Receiving very disturbing reports of escalating violence and harassment against opponents of the Foreign Agent Bill in #Georgia , including HRDs. Threats & intimidation of HRDs must stop immediately and the bill should be withdrawn Georgia UN/Geneva

#Georgia

Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the defamation and intimidation targeting Georgian human rights defenders, amid ongoing protests surrounding the proposed Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence.

Read the full statement here 🔗 zurl.co/wgCq

#Crimea #Ukraine

Woman human rights defender and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva has received a warning from Russian de-facto authorities in Crimea.

Front Line Defenders calls for an end to all forms of harassment against Lutfiye Zudiyeva.

Read more here 🔗 zurl.co/LmSW

Hearing very disturbing reports that Saudi HRDs Walid Abu Al-Khair, Mohamad Fahd Al-Qahtani and Issa Al-Nukhaifi face increasing ill-treatment in prison & medical neglect despite a sharp deterioration in their health KSA Mission UN Geneva

🆕 We recorded 630 attacks against people raising concerns about harmful business in 2023, affecting around 20,000 people.

Our annual analysis breaks down the data—revealing a persistent pattern of attacks against #HRDs protecting our rights & planet 🧵1/ business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri…

I was in Georgia last week with Georgian HRDs who together with the Georgian people are protesting against these proposed authoritarian laws. These HRDs are facing huge harassment, intimidation and defamation. We stand firmly with the HRDs and their right to protest peacefully.

#Uzbekistan

We strongly condemn both the defamation attack against Umida Niyazova by a pro-government blogger as well as intimidation against Umida Niyazova and Sharifa Madrakhimova.

Read more here 🔗 zurl.co/MLjH

Now public: I wrote to the Gov of #Cyprus on the bombing of KISA - Official's office & criminalisation of its director. A response was received, yet the investigation into the attack has not been resolved. The State must ensure accountability Cyprus Mission in Geneva 🇨🇾 🇺🇳
srdefenders.org/cyprus-bombing…

#WorldPressFreedomDay :
Journalists reporting on conflict or civil strife, investigating corruption human rights violations often get targeted themselves.

@FrontlineHRD stands in solidarity with journalists who act as human rights defenders.

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#India

Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the arrests of four indigenous human rights defenders—Lakhma Koram, Ranu Podyam, Shankar Kashyap, and Samlu Koram—and urges authorities in India to ensure their immediate release.

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#OccupiedPalestinianTerritory

Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned about the ongoing detention of Bassem Tamimi without charge or trial, reflecting the alarming experience of many other Palestinian human rights defenders.

Read more here: zurl.co/wvtE

We are delighted to host a public event on 'Advocating for Justice and Freedom for #Palestine ' on the 10th of May at 1pm, with Shawan Jabarin, Director-General of Al-Haq الحق and graduate of our LLM in International Human Rights. No registration required! universityofgalway.ie/irish-centre-h…