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Will you help us defend the defenders?Every day, ordinary people with extraordinary passion stand up for human rights, they are called human rights defenders. But they are in great danger. So who’s protecting them?
Blog post 14 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous leader threatened by armed men in Paraguay
Amada Martínez, Indigenous human rights defender, was threatened by armed men wearing uniforms of a hydroelectric plant.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Activist sentenced to one year, others released in Niger
3 activists were released after being handed a 3 month suspended sentence. A 4th activist was sentenced to one year.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Indigenous activist slandered and stigmatised in Venezuela
Military official accuses Indigenous environmental rights defender Lisa Henrito of “treason” - on national TV.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Threats against indigenous rights defenders in Malaysia
Indigenous human rights defenders face sustained intimidation and threats of physical violence.
Urgent action outcomes 13 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on hunger strike in Egypt
Human rights defender Hanan Badr el-Din has begun a hunger strike after her pre-trial detention has been extended.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Women human rights defender killed in Guatemala
Juana Raymundo is the 8th human rights defender killed in Guatemala in less than three months. She was 25 years old.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action: Journalist accused of ‘justification of terrorism’ in Russia
Victor Korb, a human rights defender and journalist, is being unjustly prosecuted for “public justification of terrorism”
Urgent action outcomes 07 Aug 2018 -
Saudi Arabia: two more women's rights activists arrested‘This unprecedented level of persecution ... is a disturbing sign that the crackdown is far from over’
Press release 01 Aug 2018 -
Urgent Action Update: NGO worker’s administrative detention renewed in Israel
Israel court confirmed the renewal of the administrative detention of NGO worker and lawyer Salah Hammouri
Urgent action outcomes 27 Jul 2018 -
We Shall Fight Until We Win: Celebrating a century of pioneering political womenWe Shall Fight Until We Win: Celebrating a century of pioneering political women
Blog post 24 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Hands and feet of lawyer cuffed to iron chair in China
Jailed lawyer Jiang Tianyong continues to endure deplorable prison conditions, resulting in further deterioration.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action: Chilean lawyer intimdated during trial of policemen
Karina Riquelme was followed and surveilled by intelligence agents because of her work as a defender of Mapuche people.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender marks one year in Burundi prison
Human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Germain Rukuki was arrested one year ago. He requires further treatment.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Release critically ill human rights defender in Turkmenistan
Mansur Mingelov, sentenced to 22 years imprisonment, is critically ill with tuberculosis contracted in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action: Lawyer jailed in Iran for defending women's rights
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been held in Tehran’s Evin prison since her arrest on 13 June.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy remains in Egypt jail for charges in one case
An Egyptian prosecutor has two weeks to decide whether to renew Amal Fathy's detention on the second case or release her.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jul 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Human rights defender needs urgent cancer tests in Iran
Human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has been diagnosed with a bone tumour that may be cancerous and requires urgent tests
Urgent action outcomes 02 Jul 2018 -
Azza Soliman: Raised on justice and kindnessEgyptian lawyer Azza Soliman is lively, intelligent, brave – and funny. She talks about coping with being targeted for defending human rights, the joy of receiving box-loads of solidarity messages – and her father’s love of justice.
21 Jun 2018 -
Russia 2018: Why human rights matter at the World CupHuman rights have taken a significant nose-dive in Russia in recent years, making it impossible to ignore the rampant human rights violations happening in the host country of the 21st FIFA World Cup.
15 Jun 2018
