Articles on Individuals
- International Art Contest celebrates minority human rights defenders - OHCHR 27.11.24442446
- Philippines: Special Rapporteur calls for justice for journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 11.11.24441799
- UN rights chief condemns ‘cold-blooding killing’ of Eswatini human rights lawyer - Global Issues 23.01.23326901
- Murdered Belize environmentalist helped boost marine conservation through technology - Mongabay 10.01.23324302
- Algeria: Free Activist Granted Refugee Status in Tunisia Slimane Bouhafs Held for Offenses Including Insulting Islam, Terrorism - HRW 26.09.22308046
- Belarus: Sentencing and arbitrary detention of Marfa Rabkova, Andrey Chapiuk and Nasta Loika - FIDH 07.09.22308941
- Vietnam: Quash Conviction of Prominent Activist Blogger Pham Doan Trang Appeals 9 Year Sentence - HRW 23.08.22306012
- Palestinian rights activists blocked from attending UN civil society forum - Middleeast Monitor 05.05.22286144
- Watch: Brave Trans human rights defender on how violent attack spurred her to help others - GCN 04.05.22286143
- Lawyer Eron Kiiza shortlisted for prestigious EU Human Rights Defenders Award - The Independent 29.04.22286138
- Kenneth Roth to resign from Human Rights Watch after 30 years at the helm - The Jerusalem Post 26.04.22286145
- A life dedicated to justice: Long-time rights defender Marie Hilao Enriquez dies - Rappler 25.04.22286136
- India: Human rights defender Khurram Parvez marks 150 days arbitrarily detained on baseless charges - Civicus 25.04.22286137
- Human rights defender Rufat Safarov complains about arbitrariness of law enforcer - Kavkaz 22.04.22286141
- LGBTI+ activists awarded Human Rights Defenders of the Year Award - VIA 21.04.22286139
- Thailand: Prominent Rights Defender Harassed - HRW 13.04.22286135
- Iran sends activist, photojournalist back to prison after brief medical furlough - Times of Israel 12.04.22286142
- Egypt: Hopes for justice crushed as court confirms prison term for women’s rights defender - Amnesty 12.01.22269629
- China UPR mid-term report: 'Strategies of Silence: Repression of Chinese Human Rights Defenders' - International Service for Human Rights 30.11.21263286
- Egypt: Health condition of human rights defender deteriorates in preventive detention - FLD 20.10.21263285
- Egypt: Referral of Ezzat Ghoneim to Emergency State Security Court 09.09.21263283
- Egypt: Preventive Detention of Ramy Kamel Extended - Front Line Defenders 09.09.21263282
- Egypt: Case Dropped Against Four Human Rights Defenders and their NGOs 02.09.21263280
- Egypt: Human rights defenders referred to trial at Emergency State Security Misdemeanour Court - FLD 20.10.21263279
- Egypt: Azza Soliman's Appeal to be Examined by a Terrorism Judicial Circuit - FLD 11.10.21263278
- Egypt: MOHAMED EL-BAQER’S APPEAL REJECTED, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER TO REMAIN ON TERRORIST LIST - FLD 23.11.21263277
- Morocco: Appeal case of Maâti Monjib rescheduled - FLD 06.10.21263276
- UN experts urge release of rights defenders in Egypt, condemn misuse of counter-terrorism measures - OHCHR 01.12.21263265
- Egypt: End Harassment of Rights Defender - HRW 22.11.21263266
- UN Experts Urge Immediate Action to Protect Human Rights, Prevent 'Slaughter of Civilians' in Afghanistan - Common Dreams 16.08.21252767
- ‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak out - Guardian 12.08.21252421
- Libya: Mansour Mohammed Atti Al-Maghrabi detained in General Command’s prison - FLD 10.0821263275
- Morocco: UN human rights expert decries “clampdown” on human rights defenders - OHCHR 01.07.21263270
- Publication - Unfinished Revolution: Women Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa - NWI 06/21276157
- Tunisians rally to demand release of activist Rania Amdouni - Al Jazeera 06.03.21237741
- In Honduras and Across the World, Human Rights Defenders Continue To Be Killed With Impunity - CD 02.03.21237566
- Human rights defenders continue to be killed with impunity - Al Jazeera 02.03.21237004
- Human rights lawyers in Turkey face threats and detention - Euro News 24.01.21233270
- Acquitted in 12 of 13 cases, why is Assam civil rights leader denied bail? asks NAPM - Counter View 26.01.21233275
- The troubling case of Maâti Monjib highlights Morocco’s climate of repression - Open Democracy 18.01.21233273
- Imprisoned Saudi activist and other rights defenders seek justice in 2021 - Pressenza 22.01.21233269
- Denmark/Bahrain: Free imprisoned rights defender - HRW 22.01.21233268
- Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2020 – Naw Ohn Hla - CRD 10.12.20233321
- Defending rights during a pandemic: Impact of Covid-19 on the safety and work of human rights defenders - Front line Defenders 17.04.20233317
- Defending Afghanistan's defenders: from commitments to action - Amnesty 27.01.20233310
- UN agency condemns Cambodia's repression of human rights defenders - Voa News 11.09.20233294
- Virus-hit prisons still full of human rights defenders, as attacks continue - Amnesty 06.08.20233293
- China undermining human rights by locking up rights lawyers, UN independent expert says - UN News 16.12.20233292
- Colombia: New report shows how failed policies are putting human rights defenders at risk - Amnesty 08.10.20233288
- Increased attacks against community leaders, human rights defenders pose gravest threat to Colombia peace process - Relief Web 14.07.20233287
- Niger: human rights defenders still unjustly detained for more than six months - Amnesty 15.09.20233286
- Together we must protect and support WHRDs in Middle East and North Africa - HRW 11.12.20233285
- Egypt: Authorities escalate punishment of human rights defenders - Amnesty 24.11.20233284
- Poland: Drop charges against women rights defenders - HRW 02.11.20233283
- Protect human rights defenders in Liberia - HRW 05.08.20233282
- Another blow to Mexican journalists and human rights defenders - HRW 03.11.20233279
- Belarus targets women human rights defenders after disputed August elections - UN News 03.11.20233278
- Iraq urged to investigate attacks on women human rights defenders - UN News 02.10.20233277
- Afghanistan: More action needed to stop killings of human rights defenders - UN News 14.08.20233276
- Safeguard human rights defenders, rights of NGOs in India, Bachelet urges - UN News 20.10.20233274
- Saudi rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul sentenced to almost six years in jail - Guardian 28.12.20233271
- Report: Death threats and killings of human rights defenders - Relief Web 24.12.20233267
- Human rights defenders, too often left defenceless themselves - UN News 04.03.20233245
- Human rights defenders: We need them more than ever - Relief Web 07.04.20233243
- Escaz: Historic step towards protecting human rights defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean - Global Issues 09.12.20227667
- The history of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders: its genesis, drafting and adoption - Universal Rights Group 11.03.19233316
- Celebrating the power of human rights defenders - Action Aid 28.08.19233315
- Human rights defenders – some of the bravest people in the world - Amnesty 12.01.18233307
- Setting an example in protecting human rights defenders in Sierra Leone - ISHR 06.03.17233311
- India: NGO alleges human rights defender who opposed Vedanta mine was attacked by persons hired by the company - Business Human Rights 25.04.16286140
- Sudan: Hafiz Haron fined and released - Front Line Defender263281
- Egypt: APICE adheres to Amnesty's appeal for Patrick Zaki - Amnesty International 263284
- Changemakers: Stories of Young Human Rights Educators - OHCHR 28.12.23442579