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The Secretariat of ProtectDefenders.eu — The EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism is looking for an Program Officer for its current project with the Canadian Government. This role will have a support...
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PURPOSE OF THE POSITION Based at the Secretariat’s office in Brussels and reporting to the Senior Coordinator, the Communication and Reporting Fellow supports the dynamic and energetic team of the...
View ArticleConsultancy — Final evaluation of the Institutional Support and Advocacy in...
CONTEXT AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Since mid-August 2021, the Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan and the vast majority of foreign embassies and organisations have completely withdrawn from the...
View ArticleThe Secretariat of ProtectDefenders.eu – The EU Human Rights Defenders...
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION Based at the Secretariat’s office in Brussels and reporting directly to the Senior Coordinator, the Grants Programmes Fellow will support the dynamic and energetic team of the...
View ArticleVietnam: arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of HRDs
ProtectDefenders.eu received worrying information concerning the repression of human rights defenders in Vietnam, notably the conviction and ongoing arbitrary detention of Ms Hoang Thi Minh Hong, a...
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine: Journalists targeted while reporting on dire situation in...
ProtectDefenders.eu is extremely concerned regarding the current situation in the Gaza Strip. Partners are receiving reports from human rights defenders in Gaza regarding the increasingly hostile and...
View ArticleEcuador: death threats against human rights defenders
ProtectDefenders.eu received worrying information regarding death threats against human rights defenders in Ecuador. Between October 2, 2023 and October 16, 2023, human rights defender Javier Medardo...
View ArticleRussia: Lawsuit against the international LGBTI movement
Paris-Geneva, November 29, 2023 – In a grotesque yet dangerous move which shows the growing influence of anti-rights and anti-gender movement in Russia, the Russian authorities have initiated a lawsuit...
View ArticleAlgeria: UN Special Rapporteur’s visit: a renewed opportunity
November 25, 2023. Ahead of UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor’s visit to Algeria from November 26 to December 5, 12 NGOs, including FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the...
View ArticleHonduras: The defense of Human Rights continues to be lethal
Geneva-Paris-Tegucigalpa, November 7, 2023 — Honduras ranks as the fourth country in the Latin American and Caribbean region with the highest number of murdered human rights defenders. The National...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Threats and intimidation against human rights defenders
ProtectDefenders.eu received information regarding threats and intimidation against human rights defender Jeewaratnam Suresh in Sri Lanka. On 16 December 2023, human rights defender Jeewaratnam Suresh,...
View ArticleMozambique: Killing of the prominent journalist João Chamusse
ProtectDefenders.eu has been informed about the killing of prominent journalist João Chamusse, the co-owner and editor of electronic newspaper “Ponto por Ponto” and a resident commentator on TV...
View ArticlePakistan: Excessive use of force and arrest of Baloch human rights defenders...
ProtectDefenders.eu received concerning information regarding the excessive use of force and arrest of human rights defenders and peaceful protesters in Pakistan. On 20 December 2023, Pakistan...
View ArticleOccupied Palestinian Territory/Israel: Dire situation for HRDs
Through its partners, ProtectDefenders has been receiving reports from human rights defenders in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel on an ongoing basis in recent months, updating on the dire circumstances...
View ArticleVenezuela: Criminalization and threats to civic space
ProtectDefenders.eu has received through its partners information about the progress in the approval of the Bill on Supervision, Regularization, Action and Financing of Non-Governmental Organizations...
View ArticleDRC: Attacks and intimidation against HRD Dismas Kitenge
ProtectDefenders.eu received information on the intrusion into the home and the attacks and acts of intimidation against Mr Dismas Kitenge, president of the Lotus Group, a non-governmental organization...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan: Attacks Against Independent Media and Civil Society
ProtectDefenders.eu expresses its deep concerns regarding the recent crackdown on independent media, journalists and civil society in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz authorities are pursuing several criminal cases...
View ArticleProtectDefenders.eu Celebrates International Women’s Day
“Women together are unstoppable and from the alliance we are capable of advocating and achieving social change, access to justice, respect for human rights as well as recognition of the psychosomatic...
View ArticleStatement of Solidarity from ProtectDefenders.eu — Killing of WHRD Ludivia...
Brussels, 1 March 2023 We at ProtectDefenders.eu extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Ludivia Galindez, a brave woman who dedicated her life to defending human...
View ArticleThailand – Judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of defenders
ProtectDefenders.eu has received worrying information regarding arrests and imprisonment of human rights defenders over the past months in Thailand. ProtectDefenders.eu has been informed about the...
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