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Guest Blog: Testimony from a young Serbian human rights defender
Information Received“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.”
Hearing with young human rights defenders from Serbia
Information ReceivedI 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.
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from an Iraqi human rights defender
Information ReceivedA guest blog by an Iraqi human rights defender working on the climate-triggered displacement that affected the Marshes of Southern Iraq.
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Vitaly Servetnik
Information ReceivedA 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.
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Aishath Liusha
Information ReceivedA guest blog by Aishath Liusha, an agricultural farmer and climate activist from the Maldives.
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Amanda da Cruz Costa
Information Received[EN/PT] A guest blog by Amanda da Cruz Costa, a young woman human rights defender and climate activist from Brazil.
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Save Our Sperrins
Information ReceivedA guest blog by Save Our Sperrins, a grassroots organisation working to protect the land from the negative impacts of gold mining in Northern Ireland.
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from Alioune Badara Gueye
Information Received[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.
Hearing with human rights defenders in Benin [EN/FR]
Information Received[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.
Hearing with Serbian human rights defenders
Information ReceivedIn 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.
In Libya W/HRDs continue to work under enormous pressure
Information Received[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.
Further targeting of human rights defenders in Georgia
Information ReceivedI 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.