We join Human Rights Watch Amnesty International World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) ISHR FIDH HURIDOCS Human Rights First Bread for the World & ICJ of the Martin Ennals Award jury in calling for Soltan Achilova to be allowed to leave Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan in Belgium Mission of Turkmenistan - UNOG UN Turkmenistan EU Delegation to Turkmenistan Embassy of Turkmenistan in Washington DC

“Even if they do send me back to prison, I am not afraid of them. My fight is for freedom, for democracy, human rights and women's rights. And my fight is not just for Iran but for the Middle East.” - Narges Mohammadi, speaking on the anniversary of her #NobelPeacePrize award

Courageous human rights defenders from around the world being honoured today in The Hague with the Tulip Human Rights Award of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 🇳🇱 Great to see governments recognise the crucial work done by human rights defenders in challenging times 🏆

Thank you Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs for highlighting the #h5Poland trial. Human rights defenders should not be criminalized for helping those in need. We will be following the hearing today in Hajnówka. Min. Sprawiedliwości Adam Bodnar Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 @POLAND25EU Embassy of Poland BE

Reassuring that European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas "remains committed to continued high-level engagement" with Bahrain to call for the release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other unjustly imprisoned human rights defenders. #FreeAlkhawaja europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…

Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is a Danish-Bahraini prominent human rights defender and former @FrontlineHRD staffer. He has been unjustly imprisoned since 2011, facing torture and ill-treatment in detention. He has received numerous accolades for his human rights work, incl. the

Pakistan jails Baloch human rights activist time.com/7271141/pakist…

Now public: I wrote to the Government of #China about the sentencing of WHRD He Fangmei, which was recently upheld on appeal. The whereabouts of her young daughters are still unknown China Mission Geneva 🔽 Read the full communication & Government's response: srdefenders.org/china-convicti…

Harassment and persecution of Baloch human rights defenders cannot be tolerated. I call on the authorities of Pakistan Pakistan Embassy Belgium Amna Baloch to immediately release Sammi Deen Baloch, Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Zehri and others. I met Sammi when she received the Front Line Defenders

Dr Mahrang Baloch, world renowned woman human rights defender and vocal campaigner for the rights of the Baloch community in Pakistan, has consistently spoken out against ongoing violations by the Pakistani police, military and intelligence agencies. In our Global Analysis

As highlighted in the FLD Global Analysis 2024, the HRD Memorial documented the killings of 324 human rights defenders in 32 countries in 2024 - killed solely for their peaceful human rights work. The families and communities of 19 HRDs killed in 2024 in 10 different countries

This morning, our Executive Director, Alan Glasgow, announced the 5 incredible winners of this year's Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The laureates for 2025 are Luc Agblakou, MONDHA, Arnon Nampa, Sharifa Madrakhimova and Mhamed Hali. From

Congratulations to the 5 courageous human rights defenders who today received the Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders At Risk in Dublin, Ireland. Hailing from Benin, Dominican Republic/Haiti, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Western Sahara; these Laureates have done

Disturbed by reports that WHRD Shalee Baloch has been arrested in Surbandar as she travelled to Gwadar to participate in a gathering of Baloch women scheduled for tomorrow. Shalee is a convener of the Baloch Women Forum Baloch Women Forum and her arrest takes place against a backdrop of a