https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde19/8657/2018/en/
Libyan women activists, bloggers and journalists are increasingly being silenced as they face gender-based violence in the form of physical assault, abductions...
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https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/100712-mrhh-dr-kongo-234274
Following the recent murder of yet another human rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights...
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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.
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/niger-societe-civile-demandent-un-terme/
Several civil society organisations have today expressed concern over the arrest of at least 15 of their members and the detention and prosecution of seven of...
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https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/request-raise-serious-concerns-over-ongoing-crackdown-human-rights-defenders-india
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https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2015/10/ahmed-mansoor-selected-as-the-2015-laureate-martin-ennals-award-for-human-rights-defenders/
Aug 8, 2022 - The Martin Ennals Foundation announces that Ahmed Mansoor has been selected as the 2015 Laureate Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
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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...
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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.
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https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/increase-detention-period-until-sentencing-rights-defenders
A study examining 969 cases of individuals arrested, prosecuted, and tried for "disturbing social order" (DSO) crimes between 2008 and 2022,...
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https://www.devex.com/news/q-a-ajws-ceo-on-supporting-human-rights-defenders-in-a-hostile-climate-92740
The Trump administration's lack of U.S. leadership on human rights is having a ripple effect across the 19 developing countries the American Jewish World...
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https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/burundi-un-experts-raise-alarm-growing-repression-ngos-and-human-rights-defenders
News and Press Release in English on Burundi about Protection and Human Rights; published on 6 Feb 2017 by UN HRC
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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-07-14-southern-african-human-rights-defenders-network-discusses-response-to-covid-19/
At a webinar on Friday 10 July, members of the network agreed that socioeconomic issues like access to healthcare, vulnerability of employment, and the...
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https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/12/azerbaijan-support-jailed-journalists-human-rights-defenders/
Azerbaijan's government continues to repress civil society activists, human rights defenders and journalists. Many of them are now behind bars on trumped up...
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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...
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https://humanrightsfirst.org/library/white-house-comments-on-meeting-with-human-rights-defenders/
The White House issued a statement following its meeting with human rights defenders in town for the Human Rights Summit, an international meeting organized by...
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https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/pl/taxonomy/term/40
Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the indigenous peoples. This includes not only the most basic human...
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