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Harassment of Turkey’s LGBTI+ community continues

  • Statements, Turkey
  • August 9, 2019

19 individuals charged for joining in Pride Legal harassments targeting the LGBTI+ community and rig...

Experiences of being an LGBTI+ activist in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • July 31, 2019

The first ever Pride march in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held this year on 8 September, in the c...

Remembering Natalia Estemirova; After ten years, the fight for justice continues.

  • Russia
  • July 15, 2019

It started as any other day. Natalia Estemirova, the head of the Russian human rights group Memorial...

24 years after the genocide in Srebrenica, politics stands in the way of reconciliation in the Western Balkans

  • Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia
  • July 11, 2019

It has been 24 years since the genocide in Srebrenica – the only act of genocide and the “greatest w...
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Emergency Fund – 2018 in Numbers

When the situation escalates and a human rights defender is in acute danger, Civil Rights Defenders’ Emergency Fund is there to provide rapid support. Do you want to know how we supported them in 2018?

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