Voices from Defenders’ Days

Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Julia Rensberg, Sámi human rights defender in Sweden.  Until recently, Julia was a board member of Sáminuorra, the Sámi national youth organisation. Today, sh...

Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Abraham Pedraza, Coordinator Un Mundo Sin Mordaza in Venezuela. Abraham Pedraza is a Venezuelan human rights defender. For the past five years, he has be...

Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Raabia Hawa, director of the Ulinzi Africa Foundation, Kenya. Eight years ago, Raabia Hawa, Kenya, left her career in media to fight poaching full-time. ...

Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Asena Günal, Executive Director of Anadolu Kültür, Turkey. As democracy is backsliding at a rapid pace in Turkey, the pressure on civil society is mounti...

Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Adelajda Alikaj, Executive Director of STREHA Center, Tirana. For many years, Adelajda Alikaj has worked to support the LGBTI+ community in Albania...

Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Njomza Haxhibeqiri, Programme Manager at Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo What does your organisation do? The Humanitarian Law Center Kosovo (HLCK) is a non-go...

Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Anna Dobrovolskaya, Executive Director of Human Rights Centre Memorial What does your organisation do?  I work for Human Rights Centre Memorial which is one ...

Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Genesis Dávila, Director and Founder of Defiende Venezuela What does your organisation do?  We promote and defend human rights in Venezuela by raising ...

Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Brian Macharia at Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, GALCK What does your organisation do? It was established in 2006 as a voice for the voiceless – w...