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#Gaza
, Occupied Palestinian Territory:
🚨 We are saddened by the news that disability rights defender Bader Mosleh was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip on 7 December. He leaves a legacy of courage & dedication.
Read more:
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On International Human Rights Defenders Day, join us as we celebrate the 6 winners of the Front Line Defenders Annual Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.
Live now in 7 different languages:
Or join the Facebook watch party:
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Far too many HRDs are serving long prison sentences of 10 years + for their peaceful, legitimate work. These 11 HRDs are illustrative of the many HRD cases where repressive governments have consistently used the law to silence HRDs
#GiveVoiceToTheSilenced
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Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the targeting and reprisals of human rights defenders in
#Balochistan
, especially as punishment for their support for, or participation in, the Baloch Long March.
Read more about this case from last year:
Due to my activism in the fight against enforced disappearances and rights abuses in Balochistan, I am continuously being targeted and am at risk. The State of Pakistan, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar Ul Haq Kakar, and government spokesman Jan Achakzai should be held accountable…
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Before the end of 2021, we present the
#FLDAward
version of Cypher, celebrating the 6
@FrontLineHRD
Award winners:
Cypher:
Award Ceremony:
#SierraLeone
#Cambodia
#Brazil
#Belarus
#Portugal
#Palestine
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🚨
#PAKISTAN
: We have received disturbing reports that a peaceful march by Baloch protesters was violently suppressed by police in Islamabad overnight, with arbitrary detention of the protesters.
More soon...
#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide
is under attack by the Islamabad police. Many of our youth have been arrested, & many have been injured by tear gas shelling and violence. Right now, we are being treated worse than animals. Will the world raise its voice for us against this barbarism?
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The 4-year
@FrontLineHRD
investigation into violent attacks on Sex Worker Rights Defenders launches 12 Aug
Join comedian
@margaretcho
, UN SR
@drtlaleng
, author
@melissagira
, lead researcher
@neo_chlo
, FLD's
@ettrick49
& defenders from
@GlitsInc
&
@apnsw
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#Brazil
#Mexico
#Philippines
#Colombia
#Honduras
#Guatemala
Officially launching today, the
#StopTheKillings
report looks at the murder of
#HRDs
in these six countries. Read the report here:
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Front Line Defenders is profoundly honored to be named one of the winners of the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize - full statement here:
@ettrick49
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Sarah Hegazy, the courageous LGBT activist imprisoned for raising a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo in 2017, took her own life yesterday. She suffered from PTSD and depression, but was remarkably resilient and brave throughout her short life.
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Have you listened to our latest podcast with
@MaryLawlorhrds
?
Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, she shares valuable insights into achievements and challenges for HRDs.
Listen now:
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Congratulations to Front Line Defenders founder Mary Lawlor on her appointment today as
#UN
Special Rapporteur on the situation of
#humanrights
defenders!!
Our statement:
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Today, after a lengthy battle, indigenous rights defenders in Cape Town are in court asking to stop construction of
@amazon
's Africa headquarters on indigenous land of the San & Khoi.
Share and sign this petition in solidarity!
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#Catalan
#HRD
Jordi Cuixart has been unjustly sentenced to 9 yrs in prison for sedition. Cuixart promoted peaceful protests & the right of people in
#Catalonia
to free and democratic self-determination.
#DemocracyInJail
#FreeCatalanPoliticalPrisoners
Elena Jimenez-Botías
@Omnium
reads letter written by
@jcuixart
addressed to 120 human rights defenders around the world at
#DublinPlatform
. We demand the immediate release of
#JordiCuixart
and all those imprisoned for their human rights work
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NEW - FLD Investigation finds Pegasus spyware on 6 Palestinian HRD phones - including HRDs from 3 of the
#StandWithThe6
organizations targeted by Israel - read the report to understand the timing and the questions this raises for
#Israel
&
#NSOGroup
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Human Rights lawyer Veronica Koman
@VeronicaKoman
facing threats and harassment by
#Indonesia
for her work to defend the rights of the people in
#WestPapua
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Congratulations to the
#Americas
winner of the
#FLDAward23
, Segundo Ordóñez from
#Ecuador
, an Afro-descendant human rights defender from a community of exploited abaca (Manila hemp) workers.
Read more here:
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A poignant image of how human rights defenders and their families are impacted by enforced disappearances over the years.
Find out more on the Baloch Long March in Pakistan, highlighting EDs and other ongoing violations:
Thank you
@RohaitBhagwant
for dadicating my long 14 year’s struggle and drawing our tale in Dawn Newspaper.
This image has attempted to portray a pain that no one else but only children and families of missing persons can feel.
A pain stretching decades and decades.
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The temporary release of
#HRD
Jordi Cuixart to house arrest amid the
#Covid19
crisis risks being blocked.
The Supreme Court of
#Spain
has threatened sanctions for
#Catalan
regional gov't granting temporary release for
#politicalprisoners
.
Case update:
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Copenhagen Post covers Abdulhadi Alkhawaja's calls on
#Denmark
to secure his release
http://t.co/omOto6az
@cphpost
#FreeAlkhawaja
#Bahrain
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@FrontLineHRD
board member Roja Fazaeli reads out a moving testimony from Iranian WHRD Atena Daemi at the closing of the
#DublinPlatform
. She called on us to stand by Iranians as they face resistance in the face of fighting for essential change.
#WomanLifeFreedom
! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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#Cypher10
, the tenth edition of Front Line's comic zine, is out now! Featuring perspectives of the protest movements in
#Myanmar
,
#Colombia
and
#Palestine
, including the Kurd (
@m7mdkurd
@kurd_muna
) family story .
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#India
must ensure the safety of
#humanrights
defenders in
#Jammu
and
#Kashmir
.
Our statement:
#StandWithKashmir
#StandWithHRDs
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🔊 Front Line Defenders Global Analysis 2022 on human rights defenders at risk out now!
➡️Detailing killings, risks, threats + attacks faced by HRDs around the world in 2022
➡️Global and regional analysis
➡️Case studies and examples of HRDs at risk
#GA22
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Update
#JordiCuixart
: Detained
#Catalan
rights defender subjected to stricter detention regime.
16 October 2020 will mark the third year in detention for the
#HRD
, who is frequently spending up to 23 hours per day alone in his cell.
@OmniumIntl
@jcuixart
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#Spain
#Catalonia
@UN
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls for the immediate release of
@jcuixart
@jordialapreso
&
@junqueras
Front Line Defenders reiterates the urge to drop all charges against and release human rights defender Jordi Cuixart
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#LGBT
rights defenders in
#Indonesia
are receiving more violent death threats than ever before. New report:
#500DeathThreats
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NEW: INTERVIEW WITH PALESTINIANS REFLECTING ON THE CURRENT REALITIES ON THE GROUND
What's been happening in Palestine? What do Palestinians need from the international community? This and more, feat:
@Monashtayya
,
@FayrouzSharqawi
, Afaf Al-Najjar.
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🚨
#PAKISTAN
:
Police in Islamabad used excessive force as they arrested HRDs & peaceful
#BalochLongMarch
protesters last night.
The women-led march began on 6 Dec to highlight grave human rights violations against the Baloch community.
Read more:
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We spoke to 350 sex workers about the targeted attacks on those who bravely protect others.
The first ever global report investigating violent attacks on sex worker rights defenders.
Launching Thursday, 12 August!
10:00 New York, 15:00 UK, 16:00 Johannesburg, 21:00 Bangkok
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🚨Nominations for the Front Line Defenders 2024 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk are officially open!
➡️Who can be nominated?
➡️How many winners are there?
➡️What do winners receive?
All info and nomination forms here:
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Front Line Defenders timeline of events in relation to the
#PegasusSpyware
hack on 6
#Palestinian
human rights defenders:
#IStandWithThe6
Full report here:
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For 12 long years, we've urged Bahrain to free our friend & former colleague Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other unjustly imprisoned human rights defenders.
In solidarity, our
@OliveMoore
will join
@MARYAMALKHAWAJA
's upcoming trip to Bahrain.
#FreeAlkhawaja
Today marks one month since the beginning of the largest mass
#hungerstrike
by political prisoners in
#Bahrain
, - and I am announcing that I will be traveling there next week to try and save my imprisoned father's life.
#FreeAlKhawaja
#DKPol
#Solidarity
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#Indonesian
WHRD
@VeronicaKoman
has been victim to threats and attacks as a result of her work as a human rights lawyer in Indonesia. We condemn these attacks and threats on her life and call for authorities to take action, & drop all charges against her:
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Sarah was beaten, sexually assaulted, and kept in solitary confinement during her 3-month imprisonment. Upon release, she had been fired from her job, and ultimately sought asylum in Canada, away from her loved ones.
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Front Line Defenders welcomes over 100 human rights defenders from all over the world to Dublin this week, for the
@FrontLineHRD
2022 Dublin Platform for human rights defenders at risk.
A unique space for HRDs to share, connect, and strategise. Keep an eye on our pages!
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She wrote in a 2017 blog that "suicide is a homicide perpetrated by people who will never be condemned."
Rest in power Sarah.
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We are disturbed by the disproportionate use of force and arrest of student leaders and HRDs by Sri Lankan authorities last evening, 18 August. Particular concern re. the arrest of HRD Chinthaka Rajapaksa & the safety of student leader Wasantha Mudalige
#SriLanka
#StopReprisals
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More than 300 human rights defenders were murdered in 2017. Yet, in spite of this violence, there are more HRDs, working on more issues, in more countries, than ever before. Download here our new Annual Report:
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Today, a long-awaited verdict will be issued in the trial of David Castillo, for the murder of
#BertaC
áceres. We urge authorities to seek a ruling which guarantees non-repetition, and secures truth & justice for Berta ✊🏾
#EndImpunity
Joint Statement:
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Today is International
#HumanRights
Defenders Day! As on all days, we honour and stand in solidarity with all
#HRDs
around the world who work tirelessly and peacefully to protect the rights many of us take for granted. We in turn must protect them.
#DefendersNotCriminals
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#Paris
More than 150 human rights defenders met in Paris this week for the
#HRDWorldSummit
. Today they gathered to raise their voices and deliver a shared message: Change the world. Protect Human Rights Defenders.
#WeAreAllDefenders
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NEW REPORT: UNSAFE ANYWHERE
An investigation led by Front Line Defenders reveals additional victims of hacking using NSO Group’s notorious Pegasus spyware - the victims being two women human rights defenders,
@ealsaegh
from Bahrain, and
@Hala_Deeb
from Jordan.
#Pegasus
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Statement:
#Egypt
- Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the ongoing persecution of Nubian human rights defenders who have been leading the community’s peaceful struggle to return to their land.
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Human rights defender Azimjan Askarov has died in
#Kyrgyzstan
.
Just days before, his lawyer had reported his health was in critical condition.
Azimjan spent 25 years tirelessly documenting human rights abuses and was tortured and sentenced to life imprisonment as a result.
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🇮🇷
#Iran
Joint Statement: we demand an end to the deliberate violence, arrest, threats, and charges against Iranian human rights defenders, journalists, student activists and civil rights actors, especially amongst minority ethnic groups.
#IranRevolution
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The
#StopTheKillings
report is available in ENGLISH, SPANISH and PORTUGUESE. You can find the report as well as press releases in various languages here:
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The Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival, organised by
@FrontLineHRD
and
@Smashing_Times
, launches this Friday. Bringing arts and human rights together through exciting interdisciplinary events, check out the programme and book your spots early!
⏬⏬⏬
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Congratulations to the five winners of the 2018
#FLDAward
, who are doing vital work to protect human rights around the world:
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Disturbing news in that
#Palestinian
HRD Salah Hammouri, currently on hunger strike, will be moved to a isolation cell in the dungeon in
#Israeli
prison.
No bed.
No window.
No pics, books or pens.
One bulb.
He is in great pain. We continue to demand his immediate release ‼️
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Elena Jimenez-Botías
@Omnium
reads letter written by
@jcuixart
addressed to 120 human rights defenders around the world at
#DublinPlatform
. We demand the immediate release of
#JordiCuixart
and all those imprisoned for their human rights work
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The winners of the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk 2023, receiving their award in Dublin at
@EPICMuseumCHQ
:
Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole (DRC)
@Hala_Deeb
(Jordan)
Digital Security Lab Ukraine
Jeany Rose Hayahay (Philippines)
Segundo Ordóñez (Ecuador)
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#Pakistan
Earlier this month, police raided the residence of woman human rights defender Hooran Baloch and arrested her brother in law. We strongly condemn this latest attack in a pattern of reprisals against Hooran:
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UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore presents the
#FLDAward
to Kurdish human rights journalist
@baysal_nurcan
, Global Laureate for 2018
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Congratulations to WHRDs from Iran, Turkey and Ukraine on being awarded this year's Olof Palme human rights award in Sweden!!
Awardees:
🇺🇦 Marta Chumalo
🇹🇷 Eren Keskin
🇮🇷 Narges Mohammadi
👏 👏 👏
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#Iranian
WHRD Maryam Karimbeigi has started a hunger strike in protest of judicial harassment as new trumped up charges have been brought against her while in detention -
Read more and share:
#ReleaseMaryam
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5. Women and armed conflict
Natasha Rather's organisation,
#Jammu
#Kashmir
Coalition of Civil Society, investigates & raises awareness on
#humanrights
violations in these provinces and campaigns for the rights of citizens to
#selfdetermination
.
#IWD2020
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On
#HumanRightsDay
, we stand in solidarity with all HRDs around the world who risk their life to protect
#HumanRights
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Human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik has died on the 238th day of her hunger strike.
We hold
#Turkey
authorities responsible.
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Front Line Defenders staff & fellows around the world are wishing our imprisoned friend & colleague Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja strength & freedom on his birthday.
He should be celebrating at home with his family ... or back with us in
#Dublin
!
(video 1/3)
#FreeAbdulhadi
#HappyBirthday
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Too many
#humanrights
defenders languish in prison because of their selfless and legitimate activities.
On
#HumanRightsDay
, we share with you stories of 11
#HRDs
unjustly serving longterm sentences around the world. We
@FrontLineHRD
demand their release.
#SetThemFree
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NEW PODCAST: Chatting to
@SophieSeaEye
& HRD journalist
@Sara_Cincurova
about
@SeaEye_It
's most recent rescue mission. Saving over 400 people on the
#MediterraneanSea
fleeing their homes, they talk about the challenges, successes & experiences.
Listen now:
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#Greece
Glad to hear that trumped-up charges have been dropped against migrant rights defenders Sean Binder, Sara Mardini, Nassos Karakitsos and others for assisting migrants to safely cross to Lesvos island as part of humanitarian work.
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#Spain
#Morocco
We welcome and celebrate the decision of the Tangier Court of Appeals to terminate the criminal case against
#WHRD
@HelenaMaleno
- don't miss her emotive statement (subtitled in English) below. A huge victory in a 6 year struggle
#DefendiendoaMaleno
Soy Helena Maleno, defensora de Derechos Humanos, y... ¡la justicia marroquí ha archivado la causa penal contra mí! Victoria para el
#DerechoAlaVida
.
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From Dublin,
@FrontLineHRD
staff send solidarity to our former colleague & friend Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, unjustly imprisoned for 12 years in Bahrain.
#FreeAlkhawaja
& all human rights defenders languishing in prison.
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Excellent news from
#Bahrain
-
@NABEELRAJAB
released from prison!
Time to release Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other HRDs!
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#Iraq
: Woman
#humanrights
defender Saba Al Mahdawi remains missing after she was aggressively abducted by masked & armed men in
#Baghdad
for offering medical assistance to those injured in the
#IraqProtests
.
Our appeal:
#FreeSaba
@whrdmena
@RashaAlAqeedi
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“Bu ödülü, bu isimsiz kahramanlar ve Türkiye’deki ve özellikle Kürdistan’daki tüm insan hakları savunucuları adına kabul ediyorum. Bu ödülü, Türkiye'deki karanlığı aydınlatmak için mücadeleye devam eden insanlar adına kabul ediyorum.”
@baysal_nurcan
2018
#FLDAward
winner
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📍Occupied Palestinian Territory:
Amid the communications blackout & relentless bombardment of Gaza, HRDs and human rights organisations like
@alhaq_org
,
@pchrgaza
&
@AlMezanCenter
have been sharing distressing updates on the dire situation for HRDs. 1/2
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#Iran
:
🚨 11 human rights defenders in Gilan province sentenced to over 60 years in prison.
Read more:
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6 years ago today human rights defender Iham Tothi, who fought tirelessly for the rights of the Uyghur minority in
#China
, was sentenced to life imprisonment. We call on the Chinese government to immediately & unconditionally release him
#SakharovPrize
#FreeTohti
#释放土赫提
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#HondurasNoEst
ásSola: We are deeply concerned about the violent repression of civil society and ongoing violations of human rights in
#Honduras
. Everyone has the right to protest peacefully and to demand a transparent electoral process.
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Amid continuing reprisals against HRDs in
#SriLanka
,
@FrontLineHRD
expresses concern about HRD journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan facing intimidation & harassment by police while covering protests against forced land acquisition by the Sri Lankan Navy:
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STATEMENT:
#Afghanistan
🇦🇫
Front Line Defenders is appealing for immediate action to protect the lives of human rights defenders including women human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers in Afghanistan:
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#Indonesia
: Threats to
#LGBT
rights defenders from extremist groups have become more personal, targeted and violent. New report:
#500DeathThreats
#HumanRights
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We're excited to welcome +120 human rights defenders from +90 countries, who are gathering in
#Dublin
this week to share experiences, challenges and strategies in their struggle for
#humanrights
:
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#BertaC
áceres lives on in the powerful organisation she built & people she fought to protect
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Congratulations to the five inspirational winners of the 2019
#FLDAward
, who are doing vital work to protect and advance the rights of the
#LGBTI
+ community in
#Tunisia
,
#Malawi
,
#Russia
,
#DominicanRepublic
and
#Indonesia
:
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📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
Germain Rukuki has just been released from prison in
#Burundi
. Originally sentenced to 32 years in prison for his legitimate work as a human rights defender, his sentence was reduced on appeal early last week & since then we've anxiously awaited his release.
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#DublinHumanRightsFestival
Come celebrate activism with human rights defenders from around the world in
@SciGalleryDub
on 21 October
#DHRF
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''At least 331 human rights defenders promoting social, environmental, racial and gender justice in 25 countries were murdered in 2020, with scores more beaten, detained and criminalised because of their work, analysis has found.''
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+100 activists from around the world protest in front of the Turkish embassy in Dublin to demand freedom for the
#Istanbul10
#DubPlat
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We headed to the
#Bahraini
embassy in London with
@MARYAMALKHAWAJA
today after being denied boarding to Bahrain. Officials at the embassy did not want to engage us.
We will continue to continue to call for the release of Abdulhadi. Here is our feedback on the situation:
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We are concerned by the decisions of many donors to review, impose stricter conditions on, or suspend aid to Palestinian human rights organisations and human rights defenders.
A 🧵👇:
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NEW PODCAST📢
48 HOURS: COUNTDOWN TO ZAMBIA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS
Talking about authoritarianism, inequality and the crackdown on HRDs taking action against this, ahead of national elections in
#Zambia
. Feat
@iampilato
,
@LauraMiti
,
@LindaKasonde
, and more.
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🔔 Will you be in
#Dublin
on the 20th October? Have you registered for our human rights themed open mic night? Tickets are limited - this promises to be a powerful night of poetry and art!
Reserve your ticket now:
Want to perform? See details on poster!
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🚨🚨BREAKING:
Deeply dissapointing that
@MARYAMALKHAWAJA
and those accompanying her to
#Bahrain
, incl
@OliveMoore
@AgnesCallamard
have been denied boarding on their trip to Bahrain in hopes of saving HRD Abdulhadi Alkhawaja.
This will not stop our call to
#FreeAlkhawaja
.
"from the airport now, Maryam denied boarding a flight to Bahrain by British Airways on behalf of Bahraini regime"
@British_Airways
#FreeAlKhawaja
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Friends in
#Dublin
, join us MONDAY for a reading of the Universal Declaration of
#HumanRights
at City Hall on Monday and a light projection show, shining the faces of imprisoned and at-risk
#HRDs
from around the world on Palace Street Building.
#StandUp4HumanRights
#UDHR70
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📍Occupied Palestinian Territory:
We are deeply concerned by the Israeli forces' enforced disappearance, detention & ill-treatment of Palestinian human rights defenders, including healthcare workers and journalists, in
#Gaza
.
Read more:
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#Spain
#Catalonia
Front Line Defenders Executive Director Andrew Anderson
@ettrick49
statement after visit to human rights defender
@jcuixart
today in prison. [Thread]
It was great to be able to meet today with human rights defender Jordi Cuixart in the prison at Lledoners in Catalonia & see that he is in good spirits.
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“On
#HumanRightsDefendersDay
we stand in solidarity with HRDs around the world who decide every day to persist in their peaceful struggles for rights despite death threats, attacks, defamation and imprisonment.” - FLD Executive Director Andrew Anderson
@ettrick49
#humanrights
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