https://fra.europa.eu/nl/news/2024/supporting-human-rights-defenders-risk
Supporting human rights defenders at risk | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/5/29/amid-the-coronavirus-human-rights-defenders-need-more-protection
Amid the coronavirus, human rights defenders need more protection | Coronavirus pandemic | Al...
The pandemic has increased the risks human rights defenders face as they work to protect the rights of others.
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2019/08/evolving-phishing-attacks-targeting-journalists-and-human-rights-defenders-from-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/
Evolving Phishing Attacks Targeting Journalists and Human Rights Defenders from the Middle-East and...
Aug 10, 2023 - In December 2018, Amnesty International documented widespread targeted phishing attacks against human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Middle-East and North...
human rights defenders
https://pjp-eu.coe.int/ru/web/partnership-governance/-/human-rights-defenders-in-ajara-launch-anti-hate-speech-network
Human rights defenders in Ajara launch Anti-Hate Speech Network - Partnership for Good Governance
A two-day workshop in Ajara brought together local human rights defenders, activists, and journalists to strengthen their ability to counter hate speech in the...
human rights defenders
https://www.dhrdnet.org/
Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network : ENHANCING THE SKILLS AND STRUCTURAL CAPACITY OF DALIT HUMAN...
Feb 27, 2025 - Dalit Human Rights Defenders (DHRDNet) is built on the needs and demands of civil society organisations (CSO) and Dalit human rights defenders to ensure a...
human rights defenders
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa33/9434/2025/en/
Pakistan must end crackdown on Baloch human rights defenders - Amnesty International
May 28, 2025 - Amnesty International, along with four other human rights organizations, calls for an end to the harassment and arbitrary detention of Baloch human rights...
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https://mptf.undp.org/participating-organizations/emhrf
Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders | MPTF Office
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https://indico.un.org/event/1008700/sessions/96849/
A Global Forum of Women Human Rights Defenders (12 December 2023): A Global Forum of Women Human...
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https://crd.org/hrdacademy/
Human Rights Defenders Academy - Civil Rights Defenders
Jul 1, 2025 - Policy Papers by Participants Participants from the Human Rights Defenders Academy 2020 developed the following policy papers. The papers address different...
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https://bangkok.ohchr.org/apehrdf2021
Asia-Pacific Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum 2021 | OHCHR - Regional Office for...
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https://europe.ohchr.org/index.php/areas-of-work/civic-space
Civic space and human rights defenders | OHCHR
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https://fra.europa.eu/hu/news/2022/international-organisations-discuss-protection-human-rights-defenders-europe
International organisations discuss the protection of human rights defenders in Europe | European...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/03/another-blow-mexican-journalists-and-human-rights-defenders
Another Blow to Mexican Journalists and Human Rights Defenders | Human Rights Watch
Nov 3, 2020 - The risk that journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico face just increased exponentially.
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https://www.un.org/unispal/document-source/special-rapporteur-on-the-situation-of-human-rights-defenders/
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Archives - Question of Palestine
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https://fra.europa.eu/sk/news/2021/human-rights-defenders-visit-fra
Human rights defenders visit FRA | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr44/1447/2019/en/
Nigeria: Human Rights Defenders Must be Released: Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare & Agba Jalingo -...
Jun 15, 2023 - Nigerian authorities have continued to detain human rights defenders Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare at the Department of State Services in Abuja, and Agba...
human rights defenders
https://fra.europa.eu/pt/event/2024/civil-society-webinar-resources-human-rights-defenders
Civil society webinar on resources for human rights defenders | European Union Agency for...
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/10/moroccan-human-rights-defenders-targeted-using-malicious-nso-israeli-spyware-2/
Moroccan human rights defenders targeted using malicious NSO Israeli spyware - Amnesty International
Aug 8, 2022 - Two prominent human rights defenders in Morocco have been targeted using surveillance technology developed by the Israeli-based company NSO Group
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https://europe.ohchr.org/areas-of-work/civic-space
Civic space and human rights defenders | OHCHR
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https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9979712743303681
Current conditions for human rights defenders and lawyers in China, and implications for U.S....
Access 'Current conditions for human rights defenders and lawyers in China, and implications for U.S. policy : roundtable before the Congressional-Executive...
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https://fra.europa.eu/el/event/2024/civil-society-webinar-resources-human-rights-defenders
Civil society webinar on resources for human rights defenders | European Union Agency for...
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/08/azerbaijan-lengthy-jail-sentences-for-prominent-human-rights-activists-are-shockingly-unjust/
Azerbaijan: Lengthy jail sentences for prominent human rights defenders are shockingly unjust -...
Aug 17, 2021 - The eight-and-a-half and seven year sentences respectively handed down today to human rights defenders Leyla Yunus and her husband Arif Yunus show the...
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https://fra.europa.eu/de/news/2024/supporting-human-rights-defenders-risk
Supporting human rights defenders at risk | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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https://pjp-eu.coe.int/ro/web/partnership-governance/-/human-rights-defenders-in-ajara-launch-anti-hate-speech-network
Human rights defenders in Ajara launch Anti-Hate Speech Network - Partnership for Good Governance
A two-day workshop in Ajara brought together local human rights defenders, activists, and journalists to strengthen their ability to counter hate speech in the...
human rights defenders
https://europe.ohchr.org/de/node/678
Civic space and human rights defenders | OHCHR
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr53/4058/2016/en/
South Africa: Human rights defenders under threat - Amnesty International
Jun 1, 2021 - Sikhosiphi Rhadebe, land rights activist and chairperson of the Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), was shot dead in March. Shortly before his death he learnt that...
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/25/human-rights-defenders-face-unthinkable-spiral-violence-latin-america
Human Rights Defenders Face 'Unthinkable Spiral of Violence' in Latin America | Common Dreams
Jul 17, 2024 - 2015 marked the deadliest year for activists, particularly women and environmentalists fighting extractive industries
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https://fra.europa.eu/lt/news/2021/human-rights-defenders-visit-fra
Human rights defenders visit FRA | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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https://nieman.harvard.edu/harsono-wins-2010-john-rumbiak-human-rights-defenders-award/
Harsono Wins 2010 John Rumbiak Human Rights Defenders Award - Nieman Foundation
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr41/9879/2019/en/
Mexico: Indigenous human rights defenders at risk: Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio...
Jun 1, 2021 - Armed men abducted Mexican Indigenous human rights defenders, Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio Castro on 12 February 2019. Their captors released...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/10/11/ilham-tohti-2016-martin-ennals-award-laureate-human-rights-defenders
Ilham Tohti: 2016 Martin Ennals Award Laureate for Human Rights Defenders | Human Rights Watch
Oct 28, 2020 - Ilham Tohti was selected by a jury of 10 global Human Rights organizations. The Award is given to Human Rights Defenders who have shown deep commitment and...
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/01/ethiopia-human-rights-defenders/
Ethiopia: Human rights defenders held for documenting forced evictions must be released immediately...
Jan 17, 2023 - Amnesty International demands the release of four Ethiopian Human Rights Defenders
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https://fra.europa.eu/bg/news/2021/human-rights-defenders-visit-fra
Human rights defenders visit FRA | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr01/003/1999/en/
Special appeals on behalf of human rights defenders in Latin America - Amnesty International
Jan 10, 2022 - This circular illustrates human rights violations committed against those who defend these rights in Latin America. It also shows the difficulty of...
human rights defenders
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/11/egypt-authorities-escalate-punishment-of-human-rights-defenders-2/
Egypt: Authorities escalate punishment of human rights defenders - Amnesty International
Aug 8, 2022 - The cruel and inhuman treatment meted out against Gasser Abdel-Razek, Executive Director of Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) is outrageous and...
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https://cambodia.ohchr.org/en/news/when-activists-are-misunderstood-meet-cambodian-human-rights-defenders-mislabeled-politicians
When activists are misunderstood: meet the Cambodian human rights defenders mislabeled as...
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur49/3854/2021/en/
Belarus: End reprisals against human rights defenders - Amnesty International
Jun 6, 2021 - The Belarusian authorities are conducting a targeted campaign of intimidation against civil society in an effort to silence all critics of the government....
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/02/22/syria-free-human-rights-defenders
Syria: Free Human Rights Defenders | Human Rights Watch
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https://www.meta.com/safety/communities/journalists-activists-public-figures/human-rights-defenders/
Human Rights Defenders - Safety Center | Meta
Learn how Meta is working on preserving human rights and standing up against online threats to human rights defenders and activists.
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https://vita-activa.org/
Vita Activa – Digital care and wellbeing for journalists, activists and human rights defenders....
APOYO CONFIDENCIAL Y GRATUITO Cuidado para quienes sostienen derechos Apoyamos a periodistas, activistas, defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos, mujeres...
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https://humanrightshouse.org/
Human Rights House Foundation | Empowering Human Rights Defenders
Jul 7, 2026 - Human Rights House Foundation protects, empowers and supports human rights defenders and their organisations locally, and unites them in an international...
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https://fra.europa.eu/en/themes/support-human-rights-systems-and-defenders?page=4
Support for human rights systems and defenders | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Many organisations work to defend your rights. We help their efforts with independent evidence, advice and expertise. We support their frontline work. And we...
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https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2025/12/seven-in-ten-women-human-rights-defenders-activists-and-journalists-report-online-violence
Seven in ten women human rights defenders, activists and journalists report online violence | UN...
Online violence is spilling offline: Four in ten of the women surveyed also reported experiencing offline attacks connected to digital abuse.
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https://fra.europa.eu/en/themes/support-human-rights-systems-and-defenders?page=0%2C2%2C0%2C6
Support for human rights systems and defenders | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Many organisations work to defend your rights. We help their efforts with independent evidence, advice and expertise. We support their frontline work. And we...
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https://africandefenders.org/
AFRICAN DEFENDERS | Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network
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https://fra.europa.eu/pt/publication/2023/human-rights-defenders
Protecting human rights defenders at risk: EU entry, stay and support | European Union Agency for...