Respect for civil and political rights continues to decrease and human rights defenders all over the world are faced with threats, imprisonment, and even murder simply for doing their job – defending ...
Do you want to help us come up with innovative ideas that will support human rights defenders globally? We are looking for students who are interested in developing ideas and projects that put human r...
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...
Promoting and protecting civil and political rights has never been free of risk. Under pretense of national security, public order, or morals, repressive regimes may intensify their efforts to silence...
On 1 November, Ukrainian human rights defender and LGBTI+ activist Olena Shevchenko was attacked by two unknown perpetrators in Kyiv, Ukraine. The attackers shouted homophobic slurs and caused moderat...
This autumn marked the start of the first semester of LiU Changemakers – a collaborative innovation programme by Civil Rights Defenders and Linköping University. Through the programme, students at Lin...
Can university students and the world’s human rights defenders work together to protect and promote y(our) human rights? In order to find out, Civil Rights Defenders has teamed up with Linköping Unive...
It started as any other day. Natalia Estemirova, the head of the Russian human rights group Memorial’s office in Chechnya, stepped outside of her apartment building, making her way to the bus st...
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