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Gina Romero, UN special rapporteur for Freedom of Assembly and of Association | Personal opinions, reactions not support - https://linktr.ee/GinaRomero ( @ginitastar.bsky.social )
1/ #Tunisia| Civic space in Tunisia is under increasing pressure. On 24 November, human rights defenders from the Tunisian Center for Refugees will face trial in a case that could set a troubling precedent.
#Tunisia #HumanRights
Picture: @amnesty.org
#Tunisia #HumanRights
Picture: @amnesty.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
1/ #Tunisia| Civic space in Tunisia is under increasing pressure. On 24 November, human rights defenders from the Tunisian Center for Refugees will face trial in a case that could set a troubling precedent.
#Tunisia #HumanRights
Picture: @amnesty.org
#Tunisia #HumanRights
Picture: @amnesty.org
#FreeKhurranParvez
Today, marks 4 years since HHRR defender Khurram Parvez was detained on fabricated, terrorism related charges in #India. His detention is arbitrary, unjust and appears to be a reprisal for his HHRR work in Kashmir. I call for his immediate release and stand in solidarity with him
Today, marks 4 years since HHRR defender Khurram Parvez was detained on fabricated, terrorism related charges in #India. His detention is arbitrary, unjust and appears to be a reprisal for his HHRR work in Kashmir. I call for his immediate release and stand in solidarity with him
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#FreeKhurranParvez
Today, marks 4 years since HHRR defender Khurram Parvez was detained on fabricated, terrorism related charges in #India. His detention is arbitrary, unjust and appears to be a reprisal for his HHRR work in Kashmir. I call for his immediate release and stand in solidarity with him
Today, marks 4 years since HHRR defender Khurram Parvez was detained on fabricated, terrorism related charges in #India. His detention is arbitrary, unjust and appears to be a reprisal for his HHRR work in Kashmir. I call for his immediate release and stand in solidarity with him
1/7 #Angola 🇦🇴 In September, I sent a letter to the government with other @UN_SPExperts about the July 2025 events, when protests over a 30% diesel price increase resulted in at least 30 deaths and over 1,500 arrests. #HumanRights
Picture: Perfil
Picture: Perfil
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
1/7 #Angola 🇦🇴 In September, I sent a letter to the government with other @UN_SPExperts about the July 2025 events, when protests over a 30% diesel price increase resulted in at least 30 deaths and over 1,500 arrests. #HumanRights
Picture: Perfil
Picture: Perfil
1/5 #USA | I joined a communication sent by @UN_SPExperts to the U.S. Government regarding the designation and sanctions imposed on #Addameer, a Palestinian organization that provides legal assistance to detainees. These measures have almost completely shut down its work.
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
#Mexico Recibo con preocupación información sobre excesivo uso de la fuerza y de armas menos letales contra manifestantes pacíficos y periodistas el día de ayer. Urjo al gobierno mexicano a:
1. detener la estigmatización de la protesta pacífica, 1/
1. detener la estigmatización de la protesta pacífica, 1/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Mexico Recibo con preocupación información sobre excesivo uso de la fuerza y de armas menos letales contra manifestantes pacíficos y periodistas el día de ayer. Urjo al gobierno mexicano a:
1. detener la estigmatización de la protesta pacífica, 1/
1. detener la estigmatización de la protesta pacífica, 1/
#80years of the United Nations remind us of something essential: no democracy flourishes in silence. Defending the right to assemble, organize, and raise our voices is defending the very soul of our societies. Let’s keep building spaces where every voice matters. #UN80 #CivilSociety
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#80years of the United Nations remind us of something essential: no democracy flourishes in silence. Defending the right to assemble, organize, and raise our voices is defending the very soul of our societies. Let’s keep building spaces where every voice matters. #UN80 #CivilSociety
#80años de la #ONU nos recuerdan algo esencial: ninguna democracia florece en silencio. Defender el derecho a reunirnos, organizarnos y alzar la voz es defender el alma de nuestras sociedades. Sigamos construyendo espacios donde todas las voces cuenten. #ONU80 #SociedadCivil
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#80años de la #ONU nos recuerdan algo esencial: ninguna democracia florece en silencio. Defender el derecho a reunirnos, organizarnos y alzar la voz es defender el alma de nuestras sociedades. Sigamos construyendo espacios donde todas las voces cuenten. #ONU80 #SociedadCivil
7️⃣ An urgent appeal
⚠️ Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Without freedoms of assembly & association, democracy, sustainable development and human rights cannot survive.
⚠️ Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Without freedoms of assembly & association, democracy, sustainable development and human rights cannot survive.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
7️⃣ An urgent appeal
⚠️ Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Without freedoms of assembly & association, democracy, sustainable development and human rights cannot survive.
⚠️ Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Without freedoms of assembly & association, democracy, sustainable development and human rights cannot survive.
6️⃣ Reimagine solidarity
🤝 Solidarity is not charity — it’s justice.
The UNSR urges a shift from donor-driven aid to a people-centered, rights-based vision of global solidarity
🤝 Solidarity is not charity — it’s justice.
The UNSR urges a shift from donor-driven aid to a people-centered, rights-based vision of global solidarity
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
6️⃣ Reimagine solidarity
🤝 Solidarity is not charity — it’s justice.
The UNSR urges a shift from donor-driven aid to a people-centered, rights-based vision of global solidarity
🤝 Solidarity is not charity — it’s justice.
The UNSR urges a shift from donor-driven aid to a people-centered, rights-based vision of global solidarity
5️⃣ Protect digital freedoms
💻 Technology must empower, not repress.
The UNSR calls to safeguard digital freedoms, regulate spyware and surveillance tools, and ensure technology serves human rights.
💻 Technology must empower, not repress.
The UNSR calls to safeguard digital freedoms, regulate spyware and surveillance tools, and ensure technology serves human rights.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
5️⃣ Protect digital freedoms
💻 Technology must empower, not repress.
The UNSR calls to safeguard digital freedoms, regulate spyware and surveillance tools, and ensure technology serves human rights.
💻 Technology must empower, not repress.
The UNSR calls to safeguard digital freedoms, regulate spyware and surveillance tools, and ensure technology serves human rights.
4️⃣ Align aid with human rights
🌍 Aid should strengthen, not weaken, rights.
The UNSR urges States and donors to make civic space & human rights benchmarks central in all cooperation and development agreements.
🌍 Aid should strengthen, not weaken, rights.
The UNSR urges States and donors to make civic space & human rights benchmarks central in all cooperation and development agreements.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
4️⃣ Align aid with human rights
🌍 Aid should strengthen, not weaken, rights.
The UNSR urges States and donors to make civic space & human rights benchmarks central in all cooperation and development agreements.
🌍 Aid should strengthen, not weaken, rights.
The UNSR urges States and donors to make civic space & human rights benchmarks central in all cooperation and development agreements.
3️⃣ Meaningful participation
🗣️ Civil society must be more than a stakeholder.
The UNSR calls for equal participation of associations in decision-making, financing & global governance — from local to multilateral levels.
🗣️ Civil society must be more than a stakeholder.
The UNSR calls for equal participation of associations in decision-making, financing & global governance — from local to multilateral levels.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
3️⃣ Meaningful participation
🗣️ Civil society must be more than a stakeholder.
The UNSR calls for equal participation of associations in decision-making, financing & global governance — from local to multilateral levels.
🗣️ Civil society must be more than a stakeholder.
The UNSR calls for equal participation of associations in decision-making, financing & global governance — from local to multilateral levels.
2️⃣ Repeal restrictive laws
⚖️ Laws labeling NGOs as “foreign agents” or blocking funds are silencing voices worldwide.
The UNSR urges States to repeal restrictive laws and end misuse of counter-terrorism rules against civil society.
⚖️ Laws labeling NGOs as “foreign agents” or blocking funds are silencing voices worldwide.
The UNSR urges States to repeal restrictive laws and end misuse of counter-terrorism rules against civil society.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
2️⃣ Repeal restrictive laws
⚖️ Laws labeling NGOs as “foreign agents” or blocking funds are silencing voices worldwide.
The UNSR urges States to repeal restrictive laws and end misuse of counter-terrorism rules against civil society.
⚖️ Laws labeling NGOs as “foreign agents” or blocking funds are silencing voices worldwide.
The UNSR urges States to repeal restrictive laws and end misuse of counter-terrorism rules against civil society.
1️⃣ Equitable access to resources
💸 Civil society can’t survive without resources.
The UNSR calls for fair, direct funding to reach women-led, LGBTQI+, Indigenous & youth groups — without bureaucratic barriers.
💸 Civil society can’t survive without resources.
The UNSR calls for fair, direct funding to reach women-led, LGBTQI+, Indigenous & youth groups — without bureaucratic barriers.
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
1️⃣ Equitable access to resources
💸 Civil society can’t survive without resources.
The UNSR calls for fair, direct funding to reach women-led, LGBTQI+, Indigenous & youth groups — without bureaucratic barriers.
💸 Civil society can’t survive without resources.
The UNSR calls for fair, direct funding to reach women-led, LGBTQI+, Indigenous & youth groups — without bureaucratic barriers.
8️⃣ 📢 The new report by the UN Special Rapporteur outlines urgent steps to protect civic space and rebuild solidarity — from fair access to funding to human rights–aligned technology.
🔗 Full recommendations: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
🔗 Full recommendations: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
8️⃣ 📢 The new report by the UN Special Rapporteur outlines urgent steps to protect civic space and rebuild solidarity — from fair access to funding to human rights–aligned technology.
🔗 Full recommendations: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
🔗 Full recommendations: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
7️⃣ 🚨 Without civic space, the SDGs are at risk.
Civil society drives equality, climate action & justice.
Weakening it endangers the entire 2030 Agenda.
Civil society drives equality, climate action & justice.
Weakening it endangers the entire 2030 Agenda.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
7️⃣ 🚨 Without civic space, the SDGs are at risk.
Civil society drives equality, climate action & justice.
Weakening it endangers the entire 2030 Agenda.
Civil society drives equality, climate action & justice.
Weakening it endangers the entire 2030 Agenda.
6️⃣ ⚠️ Women-led & LGBTQI+ groups are being silenced.
Aid cuts and restrictive laws are closing the very spaces that sustain equality and democracy.
Aid cuts and restrictive laws are closing the very spaces that sustain equality and democracy.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
6️⃣ ⚠️ Women-led & LGBTQI+ groups are being silenced.
Aid cuts and restrictive laws are closing the very spaces that sustain equality and democracy.
Aid cuts and restrictive laws are closing the very spaces that sustain equality and democracy.
5️⃣ 🤝 Solidarity is not charity.
The @UN Special Rapporteur calls for a people-centered, rights-based and inclusive aid system.
Supporting civil society is a legal and moral duty, not benevolence.
The @UN Special Rapporteur calls for a people-centered, rights-based and inclusive aid system.
Supporting civil society is a legal and moral duty, not benevolence.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
5️⃣ 🤝 Solidarity is not charity.
The @UN Special Rapporteur calls for a people-centered, rights-based and inclusive aid system.
Supporting civil society is a legal and moral duty, not benevolence.
The @UN Special Rapporteur calls for a people-centered, rights-based and inclusive aid system.
Supporting civil society is a legal and moral duty, not benevolence.
4️⃣ 💻 Technology can empower civil society — but it’s also being weaponized.
Surveillance, spyware & digital restrictions are silencing dissent worldwide.
Tech must align with human rights.
Surveillance, spyware & digital restrictions are silencing dissent worldwide.
Tech must align with human rights.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
4️⃣ 💻 Technology can empower civil society — but it’s also being weaponized.
Surveillance, spyware & digital restrictions are silencing dissent worldwide.
Tech must align with human rights.
Surveillance, spyware & digital restrictions are silencing dissent worldwide.
Tech must align with human rights.
3️⃣ 🌱 Grassroots organizations are the first to lose funding — yet they are often the only safety net for marginalized communities.
Defunding them means weakening democracy and deepening inequality.
Defunding them means weakening democracy and deepening inequality.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
3️⃣ 🌱 Grassroots organizations are the first to lose funding — yet they are often the only safety net for marginalized communities.
Defunding them means weakening democracy and deepening inequality.
Defunding them means weakening democracy and deepening inequality.
2️⃣ 💰 The dismantling of aid systems is leaving women-led, LGBTQI+, Indigenous & youth groups without lifelines.
We must rebuild solidarity and rethink how international cooperation works.
We must rebuild solidarity and rethink how international cooperation works.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
2️⃣ 💰 The dismantling of aid systems is leaving women-led, LGBTQI+, Indigenous & youth groups without lifelines.
We must rebuild solidarity and rethink how international cooperation works.
We must rebuild solidarity and rethink how international cooperation works.
“Freedom of Assembly & Association under Threat”
1️⃣ 🌍 Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Repression, shrinking aid, and restrictive laws are choking freedoms of assembly & association.
Without them, democracy cannot survive.
1️⃣ 🌍 Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Repression, shrinking aid, and restrictive laws are choking freedoms of assembly & association.
Without them, democracy cannot survive.
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Freedom of Assembly & Association under Threat”
1️⃣ 🌍 Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Repression, shrinking aid, and restrictive laws are choking freedoms of assembly & association.
Without them, democracy cannot survive.
1️⃣ 🌍 Civil society is facing an existential threat.
Repression, shrinking aid, and restrictive laws are choking freedoms of assembly & association.
Without them, democracy cannot survive.
¡12 de Octubre: Memoria, Voz y Dignidad por Abya Yala! 📢
Extiendo mi reconocimiento y solidaridad a todas las personas y movimientos que alzan su voz el día de hoy. La voz y memoria de los pueblos indígenas son esenciales para un futuro justo y para la protección del planeta.
Extiendo mi reconocimiento y solidaridad a todas las personas y movimientos que alzan su voz el día de hoy. La voz y memoria de los pueblos indígenas son esenciales para un futuro justo y para la protección del planeta.
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
¡12 de Octubre: Memoria, Voz y Dignidad por Abya Yala! 📢
Extiendo mi reconocimiento y solidaridad a todas las personas y movimientos que alzan su voz el día de hoy. La voz y memoria de los pueblos indígenas son esenciales para un futuro justo y para la protección del planeta.
Extiendo mi reconocimiento y solidaridad a todas las personas y movimientos que alzan su voz el día de hoy. La voz y memoria de los pueblos indígenas son esenciales para un futuro justo y para la protección del planeta.
#GlobalSumudFlotilla is a collective, non-violent act of resistance and international civil disobedience. People from around the world join at sea to challenge a blockade that denies fundamental rights and has cost countless Palestinian lives. 1/
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#GlobalSumudFlotilla is a collective, non-violent act of resistance and international civil disobedience. People from around the world join at sea to challenge a blockade that denies fundamental rights and has cost countless Palestinian lives. 1/
🇪🇸 #España Les recuerdo a @idiazayuso.bsky.social @comunidadmadrid.bsky.social y a Martínez Almeida que todas las acciones de resistencia, desobediencia civil y protesta pacífica están protegidas por los derechos de libertad de expresión y de reunión pacífica. Foto: @lajornadanet.bsky.social 1/
September 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🇪🇸 #España Les recuerdo a @idiazayuso.bsky.social @comunidadmadrid.bsky.social y a Martínez Almeida que todas las acciones de resistencia, desobediencia civil y protesta pacífica están protegidas por los derechos de libertad de expresión y de reunión pacífica. Foto: @lajornadanet.bsky.social 1/