Today, human rights defender María Elena Mir Marrero has been attacked in Cuba and activated her alarm via the alarm system Natalia Project. María Elena Mir Marrero is a prominent human rights activis...
Friday, 13 August at 1 PM CET, human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Nasta Lojka was detained in central Minsk, Belarus. The alarm was sounded at Civ...
Marcin de Kaminski, Security and Innovation Director at Civil Rights Defenders, appeared in the Swedish newspaper Arbetaren to comment on the leaks, their impact for journalists and activists, and the...
Colombia is the deadliest country in the world for human rights defenders. Of the more than 330 human rights defenders murdered around the world last year, 169 came from Colombia and most of them from...
In recent years, violent attacks against LGBTI+ people have been on the rise in Uganda. Among those who have been targeted is activist Jay Abang. For several years, Jay Abang has faced persecution for...
Among the 730 human rights defenders who received support from the Emergency Fund last year was North Macedonian LGBTI+ activist Bekim Asani. He is heading the organisation LGBT United Tetovo North Ma...
On Saturday 16 April, the Cuban human rights defender María Elena Mir Marrero sent out a distress signal through the Natalia Project alarm. The emergency signal indicated that she felt threatened, vis...
On 1 February, the military seized power over Burma by overturning the November 2020 election results and detaining State Chancellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, nationwide mass protests against the ...
As democracy is declining in many parts of the world, being a human rights defender has become increasingly dangerous. Many on the frontlines are exposed to risks and threats on a daily basis. When a ...
Being a human rights defender often means that you go to work despite knowing that you will face threats and harassment. Even on days when this does not happen, the stress of knowing that it could tak...
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