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The Guardian: UN human rights expert raises concerns about US charges against climate protesters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/un-human-rights-expert-cellist-climate-protesterUN human rights expert raises concerns about US charges against climate protesters
Mary Lawlor criticizes US’s failure to respond to concerns after Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal charges
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
Wed 4 Dec 2024 13.09 EST
A leading UN human rights expert has expressed dismay after the US government failed to respond to questions about the criminal crackdown on peaceful climate protesters.
Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, on Tuesday published a letter sent to US authorities raising concerns about the potential violation of international human rights law after two climate activists, Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal, were charged with crimes that carried lengthy jail terms.
Connon, director of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition, and Rozendaal, a professional cellist, were among hundreds of climate activists arrested outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City over the summer, during a series of non-violent protests calling for an end to financing the fossil fuel industry.
On Twitter/X, Lawlor wrote that she was “very disappointed” to have not received a response from US authorities to the letter sent on 30 September.
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Mary Lawlor criticizes US’s failure to respond to concerns after Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal charges
Nina Lakhani Climate justice reporter
Wed 4 Dec 2024 13.09 EST
A leading UN human rights expert has expressed dismay after the US government failed to respond to questions about the criminal crackdown on peaceful climate protesters.
Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, on Tuesday published a letter sent to US authorities raising concerns about the potential violation of international human rights law after two climate activists, Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal, were charged with crimes that carried lengthy jail terms.
Connon, director of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition, and Rozendaal, a professional cellist, were among hundreds of climate activists arrested outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City over the summer, during a series of non-violent protests calling for an end to financing the fossil fuel industry.
On Twitter/X, Lawlor wrote that she was “very disappointed” to have not received a response from US authorities to the letter sent on 30 September.
Link to tweet
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