A great piece on The New Arab by Elisa Pierandrei, who visited my studio to explore how my art keeps fighting for dignity and justice. It also looks back at key moments from my recent work. newarab.com/features/artis…

HRD Memorial statistics showed that in 2024, the country with the highest number of killings of human rights defenders per state was Colombia - a staggering 157 recorded killings. Programa Somos Defensores annual report for 2024 looks further into the situation for HRDs in Colombia in 2024,

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پشت درِ ورودی زندان اوین، محل استقرار سربازان وظیفه، نگهبانان و همچنین مسیر ورود و خروج زندانیان قرار دارد. دادسرای اوین (مقدسی) نیز محل بازپرسی از بازداشتی‌های جدید، زندانیان سیاسی و عقیدتی و محل مراجعه خانواده‌ها و وکلا جهت پیگیری امور زندانیان است. این حمله در ساعات و روز

Last week, HRDs at Iran's Evin Prison told @FrontlineHRD they felt they were "being held in limbo while exposed to airstrikes, fearing for their families [with] their lives in the hands of warmongers." Today, Israeli airstrikes hit the prison. frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-r…

Amnesty International is extremely distressed by video footage and reports of Israeli attacks on Tehran's Evin Prison, where hundreds of prisoners, including political dissidents and human rights defenders, are imprisoned. 1/3

🎥WATCH: The inspiring story of an Armenian environmental and human rights defender. Oleg Dulgaryan has supported countless communities in Armenia to speak out and advocate against unsustainable and destructive mining practices. As a result of this, he faces severe backlash

Today, the gate of #Evin Prison was bombed News from inside is: No water, no power, in parts of the prison. Even hospital was hit. Special forces stormed in. Now they may transfer prisoners, no one knows where. These prisoners are #Iran’s democratic future. All eyes on Evin!

The infirmary at Evin Prison has been destroyed. Prisoners remain inside the wards under intensified security conditions or are being relocated. The injured prisoners have no place to be treated or transferred to, and due to the wartime conditions, they are not being taken to

"...freedom does not come from bombs and brutality, nor from clever stunts for the cameras, it lies through human connection and empathy.” - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on Israel's strikes on Evin Prison theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/…

#Gaza: Since 27 May, Israeli army reportedly killed over 410 Palestinians who were trying to get food. Killing and wounding of civilians resulting from the unlawful use of firearms constitute a grave breach of international law & a war crime.

We strongly condemn the harassment and abuse of WHRD Soukaina Amaadour by prison authorities at the Bouizakarne prison. The WHRD was visiting her politically imprisoned brother, El Hussein Amaadour, after concerns about his health in prison. The targeting of Sahrawi HRDs and

As a human rights defender, enhancing your digital security through good password management is essential to your security and protecting your data and identity. Attackers have many strategies to try and access your data and accounts, which can have devastating consequences for

Sending cards filled with stories of avocados, birds, Václav Havel to support Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Nika Novak, unjustly imprisoned in a Russian penal colony. Add your birthday wishes and write to Nika! about.rferl.org/advocacy/impri… #Journalismisnotacrime

🚨 #WesternSahara Imprisoned HRD El Hussein Amaadour has been suffering from severe abdominal pain and fever, and fears that his food was poisoned in prison. When accessing medical treatment in the prison he was subsequently harassed. In addition, on 19 June 2025, the family of

Esta acción, ordenada por el Gobierno y en complicidad con la empresa, busca callar la legítima protesta de quienes defienden el agua, el territorio y la vida frente a la devastación minera. Responsabilizamos al Gobierno por esta agresión y exigimos el cese inmediato de la

#Ecuador Las comunidades de Las Naves siguen en un ejercício legítimo y pacífico de su defensa de derechos y además de la criminalización de decenas de defensores de la comunidad, ahora enfrentan una represión violenta por la policía.