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Published in: Frontline InsightsA culture of care: helping activists and their allies look after themselves
Self-care is often the last thing on the minds of frontline human rights defenders. But it is the only thing that...
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Published in: Frontline InsightsHow international solidarity saved an activist’s life in Burundi
Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa is a thorn in his government’s side, so he needed urgent help from supporters abroad when...
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Published in: Frontline InsightsThis Liberian lawyer has withstood presidents, multinationals and militias
Alfred Brownell, head of environment law campaigners Green Advocates, has just won the Goldman Environmental Award....
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Published in: Frontline InsightsMeet the artist changing gut reactions to the Philippines ‘war on drugs’
Thousands have been killed and human rights defenders vilified in President Duterte’s campaign. In response, artist...
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Published in: Frontline InsightsIndia’s mass movements thrive close to the ground while the state cracks down on dissent
Law, police and ideology are all targeting those claiming social, economic and political rights in India. But groups...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt hosting the African Commission to cover human rights abuses?
Sisi has re-positioned Egypt to play host to major regional and international gatherings to legitimize his...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMexico and the Sustainable Development Goals
The capture of the State by the corporate elite largely explains the SDGs’ slow progress - particularly in Mexico. Español.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWho is observing the occupation in Hebron?
Following the expulsion of international observers from Hebron, settler violence is already escalating.
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Published in: HomeThe quiet coup that could devastate human rights in Guatemala
President Jimmy Morales and his allies in business, politics and the military are racing to break the rule of law...
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Published in: HomeCGI crime scene reconstruction opens new leads in Kurdish activist killing
Investigation into Tahir Elçi’s shooting by Goldsmiths research group Forensic Architecture sheds new light on stalled case.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaI am not a criminal, I am an artist
The story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: a horror story
An attempt to remember, and cope with a trauma that pervades the lives of millions of Egyptians.
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Published in: oDR“We don’t need the State Department to hold a revolution”
Russian rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina has been defending the rights of refugees and displaced persons for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The UK Government must not sacrifice our rights in the name of security after Brexit
Theresa May has made no indication or commitment that she plans to hold onto some hardwon vital safeguards after Brexit.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe West’s approach to Saudi Arabia: ‘one step forward, two steps back’
Western powers are actively enabling the very human rights violations they seek to expose.
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Published in: oDRMeet the Ukrainian mothers battling for their sons held in Russian prison
Families of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russian jails are fighting for their release – and this struggle is...
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Published in: oDROleh Sentsov, Olexander Kolchenko and the meaning of solidarity
As filmmaker Oleh Sentsov enters Day 71 of his hunger strike to release all Ukrainian political prisoners, it’s...
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Published in: oDRThe struggle for freedom of speech in Tajikistan: Khayrullo Mirsaidov and the question of international responsibility
The conviction of a well-known journalist once again raises the question of the international community’s attitude...
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Published in: oDRKhayrullo Mirsaidov: the journalist from Tajikistan who received 12 years in prison for his honesty and courage
The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these...
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Published in: oDRHow the Russian authorities fabricated criminal charges against Crimean farmer Volodymyr Balukh
The prosecution of Volodymyr Balukh, who has been on hunger strike since 19 March, has been a show trial for those...