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Oct 31 2018 3:24pm
World summit brings surge of new commitments to protect human rights defenders
Human rights defenders from across all corners of the world gathered t...
Oct 30 2018 3:00pm
Urgent Action: Several indigenous organizations threatened in Colombia
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC) reported that ...
Oct 23 2018 3:21pm
Urgent Action: Environmental defender's home set on fire in Ecuador
Environmental defender Margoth Escobar could be at risk after her home...
Oct 22 2018 3:06pm
Urgent Action: Chinese refugees at risk of refoulement from Thailand
Chinese human rights defenders YANG Chong and WU Yuhua, UNHCR-recogniz...
Oct 16 2018 4:03pm
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk granted protection measures in Chile
Chilean human rights defender and lawyer Karina Riquelme is no longer ...
Oct 16 2018 3:42pm
Urgent Action update: Two relatives of environmental members killed in Colombia
On 22 September, two relatives of members of the Rios Vivos Movement w...
Oct 16 2018 2:53pm
Urgent Action update: Lawyer at risk for defending indigenous people in Chile
Lawyer Karina Riquelme was again intimidated by Chilean police intelli...
Oct 16 2018 12:08pm
Urgent Action update: Whereabouts of human rights lawyer unknown in Egypt
Ezzat Ghoniem, a human rights defender and co-founder and director of ...
Oct 5 2018 3:51pm
Urgent Action update: Amal Fathy sentenced for her peaceful activism in Egypt
 On 29 September, Egyptian woman human rights defender, Amal Fathy, wa...
Sep 18 2018 2:18pm
Urgent Action good news: Dalit rights activist released in India
Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, a prominent Dalit rights activist, has be...