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Nighttime protest by Serbian high-school students at Republic Square in Belgrade, in front of the National Museum and the Prince Mihailo equestrian statue. A row of students, some in yellow vests, hold a large white banner in Cyrillic reading “СРЕДЊОШКОЛЦИ ПАМТЕ” (“High-school students remember”), with flowers in hand, while onlookers gather under bright street lamps. Photo by Đorđe Mrđen.

Guest Blog: Testimony from a young Serbian human rights defender

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“We all stood up together, to fight for justice, to fight for the victims – and although we know the path to justice is not easy, we will succeed one day, because we are united in this.”
• 29th Oct 2025
The flag of Serbia flying in the wind against a grey sky background.

Hearing with young human rights defenders from Serbia

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I recently spoke with a group of young human rights defenders from across Serbia, who shared their experiences of human rights activism, including peaceful protests and school blockades in recent months.
• 15th Oct 2025
Canoe in Marshes, South of Iraq. Photo by Mohammed Alsoufi via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from an Iraqi human rights defender

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A guest blog by an Iraqi human rights defender working on the climate-triggered displacement that affected the Marshes of Southern Iraq.
• 14th Oct 2025
A cutout black and white photo of Russian climate activist Vitaly Servetnik on a turquoise colour background.

HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Vitaly Servetnik

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A guest blog by Vitaly Servetnik, a climate activist from Russia who is part of the group challenging the Russian government’s climate inaction before the European Court of Human Rights.
• 7th Oct 2025
On a turquoise background, a cutout photo of Maldivian climate activist Aishath Liusha standing among tall rows of green plants in a farm setting, examining the leaves. She is wearing a blue headscarf and a floral pink and blue shirt.

HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Aishath Liusha

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A guest blog by Aishath Liusha, an agricultural farmer and climate activist from the Maldives.
• 30th Sep 2025
A cutout photo of Amanda da Cruz Costa, a young woman human rights defender and climate activist from Brazil, on a turquoise colour background.

HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Amanda da Cruz Costa

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[EN/PT] A guest blog by Amanda da Cruz Costa, a young woman human rights defender and climate activist from Brazil.
• 23rd Sep 2025
An aerial view of the Greencastle People's Office, a key gathering place for Save Our Sperrins and its supporters, in Country Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Photo courtesy of Save Our Sperrins. Credit: Gordon Dunn, 2019.

HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Save Our Sperrins

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A guest blog by Save Our Sperrins, a grassroots organisation working to protect the land from the negative impacts of gold mining in Northern Ireland.
• 16th Sep 2025
A cutout photo of Alioune Badara Gueye, a young human rights defender from Senegal, on a turquoise colour background. Alioune is wearing tinted glasses and a white shirt with blue and yellow vertical embroidered patterns. He has short hair and a trimmed beard, and is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.

HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Alioune Badara Gueye

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[EN/FR] A guest blog by Alioune Badara Gueye, a young human rights defender working to combat the negative impacts of climate change in Senegal.
• 9th Sep 2025
The flag of Benin in the wind

Hearing with human rights defenders in Benin [EN/FR]

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[English / Français] I held an online hearing with a group of human rights defenders from Benin working on LGBTIQ+ rights, the rights of people with disabilities, the rights of persons with albinism, and women’s rights. They described the pressures they live under, and the hostility they face because of their work.
• 2nd Sep 2025
Screenshot of a video call between UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor and Serbian men and women human rights defenders.

Hearing with Serbian human rights defenders

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In May, I had an eye-opening online meeting with eight human rights defenders from different organisations in Serbia, who told me that over the past year, the environment for HRDs had sharply deteriorated, marked by escalating repression, judicial harassment and systemic hostility from state authorities.
• 26th Jun 2025
The flag of Libya flying in the wind against a blue sky background.

In Libya W/HRDs continue to work under enormous pressure

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[English / العربية] In an online meeting last month with Libyan human rights defenders, I learned about the dangers they face because of their work and how they are bravely persisting under repressive laws and religious edicts in addition to powerful armed militias acting with impunity.
• 24th Jun 2025
The flag of Georgia floating in the wind against a blue sky background.

Further targeting of human rights defenders in Georgia

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I was greatly concerned to learn that a number of human rights defenders and others received summonses last week for a court hearing in relation to posts they had made on social media about the ruling party.
• 17th Jun 2025