Great to see this out! #WHRDs

‘The World Report documents the much discussed closing of civic space and suggests that it has become, in too many locations, a war on human rights defenders,' noted UN Rapporteur Michel Forst. His latest report was not published by @OHCHR this year. ishr.ch/news/special-r…

Land rights defenders are 3 times more likely to be attacked conpared to other #HRDs - launch of Front Line Defenders global analysis

ISHR is calling for applications for its flagship Human Rights Defender Advocacy Programme #HRDAP19 from 17-28 June 2019. Why should you apply? Watch this video & apply before 10 December!
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The #UK government can't keep touting employment statistics as an answer to #poverty when 60% of those in poverty are in working families and 2.8 million people are in poverty in families where all adults work full time.

Have you had a chance to read my new report? I will present it to the #UN GA2018 on October 23. It reveals key trends & issues, 20 years after the adoption of the #UN Declaration on #HRDs . Report available in 6 languages: un.org/ga/search/view…

Great article by Karen McVeigh on how a deadly Colombian city became a safe haven. PBI Colombia is proud to accompany the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission and other #HRDs who have built peace in what was once the country's most violent city ow.ly/B94X30m3T9w

We're delighted to see #HumanRightsDefenders on the Norwegian Peace Council's list of top 5 favourites for the 2018 #NobelPeacePrize ! ow.ly/BUOE30m32hj (In Norwegian) #WhyTheyShouldWin

The Nobel prize committee has to stop overlooking the human rights defenders who risk their lives every day independent.co.uk/voices/nobel-p…

Call for input to the next UNSR report on the situation of #Women #HRDs

#SaudiArabia seeks its first death penalty against a female human rights activist #HRDs theguardian.com/world/2018/aug…

Attention #feminist advocates and #activists ! The first Global Feminist LBQ Women*s Conference will take place from 6-9 July 2019 in South Africa. You can submit a session or apply for a scholarship now! opportunitypoint.org/2018/08/03/1st…

🗓️Deadline for the Citizen Lab's gender & digital security project coordinator position is August 13. Apply today! citizenlab.ca/2018/06/projec…

A glimpse into crisis in how knowledge gets produced, valued, disseminated, & then reproduced: 'b/w 2008 & 2017 less than 3% of ... articles in 4 gender and politics journals published in the global Nth were written by scholars based in the global Sth.' theconversation.com/global-south-s…

New research: Amnesty International staff member targeted by sophisticated surveillance tool developed by Israel-based company NSO Group in what we suspect was a deliberate attempt to spy amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Some FACTS about refugee flows (which Hungary seems not to know) humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/07/26/som…

The UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders was adopted 20 years ago, and hundreds of #HRDs are still murdered each year. This week, #WHRDs gather at the UN to demand safety for all.

Read our statement with partners → bit.ly/2LRBopS

#UNstoppableWomen