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During 2023, the Emergency Fund provided support to 1,351 human rights defenders in 39 countries.

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We are monitoring the Lundin Oil Case trial

A historical trial against two former executives at the Swedish oil company Lundin Oil, now Orrön Energy, is currently taking place in Sweden. The two corporate leaders have both been indicted with complicity in grave war crimes in what is now South Sudan. We will be monitoring the trial on site in the courtroom and publish reports from it every week. 

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