Natalia Project is the world’s first security alarm system for human rights defenders at risk.
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...
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...
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...
Early this morning, Kenyan human rights defender Joel Ogada used his Natalia Project alarm device to let Civil Rights Defenders know that a security incident had occurred close to his home. The situat...
Respect for civil and political rights continues to decrease in many parts of the world. In 2017 alone, more than 300 human rights defenders were killed, and many more attacked, harassed and threatene...
Belarusian human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Nastja Lojka and four of her colleagues were released from custody this evening. One of her colleagues has still not been freed at the ...
Earlier today, on 25 March, human rights defender and Natalia Project participant Nasta Lojka was arrested in central Minsk, Belarus. At the time of her detention, she sent out a distress signal throu...
On 8 March 2018 – International women’s day – a women’s rights parade in Kiev, Ukraine was attacked by 200 ultra-right radicals armed with sticks and tear gas. Furthermore, one of the organisers of th...
Over the last few years, Natalia Project – the world’s first assault alarm and positioning system for human rights defenders at risk – has grown significantly. Today, the project includes more than 10...
Today, we are launching Roman Sacharov as a new participant in Natalia Project. Roman Sacharov works at Glasnost Defence Foundation in Russia, which – among other things – documents human rights viola...
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