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Eimear Walshe

2 March 2026

Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Greece: Court Acquits Seán Binder, Athanasios (Nassos) Karakitsos, and 22 Other Human Rights Defenders of All Felony Charges

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Greece

#Ireland

Status:

Court annulled one charge

Seán Binder

16 January 2023

Espionage charges against Seán Binder and 23 other Human Rights Defenders were annulled

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Greece

#Ireland

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Rebecca Finnegan - Institutional Grants Manager

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Ireland

Rights

#Human Rights

#Civil & Political Rights

Áine Treanor

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Ireland

Rights

#Human Rights

#Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict

Seán Binder

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Greece

#Ireland

Rights

#Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

#Environmental Rights

News

16 December 2018

Front Line Defenders Awarded 2018 UN Human Rights Prize in the United Nations General Assembly and Launches Call to Free Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders

Rights

#Human Rights

Locations

#Ireland #United States of America

Blog

9 November 2021

Ireland's need for corporate accountability legislation to protect human rights defenders

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Land Rights

Locations

#Global #Ireland

16 July 2019 by Anne Rimmer

Home Turf: When Irish Environmental Defenders Receive Death Threats

Rights

#Environmental Rights

Violations

#Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation #Violence

Locations

#Ireland #Region: Europe and Central Asia

Statement

Hope and defiance abound as Dublin event hosts around 100 human rights defenders

Rights

#Human Rights

Location

#Ireland #Region: Europe and Central Asia

Statement

Dublin festival sees human rights defenders and artists stand up in solidarity

Rights

#Environmental Rights #Freedom of Expression #Human Rights #Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

Violations

#Killing

Location

#Ireland

Statement

Dublin Castle to host more than 100 human rights defenders from around the world

Rights

#Human Rights

Location

#Ireland

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News

Front Line Defenders Awarded 2018 UN Human Rights Prize in the United Nations General Assembly and Launches Call to Free Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders

Blog

Ireland's need for corporate accountability legislation to protect human rights defenders

Home Turf: When Irish Environmental Defenders Receive Death Threats

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