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16 April 2020

Dispatches 2019

Dispatches 2019 presents the work Front Line Defenders has undertaken around the world for the protection and security of human rights defenders at risk in 2019, including the impact of grants, training, advocacy, visibility, rest & respite and other programs. In 2019, Front Line Defenders hosted 114 HRDs at the biennial Dublin Platform; presented its annual Awards to 5 LGBTI+ rights defenders in honor of the 50th annivesary of the Stonewall Uprising; and provided 626 protection grants to HRDs around the world.

Rights 
#Human Rights
Location 
#Global
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
Publication
22 February 2016

Dispatches 2015

Dispatches 2015 highlights the challenges facing Front Line Defenders in providing fast and effective support to human rights defenders around the world, as the space in which HRDs can work safely continues to shrink.

Location 
#Global
Take Action
20 October 2016

Take Action for Sarayuth Ritthipin and Chadet Kaewsin

On 17 October 2016, human rights defenders Mr Sarayuth Ritthipin and Mr Chadet Kaewsin received a summons from the Chum Phae Police Station in Khon Kaen city, Isan region. They have been accused of libel and computer-related violations against government authorities.

Rights 
#Land Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
Location 
#Thailand
HRD or Organization 
Chadet Kaewsin
Take Action
8 August 2017

Take Action for Suphap Khamlae

On 27 July 2017, a Thai Court in Chaiyaphum province found human rights defender Suphap Khamlae guilty of encroaching on forest reserves and sentenced her to six months’ imprisonment under the National Forest Reserve Act. She is the wife of land rights defender Den Khamlae, who was also sentenced in absentia and subject to an arrest warrant despite being missing since April 2016.

Rights 
#Land Rights
Violations 
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location 
#Thailand
HRD or Organization 
Suphap Khamlae
Publication
22 January 2018

Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders at Risk in 2017

Cover - 2017 Annual ReportAs human rights defenders around the world put their lives on the line to challenge dictators, destructive multi-national corporations, religious conservatives, and oppressive regimes, there pervades a well-resourced and coordinated strategy of defamation, criminalisation and violence depl

Rights 
#Human Rights
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Killing
Location 
#Global
Take Action
12 June 2017

Take Action for Chonticha Jaengrew

On 7 June 2017, soldiers visited Chonticha Jaengrew’s parents’ home in the Lat Lum Kaeo District of central province Pathum Thani. Only her mother, whose health has deteriorated due to the stress of such recurring visits, was present. The soldiers pressured her to remind her daughter that she cannot travel without permission and must not engage in political activities. They accused Chonticha Jaengrew of violating an agreement signed in 2014, which the defender reports was obtained under duress.

Rights 
#Environmental Rights
#Freedom of Expression
#Minority Rights
Violations 
#Other Harassment
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Thailand
HRD or Organization 
Chonticha Jaengrew
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Front Line Defenders supports human rights defenders anywhere in the world.  In each country, HRDs experience different forms of violence, repression, harassment, limitations or restrictions, yet persevere to defend the rights of their communities.

Dublin Arts & Human Rights Festival 2023

Campaign
10 September 2019

Dublin Arts & Human Rights Festival 2023

Smashing Times and Front Line Defenders, in partnership with Amnesty International, Fighting Words, Irish Council for Civil Liberties, National Women’s Council of Ireland, Trócaire, and Poetry Ireland, will present the 2023 Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival from 13-22 October 2023.

Rights 
#LGBT+ Rights#Environmental Rights#Human Rights#Freedom of Expression
Location 
#Global#Ireland

Make It Your Business

Campaign
26 October 2021

Make It Your Business

Corporate Accountability Legislation in Ireland

The ICBHR is campaigning for new corporate accountability legislation to prevent abuses by making Irish-based companies accountable for a range of corporate human rights violations including forced labour, land grabs, attacks on human rights defenders, violence against women and denial of people's fundamental rights at work. The law would also allow victims to take companies to court in Ireland for damages

Rights 
#Environmental Rights#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights#Land Rights
Location 
#Global#Ireland

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