5/9 Human rights defenders (HRDs) and organizations continue working under the risk of criminalization. HRDs like Javier Tarazona or Carlos Julio Rojas face unfair trials. Laws have been approved that can be used to persecute those who defend rights and seek justice.

4/9 In detention centers, torture, overcrowding, incommunicado detention, unannounced transfers, and denial of medical care persist. Emirlendris Benítez and Juan Carlos Marrufo continue to require medical assistance.

3/9 Between 2024-2025, we documented the forced disappearance of 15 people, and concluded that they could constitute crimes against humanity. Since August 2, 2024 until today, the fate or whereabouts of Jorgen Guanares is unknown.

🧵 In 2022, #Venezuela 🇻🇪 accepted 221 human rights recommendations in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the #UN, but it has fulfilled almost none of them. Impunity, the policy of repression, and persecution continues. We explain what's at stake ahead of a new #UPR ⬇️

Fredsnasjonen Norge, anno 2026

#IndigenousPeoplesDay 🌎✊🏽 Indigenous peoples protect territories, languages, knowledge, and ways of life that are essential for our societies and for the planet.🧵

We call on FIFA members to ensure the sports body guarantees accountability for human rights. Step by step, FIFA must: 1. Re-establish a permanent, independent Human Rights Advisory Board 2. Reform the the FIFA Ethics Committee 3. ⬇️ #HumanityMustWin

#Venezuela: Today marks 8 yrs since the arbitrary detention of Emirlendris Benítez. ⚠️8 years since she was tortured and lost her pregnancy ⚠️8 years of her son growing up without his mother ⚠️8 years of abuse and injustice ⚠️8 years of her family's struggle

#Venezuela: Where is Jorgen? Jorgen Guanares was forcibly disappeared 2 years ago. Every day without answers prolongs the suffering of Jorgen and his family. We demand information about his fate and whereabouts and call for his immediate release.

#Venezuela: The disaster the country is living through merits humanity and justice. freedom for all people arbitrarily detained and prosecuted on politically motivated charges #LiberenATodos

To argue that the World Cup was executed without incidents is false.

🧵In an Instagram-post, with a disabled comment section, FIFA-president Gianni Infantino hits back at critics. The football president, who almost never engages with the media, accuses critics of dividing, when he unites, but slogans cannot hide reality.

“doesn’t want anything to do with Spain”

Another illustration of how certain politicians use sports to gain prominence. This was a moment for Spanish athletes to celebrate with its fans, not a moment to get entangled in Trump’s ambitions.

Immigration and diversity is a strength, not a weakness. This was #England in a game earlier this tournament. Now they might be World Cup finalists. #FIFAWorldCup

🧵Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine. Two more lives were taken by ICE in less than a week. Both killings demand independent, impartial, and transparent investigations. But that isn't enough.

🌎 The World Cup group stages brought joy to people around the world - but we must not forget about the human rights perspective.⬇️

Socceroo footballer Jackson Irvine has spoken out for human rights. Footballers can use their platform at the World Cup to speak out against injustice. #HumanityMustWin Quotes from an interview with the Guardian published on 29th April 2026. Credit: Irvine’s Instagram #AUSEGY 🇦🇺🇪🇬

🧵The UN Special Rapporteur on Racism highlights several concerns raised by Amnesty International and other civil society organizations, including how both armed conflict and discriminatory eligibility regulations exacerbate racism in sports. #HRC62

🧵Norge møter Elfenbenskysten Det er andre gang i dette mesterskapet at Norge møter et land der supportere rammes av USAs innreiseforbud Vi er stolte av norske supportere. Av roingen, sangene og fellesskapet som har satt farge på mesterskapet ❤️🤍💙 men… 🇳🇴🇨🇮 #FIFAWorldCup

🧵Good news! Alligator Alcatraz has been shut down! It should never have been opened in the first place.

Women searchers have staged numerous protests ahead of and during the #FIFAWorldCup, with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders stating her concerns about the use of excessive force against these protesters.

Folkefest på tribunen under #NORSEN 🇳🇴🇸🇳 men ikke alle får lov å delta i Donald Trump sitt USA.

🤝To integrate is to protect. The challenge is to guarantee secure and sustainable inclusion where the human rights of the Venezuelan community is respected and protected

📈Steady flow: In 2025 alone, more than 455,000 Venezuelans left the country. It's the 3rd nationality with the highest global emigration 🏠91% do not plan to return in the short term. Their future lies in host countries

🧵The Venezuelan exodus shows no signs of stopping: a human rights crisis that is redefining the continent. The latest UNHCR report confirms that Venezuelan migration remains one of the largest on the planet 📍 Destination: 97% seek refuge within the Americas

#Venezuela: Juan Carlos Marrufo's health condition is at risk if he does not receive urgent and adequate care 🩺The authorities must allow him to receive the care he needs

🇷🇼Rwanda pays millions of dollars in sponsorship revenue to the NBA to promote its “Visit Rwanda” tourism campaign at the NBA’s Basketball Africa League (BAL), including on all BAL player jerseys - and the first four BAL Finals were held in the Rwandan capital Kigali

The attack against @yendrive.bsky.social, in Colombia, must be promptly, thoroughly, and impartially investigated The lack of significant progress in clarifying the facts sends a worrying signal for the protection of those who defend human rights #ColombiaNoMasImpunidad