Mary Lawlor criticizes US’s failure to respond to concerns after Alex Connon and John Mark Rozendaal charges
John Mark Rozendaal plays a cello in front of Citibank headquarters as Alex Cannon holds an umbrella, on 8 August 2024 in New York City.John Mark Rozendaal plays a cello in front of Citibank headquarters as Alex Cannon holds an umbrella, on 8 August 2024 in New York City.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.
The letter was signed by four UN human rights experts – Lawlor, and the special rapporteurs on the right to a healthy and sustainable environment, climate change, and the right to protest. It is customary to give states 60 days to respond privately before communications are shared publicly.in Geneva, the UN experts raised concerns about the factual basis of an assault charge against Rozendaal and Connon, resulting from a complaint by a member of Citibank’s security staff.
The assault charges were dropped after the security guard failed to submit a deposition. The contempt charges were resolved by the pair pleading guilty to “disorderly conduct” – referring to Rozendaal playing the cello in a public plaza outside Citibank HQ and Connon sheltering him from the rain with an umbrella.
“Please indicate what steps have been taken and measures put in place to ensure that all human rights defenders taking peaceful action to promote measures to mitigate climate change and a just transition can carry out their work free from fear of threat, violence, harassment or retaliation of any sort,” the UN experts wrote.
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