetherForChildren
🇧🇾 #FacesOfHope: For 5 years, woman human rights defender Marfa Rabkova, member of Viasna, has been arbitrarily detained in Belarus.
She is behind bars for doing what every society needs: monitoring peaceful assemblies and documenting torture and ill-treatment of protesters.
🇲🇽 #FacesOfHope: Last Saturday, Amuzga Indigenous lawyer and woman human rights defender, Kenia Hernández turned 36 years old in prison for no other reason than defending political prisoners and participating in several social movements.
🔗 Learn more and take action: bit.ly/4numZkK
🇲🇽 #FacesOfHope | Hoy se cumplen 15 años de detención arbitraria para Pablo López Alavez, líder zapoteco y defensor ambiental en Oaxaca.
📢 Exige su liberación y el fin de la criminalización de defensores indígenas.
🔗 bit.ly/4mwltyb
#FacesOfHope is a testament to the resilience of those risking their lives every day for the rights of all. By sharing their stories, it not only honours their work but also strengthens global pressure for their release.
🔗 Learn more about our campaign: bit.ly/3J5I7zc
🌍 Around the world, human rights defenders are detained, silenced, and forced to endure harsh conditions, even torture.
#FacesOfHope shines a light on our efforts to support human rights defenders arbitrarily detained, amplifying their voices and those of their loved ones.
#FacesOfHope #KeniaHernandez #PabloLopezAlavez #IgnacioCelsoLino #ArguelloCelsoLino #DonaldBruno #DinonisioZacarias #Mexico #Nicaragua #arbitrarydetention #humanrightsdefender #indigenousrights #environmentalrights #FreeKeniaNow
Through our #FacesOfHope campaign, OMCT honours those voices that authorities tried to erase:
🇲🇽 Kenia Hernández (Mexico): www.omct.org/en/resources...
🇹🇷 #FacesOfHope: Today, former chair of the Progressive Lawyer Association and human rights lawyer Selçuk Kozagaçlı turns 53 years old, the last 8 behind bars.
⚖️ Türkiye must stop criminalising human rights defenders and release him.
🔗 bit.ly/4nMPXgN
✊ Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus
Marfa Rabkova & Nasta Lojka are still behind bars—years after standing up for human rights in Belarus.
Their "crime"? Exposing injustice.
📢 Call for their release. Share their story : bit.ly/4dkCQi6 bit.ly/4k2ZDkW
#FacesOfHope #FreeWHRD
🌍 3 May 2025, we mark #WorldPressFreedomDay.
OMCT's #FacesOfHope campaign highlights defenders arbitrarily detained for speaking out :
🔺 Iryna Danylovych
🔺 Mohamed Lamin Haddi
🔺 Mancho Bibixy Tse
🔺 Zhang Zhan
#FacesOfHope e #abitrarydetention #humanrightsdefender #freedomofspeech #freedomofpress
🇻🇳 #FacesOfHope: Land rights defender Trinh Ba Tu turns 36 today — in prison.
He’s been arbitrarily detained for nearly 5 years for peacefully protesting in #Vietnam.
⚖️ Vietnam must uphold due process, land rights, and end persecution of HRDs.
📣 Join the call: bit.ly/4cKiAGc
Vous trouverez l'histoire de Jodi et cinq autres histoires fascinantes dans les stations de TLR de la ville. #Visagesdespoir
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