What's New at Front Line?

On January 30 Front Line, with the support of the American Ireland Fund, launched an exciting new initiative, Friends of Front Line USA in New York .The event hosted by Brian Jacobs, was attended by more than 100 guests. Friends of Front Line will work to build a constituency of committed supporters who will help to build awareness of Front Line's efforts to protect human rights defenders whose vital work for human rights puts them in danger.  

The meeting of the sub-committee on political dialogue and co-operation between the EU and Israel represents a unique opportunity for the European Union to raise individual cases of human rights defenders at risk to the Israeli authorities. Front Line would like to draw particular attention to the restrictions on the freedom of movement of human rights defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  

Front Line delegates are currently on mission to Serbia, Bosnia and Kosovo to meet with human rights defenders and assess the risks they face.To date, the delegates have met with local human rights organization, LGBT groups and with government representatives in Serbia. Read Front Line’s Media and Communications Manager, Jim Loughran’s account of the mission