https://citizenlab.ca/2021/11/palestinian-human-rights-defenders-hacked-nso-groups-pegasus-spyware/
Nov 8, 2021 - Front Line Defenders’ analysis indicated that six devices belonging to six Palestinian human rights defenders were hacked with Pegasus, a spyware developed...
human rights defendersdevicespalestinianhackednso
https://ishr.ch/latest-updates/rightscon-2025-advocating-for-justice-protecting-human-rights-defenders-in-the-digital-era/
Mar 11, 2025 - From 24 to 27 of February, the 13th edition of RightsCon took place in Taipei, Taiwan, bringing together human rights defenders, business leaders…
human rights defendersrightsconadvocatingjusticeprotecting
https://postkodlotterietsstiftelse.se/en/projekt/support-for-women-human-rights-defenders/
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are champions of change, and pivotal actors in the drive to tackle the challenges faced by communities around the world.
human rights defenderssupportwomensvenska
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/02/click-and-bait-vietnamese-human-rights-defenders-targeted-with-spyware-attacks/
Oct 11, 2021 - A new Amnesty International investigation has identified a campaign of spyware attacks targeting Vietnamese human rights defenders (HRDs) from February 2018 to...
human rights defendersbaitvietnamesetargetedspyware
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-election-observers-are-human-rights-defenders/
Apr 10, 2025 - Election observers are the first line of defense for democratic rights and freedoms, and they work in some of the most challenging places. They deserve the...
electionobservershumanrightsdefenders
https://ishr.ch/defenders-toolbox/resources/
Dec 18, 2023 - ISHR provides useful training resources for human rights defenders and e-learning resources including reports, whitepapers and guidebooks about human...
human rights defendersresources
https://www.york.ac.uk/research/impact/human-rights-defenders/
The Centre for Applied Human Rights is shaping the way states, civil society actors, donors and human rights defenders understand and respond to risks to human...
human rights defendersrisk researchsecurityprotection
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/human-rights-defenders-raise-concerns-that-online-safety-act-will-lead-to-censorship-of-palestine-protest/
Human rights organisations, academics and experts have written to Ofcom and the tech companies, Meta, Alphabet, X and ByteDance, asking for clarification over...
human rights defendersonline safety actraiseconcerns
https://www.csohate.org/2025/09/02/chinese-transnational-repression/
Sep 2, 2025 - In this interview, Zumretay Arkin describes how China carries out transnational repression against Uyghur activists through digital surveillance.
transnational repressiondigital agetargeting
https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/women-human-rights-defenders-address-digital-violence-during-the-16-days-of-activism/
Nov 25, 2025 - Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an...
human rights defendersdigital violencewomenaddress
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/11/cuba-el-estado-reprime-a-mujeres-defensoras-de-derechos-humanos/
Nov 26, 2025 - The Cuban government must put an end to institutional gender-based violence against women human rights defenders, journalists, and activists.
human rights defenderscubastatewomen
https://ishr.ch/about-human-rights/who-are-human-rights-defenders/
Nov 9, 2023 - Human rights defenders are people who are making the world a better and fairer place by promoting and protecting human rights - it simply requires...
human rights defenders
https://www.gc4hr.org/jordans-systemic-repression-of-human-rights-defenders/
Nov 7, 2025 - 1. Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents how legal, regulatory and informal measures in Jordan restrict the work...
human rights defenderssystemicrepressiongulfcentre
https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/call-proposals-overseas-chinese-human-rights-defenders
Deadline for submitting concept notes is June 30.Safeguard Defenders is inviting proposals from civil society organisations and collectives based outside China...
human rights defenderscallproposalsoverseaschinese
https://huridocs.org/2025/11/exploring-data-design-and-storytelling-with-human-rights-defenders-in-turkiye/
Nov 11, 2025 - Human rights defenders met in Ankara to explore new ways of turning data into stories and powerful campaigns
human rights defendersexploringdatadesignstorytelling
https://postkodlotterietsstiftelse.se/en/projekt/protecting-human-rights-defenders-at-risk-in-europe/
In this project, Front Line Dfenders aims to support Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) at risk in Europe to safely continue their vital work to protect and promote...
human rights defendersprotectingriskeuropesvenska
https://fma.ph/women-human-rights-defenders-in-the-philippines-face-escalating-personal-attacks-online/
Nov 29, 2025 - Women Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines Face Escalating Personal Attacks Online November 29 is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day to honor...
human rights defenderswomenphilippinesfaceescalating
https://www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/news/campaigns/campaigns-iphdsnotterrorists/739-from-under-this-hat-stand-with-human-rights-defenders
By KATHLEEN T. OKUBO Kathleen is giving her column space to Abigail B. Anongos. former EIC of Nordis Weekly. I write today on behalf of human rights defend...
human rights defendershatstand
https://www.norad.no/en/for-partners/guides-and-tools/calls-for-proposals2/2025/open-call-for-proposals-human-rights-defenders/
The purpose of this call is to protect human rights defenders and strengthen their work.
human rights defendersopen callproposalsnorad
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/big-issues/human-rights-defenders-civic-freedoms/
Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre
human rights defenderscivicbusiness
https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/human-rights-online-violence-information-integrity-initiative-united-nations-women-december-2025/
Dec 11, 2025 - Online violence is spilling offline: 4 in 10 of the women surveyed also reported experiencing offline attacks connected to digital abuse
human rights defenderswomenactivistsjournalists
https://swedwatch.org/themes/report-human-rights-defenders-at-risk-in-the-renewable-energy-transition/
May 7, 2025 - Many renewable energy projects are set to be implemented in countries with restricted civic space, putting human rights defenders and local communities at risk...
human rights defendersrenewable energy transitionrisk
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/11/19/brazil-dont-strip-protection-of-environment-defenders
Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect human rights defenders.
human rights watchbrazilstripprotectionenvironment
https://ishr.ch/defenders-toolbox/model-law/
Sep 10, 2025 - The Model Law is adopted by the world’s leading human rights experts and jurists as the legal recognition and protection of human rights defenders.
human rights defendersmodel law
https://www.cordaid.org/en/publications/toolkit-for-the-protection-of-women-human-rights-defenders-south-sudan/
Oct 23, 2025 - Women human rights defenders in South Sudan operate in challenging environments. In response, we developed a toolkit for their protection.
human rights defendersrecommendationsprotectionwomensouth
https://cloudflare.tv/event/project-galileo-presents-protecting-human-rights-defenders-online/YgQn4nvd
Project Galileo celebrated its 10th anniversary with two distinguished panels hosted by the NED (National Endowment for Democracy). These conversations...
human rights defenderscloudflare tvprojectgalileopresents
https://www.mccaininstitute.org/programs/democracy-programs/human-rights-defenders-program/
Apr 8, 2025 - Human Rights Defenders at ASU’s mission is to provide temporary, transitional support to activists so they can continue to fight in the human rights arena.
human rights defendersprograminstitute
https://www.enar-eu.org/statement-bomb-attack-targets-anti-racist-organisation-in-cyprus-human-rights-defenders-increasingly-at-risk-in-europe/
Jan 11, 2024 - Brussels, Belgium – 11 January 2024 On the early morning of January 5th 2024, KISA, an anti-racist organisation based in Cyprus, endured a violent and...
statementbombattacktargetsanti
https://ishr.ch/defenders-toolbox/training/ishr-academy/
Jan 23, 2025 - ISHR Academy is ISHR’s e-learning space, helping human rights defenders strengthen their advocacy skills with the UN for greater impact on the...
human rights defendersacademy
https://freedomhouse.org/article/joint-letter-strengthening-us-support-human-rights-defenders
80 civil society organizations encourage the State Department to elevate the cause of protecting human rights defenders.
human rights defendersjoint letterussupportfreedom
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/11/tunisia-conviction-of-human-rights-defenders-confirms-criminalization-of-civil-society-work/
Nov 26, 2025 - Responding to news that the Tunis Court of First Instance convicted human rights defenders Mustapha Djemali and Abderrazek Krimi yesterday evening, and...
human rights defenderstunisiaconvictionconfirmscriminalization
https://freedomhouse.org/article/venezuela-authorities-should-immediately-release-human-rights-defenders-javier-tarazona
Arbitrary detentions, denying the right to a reasonable defense, obstructing justice and due process, and use of the justice system as a tool for political...
human rights defendersvenezuelaauthoritiesimmediatelyrelease
https://freedomhouse.org/article/saudi-arabia-joint-statement-denounces-detention-human-rights-defenders
Human rights and civil society organizations call on the Department of State to condemn the detention of five women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia.
saudi arabiajoint statementhuman rightsdenouncesdetention
https://www.cvt.org/resources/for-human-rights-defenders/
Aug 31, 2023 - See a list of resources specifically designed for Human Rights Defenders.
human rights defendersresources
https://ishr.ch/what-we-do/support-defenders/
Nov 29, 2024 - Our work to support human rights defenders builds their capacity and expertise, strengthens their recognition and protection under international law.
human rights defenderssupporting
https://cer.org.za/news/peoples-hearing-to-highlight-attacks-and-threats-on-south-africas-human-rights-defenders
Oct 20, 2025 - 22 October 2025 | Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill | Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa. The Life After Coal campaign, a coalition of Earthlife
hearinghighlightattacksthreatssouth
https://citizenlab.ca/2022/04/peace-through-pegasus-jordanian-human-rights-defenders-and-journalists-hacked-with-pegasus-spyware/
Jan 24, 2025 - Phones belonging to four Jordanian human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists were hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between August 2019 and...
human rights defenderspeacepegasusjordanianjournalists