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Situation for Independent Journalists Reaches New Low in Belarus

  • Belarus, News
  • July 18, 2018

Belarusian journalists Volha Czajczyc and Andrei Kozel were recently prosecuted and threatened with ...

Human Rights Defenders From Nine Countries Joins Us For Stockholm Pride 2018

  • News
  • July 16, 2018

In the beginning of August, roughly 40 of Civil Rights Defenders’ partners will visit Stockholm to t...

Cuban Human Rights Defender Claudio Fuentes Detained Again

  • Cuba, Statements
  • July 12, 2018

Cuban photographer, human rights defender and former Defenders’ Days participant Claudio Fuentes was...

Istanbul Pride Celebrated Despite Ban

  • Statements, Turkey
  • July 2, 2018

Turkey’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex, LGBTI, community celebrated the Istanbul Pride ...
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101 Ideas to Challenge the World’s Oppressors

Oppressive leaders keep finding new and increasingly sophisticated methods to silence the voices of those standing in the front line to defend human rights. The need for creative and innovative ideas are urgently needed.

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