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Front Line Defenders researches and publishes timely reports investigating trends in HRD security at national, regional and international levels and across thematic and HRD sectors.

14 April 2023

ATTACKS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ENGAGED WITH EUROPEAN COMPANIES AND INVESTORS

15 February 2022

PREVENTING REPRISALS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS THROUGH EFFECTIVE DUE DILIGENCE LEGISLATION

Rights:

#Environmental Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Citizen Participation #Land Rights

Violations:

#Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Violence

Location:

7 February 2022

Digital Security Act: A Hanging Sword on Human Rights Defenders in Bangladesh

Rights:

#Student Rights / Education #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union

Violations:

#Defamation #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location:

#Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh

Report

16 January 2022

Unsafe Anywhere: Women Human Rights Defenders Speak Out About Pegasus Attacks

Rights:

#Gender/Women's Rights #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union

Violations:

#Surveillance #Cyber-Attack

Location:

#Region: Middle East and North Africa #Bahrain #Jordan

Report

30 November 2021

Strategies of Silence: Repression of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Lawyers, and Journalists

Violations:

#Enforced Disappearance #Judicial Harassment #Surveillance #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Questioning / Interrogation #Torture / Ill-Treatment

Rights:

#Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression

Location:

#Region: Asia Pacific #China

5 April 2022

Report: Jordanian Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Hacked with Pegasus Spyware

Violations:

Rights:

#Freedom of Expression #Journalism #Corruption

Location:

Report

27 October 2021

Report: Make it Your Business

Rights:

#Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights

Location:

#Global #Ireland

Report

14 October 2021

Hearing the human - Ensuring Due Diligence Legislation Effectively Amplifies the Voices of those Affected by Irresponsible Business

12 August 2021

First Global Report on Sex Worker Rights Defenders at Risk

Violations:

#Defamation #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment #Physical Attack #Sexual Violence / Sexual Harassment

Rights:

#Sex Worker Rights

Location:

#Global #Kyrgyzstan #Burma / Myanmar #Tanzania #El Salvador

25 June 2021

Joint Submission to the European Commission in the framework of the 2nd Annual Rule of Law Review Cycle

Rights:

#Civil & Political Rights #Citizen Participation

Location:

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

18 March 2021

Report: No Refuge: South Sudan's Targeting of Refugee HRDs Outside the Country

Rights:

#Human Rights #Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

Violations:

#Surveillance #Other Harassment #Killing #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation

Location:

#Kenya #South Sudan #Uganda

17 December 2020

Report: LGBTIQ+ and Sex Worker Rights Defenders At Risk During COVID-19

Rights:

#LGBT+ Rights #Sex Worker Rights

Violations:

Location:

15 October 2020

Report: Defending Rights in Times of COVID-19: Challenges for Mexico and Central America

Rights:

#Human Rights #Freedom of Expression

Violations:

Location:

#Region: Americas

10 June 2020

Report: Crushing Student Protests: Bangladesh's Repression of the Quota Reform & Road Safety Movements

Rights:

#Student Rights / Education

Location:

17 January 2020

Report: Report by the International Observation Mission to Zacatepec

Rights:

#Environmental Rights #Land Rights

Location:

23 September 2019

Report: Defenders Beyond Borders

Rights:

#Refugees / IDPs / Migrants

Location:

#Honduras #Mexico #United States of America

14 January 2019

Report: Striking Back: Egypt's Attack on Labour Rights Defenders

Rights:

#Labour Rights / Trade Union

Location:

14 November 2018

Report: Creeping Towards Authoritarianism? - Impacts on HRDs & Civil Society in Zambia

Rights:

Location:

21 June 2018

Report: Stop the Killings

Violations:

Location:

#Philippines #Brazil #Colombia #Guatemala #Honduras #Mexico

6 December 2017

Report: Attacks on LGBT Rights Defenders Escalating in Indonesia

Violations:

#Raid / Break-in / Theft #Violence #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation

Rights:

Location:

21 February 2021

Report: Victim Blaming: Bangladesh’s Failure to Protect Human Rights Defenders

Rights:

Location:

21 February 2021

Report: Environmental Rights Defenders at Risk in Peru

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Rights:

#Environmental Rights #Land Rights

Location:

11 December 2019

Time to act: Protect defenders who speak up against business impact on people and planet

On Human Rights Day, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights together with the UN

Violations:

#Judicial Harassment #Killing

Rights:

#Human Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Labour Rights / Trade Union

Location: