Civil Rights Defenders’ work is designed to directly address the unique concerns of Human Rights Defenders the world over. We have one of the closest working relationships with activists of any...
Innovation Challenge 2017 focus on the security of our Human Rights Defenders, as well as creative reporting. You will be able to submit an idea related to either one of the two themes and compete to ...
On September 7th, Civil Rights Defenders were delighted to launch Innovation Challenge 2017, spurred out of our Human Rights Innovation Initiative. To further support civil and political rights, the H...
This week, thousands of people gather in the capital of Sweden to take a positive stance against discrimination toward LGBT people, and to celebrate dignity, equality, diversity and human rights. Whil...
The last several weeks have seen a marked deterioration in the human rights situation in Russia, including the first criminal case brought under the widely-criticised “foreign agents” law, the passage...
Earlier today, on 14 March, human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Joel Ogada was arrested by Kenyan Police. Joel Ogada is a renowned environmental human rights activist who tirelessly ...
Civil Rights Defenders strongly condemns the violent attacks on our partner, The Joint Mobile Group, and six journalists from Sweden, Norway and Russia. At the time of one of the attacks six journalis...
In less than a month since the passing of a controversial law on “Undesirable Foreign and International Organisations” the Russian authorities have now taken steps towards banning 12 overseas organisa...
On 4 January Murad Magomedov, a lawyer working for Civil Rights Defenders’ long term partner Memorial Human Rights Center, was severely beaten by several unidentified attackers in the center of ...
Civil Rights Defenders condemns the latest series of attacks perpetrated against the LGBT Social Centre in Podgoricia, Montenegro, which occurred between 19-20 December. The attacks began when a group...
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