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Global Analysis 2018

Global Analysis 2018 details the physical assaults, defamation campaigns, digital security threats, judicial harassment, and gendered attacks faced by HRDs and women human rights defenders (WHRDs). December 2018 marked the 20th Anniversary of the HRD Declaration and the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but HRDs around the world continue to face lethal threats from state, non-state, and corporate actors in their peaceful struggles for rights.

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Blog Post
Andrew Anderson's Blog
Alaa Salah
12 April 2019

Sudan: A game of thrones, or a chance for peace?

By Andrew Anderson

Andrew Anderson recently met with human rights defenders and protesters demanding reform on the streets of Sudan.

“It is a coup, done by the security committee which is NISS, the army, RSF and police. They have suspended the constitution, which means suspending the bill of rights, declared a state of emergency and a curfew. They are going to meet the angry protesters with brutality.”
- Human rights defender, Khartoum 11th April 2018

Rights 
#Civil & Political Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Locations 
#Sudan
Mozambique
Blog Post
Andrew Anderson's Blog
andrew in uzbekistan
28 March 2019

Turning a Corner in Uzbekistan?

By Andrew Anderson

Andrew Anderson, together with the Front Line Defenders Protection Coordinator for Europe & Central Asia, Masha Chitchenkova, visited Uzbekistan in March 2019.

“The prison wardens used to ask me why I was smiling, was I pleased with my sentence? I asked them if smiling was against prison regulations.”

Rights 
#Civil & Political Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Locations 
#Uzbekistan
Alfredo Okenve Ndoho 2
graphic egypt report
Publication
7 January 2019

Global Analysis 2018

Global Analysis 2018 details the physical assaults, defamation campaigns, digital security threats, judicial harassment, and gendered attacks faced by HRDs and women human rights defenders (WHRDs). December 2018 marked the 20th Anniversary of the HRD Declaration and the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but HRDs around the world continue to face lethal threats from state, non-state, and corporate actors in their peaceful struggles for rights.

Rights 
#Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
Violations 
#Defamation #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment #Killing #Sexual Violence / Sexual Harassment
Location 
#Global
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