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Front Line Defenders Appoints
Ana Cutter Patel as U.S. Representative

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Launch of the 4-year global investigation
into sex worker rights defenders at risk (SWRDs):

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Statement

15 October 2021

New raid and threats against human rights defenders at the Betania Santa Martha house for migrants in Chiapas

Rights

#Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

Violations

#Raid / Break-in / Theft #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

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Statement

13 October 2021

Urgent appeal: rights organizations call on Lebanese authorities to cease the intimidation of human rights lawyer Mohammed Sablouh

Rights

#Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights

Violations

#Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Middle East and North Africa #Lebanon

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Statement

7 October 2021

METU Pride human rights defenders must be acquitted at upcoming trial

Rights

#Student Rights / Education #LGBT+ Rights #Civil & Political Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey

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Statement

5 October 2021

Joint Statement- Tunisia: Journalist and woman human rights defender Arroi Baraket charged

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Minority Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Middle East and North Africa #Tunisia

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Statement

29 September 2021

Joint statement- Sri Lanka: End arbitrary arrests and reprisals against human rights defenders advocating for education rights

Rights

#Student Rights / Education

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Threats / Intimidation

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka

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Statement

30 September 2021

Concern regarding the lack of protection and increasing violence against LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders

Rights

#LGBT+ Rights

Violations

#Defamation #Other Harassment #Physical Attack

Location

#Region: Americas #Honduras

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Statement

22 September 2021

Statement on the 20th anniversary of the incommunicado detention of Swedish-Eritrean journalist and human rights defender, Dawit Isaak

Rights

#Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Africa #Eritrea

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Statement

21 September 2021

Harassment of journalists and migrant rights defenders in Chiapas

Rights

#Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

Violations

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack

Location

#Region: Americas #Mexico

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Statement

17 September 2021

Open Letter to China's Leader Xi Jinping

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Blog Post

Andrew Anderson's Blog

15 September 2021

A Tribute to Human Rights Defender Rafiq Hajat

By Andrew Anderson

Front Line Defenders has learned with great sadness of the death of human rights defender Rafiq Hajat, who passed on 13 September 2021 of a heart attack. Despite the personal risks, Rafiq Hajat dedicated 20 years of his life to peacefully defending human rights in Malawi.

Rights

#Human Rights

Locations

#Region: Africa #Malawi

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Statement

10 September 2021

Open letter to African Development Bank and Nordic Development Fund: Address reprisals against Paten Clan

Rights

#Land Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Africa #Uganda

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Statement

1 September 2021

Joint Statement- Honduras: Organisations reject continued arbitrary detention of Guapinol defenders in Honduras and urge their immediate release

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Land Rights

Violations

#Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Honduras

Read more about Joint Statement- Honduras: Organisations reject continued arbitrary detention of Guapinol defenders in Honduras and urge their immediate release

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