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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we celebrate the struggle of women human rights defenders across the world. From India to Nigeria, from Uganda to Georgia, they are standing up to stop and prevent gender-based violence, to defend women's reproductive rights, and to build a society where women don't have to be afraid to speak up.
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.
Editor's note: As this newsletter was being prepared, we received reports from the Twerwaneho Listeners Club (TLC) that one of their colleagues, Erasmus Irumba, was killed by a security officer, who has since been detained.