Human Rights Defenders on the Front Line, Publication of the 2004 Annual Report of the Observatory

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has published its annual report for 2004 highlighting an increasing number of attacks on human rights defenders. The report addresses the cases of 1,154 defenders and over 200 organisations committed to the defence of human rights (NGOs, trade unions, etc.) targeted by acts of repression in about 90 countries.