Natalia Project

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...

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...

Late yesterday evening, 13 January, Kenyan human rights defender Anastacia Nambo sent out a distress signal indicating she was in danger. Civil Rights Defenders received the alarm through our global s...

The Ukrainian LGBTI+ activist Olena Shevchenko is one of the participants in our security programme, the Natalia Project. Olena and her colleagues are an important voice for human rights in Ukraine. T...

Civil Rights Defenders has entered a partnership with Tele2. The telecommunications operator will provide IoT connectivity to our Natalia Project – a global security system protecting human rights def...

Today is the opening of the exhibition Hyper Human at the Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. Among the featured displays is our security programme Natalia Project – the world’s first secur...

Génesis Dávila is the director and founder of Defiende Venezuela. Together with her colleagues, she reports cases of human rights violations. She fights for accountability and justice for victims of p...

Abdifatah Hassan Ali is a Somali blogger and social media activist. He is determined to bring attention to issues of social injustice and impunity and believes that social media can be a tool to bring...

Human rights defenders who work to promote and protect human rights in their communities across the world are often threatened and attacked to stay silent. Ugandan LGBTI activist Frank Mugisha has exp...