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Front Line Defenders' Natacha O'Brien reports on her recent mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the first of a series of blogs.
Recently I travelled to the Eastern DRC with my colleague and fellow Protection Coordinator Aloys
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This guest blog by Farai Maguwu explores both the important work he does and the risks faced by human rights defenders in Zimbabwe.
My human rights work began in 2006 when I formed the organisation Center for Research and Development to carry out
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On 21 March 2013, Front Line Defenders conducted a one-day interactive workshop on the EU Guidelines on human rights defenders (HRDs) in Caracas. The Guidelines provide practical suggestions for enhancing EU action in the field of HRD protection.
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Adam Shapiro, Front Line Defenders Head of Campaigns, reports from countries he is visiting, working with human rights defenders to promote their visibility, legitimacy and recognition.
Over the last 10 days, I have been traveling from Mauritania to
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This guest blog documents the experiences of Coming Out, a LGBT organisation, with the recent "Law on Non-Commercial Organisations Performing the Function of Foreign Agents" which has been used to put pressure upon civil society
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The following blog post by Nkosilathi E Moyo explores the changes or rather the lack of change experienced in Zimbabwe in the 33 years since independence. Currently it is particularly tough for human rights defenders who face repression such as
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This piece originally from www.hro.org deals with the recent "Law on Non-Commercial Organisations Performing the Function of Foreign Agents" which has been used to put pressure upon Civil Society.
Aleksandr Cherkasov, director of the
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The following blog is based on interviews with human rights defenders in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation mass inspections of non-governmental organisations are currently taking place. According to Russian human rights organisation
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Front Line Defenders recently issued an appeal on behalf of murdered indigenous leader and human rights defender Chief Sabino Romero Izarra. In this guest post the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP) explain the circumstances of his
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Cambodian human rights defender Mam Sonando is a finalist for the 2013 Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. A journalist and President of the Association of Democrats, he was arrested in early July 2012 on charges of instigating
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