4 years ago today, on 8 July, human rights defender Dr. Abuljalil Al-Singace started a solid-food hunger strike in prison, after prison authorities confiscated a manuscript he had been working on for 4 years at the time. We stand in solidarity with Dr. Abuljalil Al-Singace and

Front Line Defenders is pleased to welcome four new members to its international Board of Directors; Gayathry S. Venkiteswaran, Felogene Anumo, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, and Dr. Nicolas Marcoux. We would also like to express our deep gratitude to the four outgoing members for

🔔 Recently, Front Line Defenders held two events in the US on our Global Analysis 2024/25 report, focused on the global trends in attacks on human rights defenders. Thank you to everyone involved and all the participants!. Check out the Global Analysis here:

New Rights on the Line episode: Roots of Resistance: Indigenous Women Defending Human Rights and Reimagining Power in Africa. How do we change cultures around us that are negatively impacting our human rights? Indigenous woman human rights defender Ilaria shares her work fighting

🚨 #Pakistan. Front Line Defenders calls on Pakistan authorities to immediately release HRD Gulzar Dost, who has been targeted on multiple occasions for his human rights work in Balochistan. The targeting of Baloch defenders and their family members must end. Read more:

#Pakistan. Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the abduction and subsequent arrest of of HRD Gulzar Dost in Balochistan, Pakistan. He is currently reported to he held by the counter terrorism department on baseless charges as a reprisal for speaking out on human rights. We.

Roots of Resistance: Indigenous Women Defending Human Rights and Reimagining Power in Africa. Indigenous women human rights defenders in Kenya and Uganda often face gendered risks of exclusion, harassment, and threats within their communities – facing pushback for defying gender

🎙️ New Rights on the Line podcast episode out now!. Roots of Resistance: Indigenous Women Defending Human Rights and Reimagining Power in Africa. Indigenous women human rights defenders in Africa face unique challenges, from standing up to patriarchal norms and fighting land

🎙️ New Rights on the Line Podcast episode!. From Uganda’s Albertine region, woman human rights defender Janepher, alongside Kenyan WHRD Ilaria, speaks on the devastating impact of oil and deforestation on Indigenous women’s lives– and how she’s building women’s leadership in

Indigenous women human rights defenders in Africa face unique challenges, from standing up to patriarchal norms and fighting land grabs by extractive industries, to resisting the gendered impacts of climate change and forced evictions. In this episode, we chat to two indigenous

Front Line Defenders together with more than 280 other Ecuadorian and international organisations speak out against the criminalisation and violence against environmental defenders resisting Canadian mining. Read more:

STATEMENT: 📍 IRAN. We reiterate our call for the protection and safety of HRDs, including those unjustly imprisoned in the context of the escalation of conflict between Israel and Iran, as well as in light of recent intensification of national security security charges in Iran.

🚨 #Philippines . Front Line Defenders and partners urgently call for an end to the harassment of indigenous Molbog and Palaw’an communities by Bricktree Properties. Communities and HRDs engaged in the defence of collective rights in the Philippines must be protected, and

We strongly condemn the siege imposed by Moroccan authorities on the home of Sahrawi human rights defender Ali Salem Tamek @ali_tamk. Authorities aimed to prevent a meeting of the general assembly of @CODESA_SO and block a solidarity event in support of imprisoned Sahrawi HRDs.

This 28 June, Front Line Defenders stands in solidarity with woman human rights defender and our 2024 Award winner Sammi Deen Baloch, as she marks the 16th anniversary of the disappearance of her father, Dr. Deen Muhammad Baloch in Pakistan. We stand with the Voice for Baloch

On the International Day against Torture, we stand in solidarity with all human right defenders who have suffered, and are suffering, from torture and mistreatment as a result of their human rights work. We highlight today the harrowing testimony of Sahrawi Deich Daff, Vice

RT @alanglasgow: Honoured to launch the ⁦@FrontLineHRD⁩ 2024 Global Analysis with Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute. Grateful for this….

#Philippines. We welcome the recent acquittal of journalist and WHRD Maria Ressa in the case of alleged violations of foreign ownership laws. The court found the evidence against Maria Ressa and news outlet Rappler insufficient, marking a significant victory for press freedom