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Front Line Defenders - the International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Who Are Human Rights Defenders? Why Human Rights Defenders?
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HRDs can be community leaders, lawyers, journalists, trade unionists and / or anybody who works peacefully to promote or protect the human rights of others. These people demonstrate amazing courage to stand up for the rights of others despite facing the most terrible risks. In turn Front Line Defenders focuses all of its energies on trying to provide practical and immediate support to improve the

security of these brave individuals. The organisation aims to provide this practical and immediate support through security grants, training and lobbying, and also strives to address the protection needs identified by the HRDs themselves. The people who are most effective in the struggle to promote and protect human rights are those working at the local and national level. These are the people who have a real impact within their communities and this is consequently why they face repression and violence from the entrenched interests of those who abuse power. The most important thing the international community can do to promote the realisation of human rights around the world is to help create a safe space and increased protection for HRDs to undertake their legitimate activities at the local and national levels.

19/06/2026

📍India

🚨On his 49th birthday, human rights defender Khurram Parvez remains arbitrarily detained after 1,670 days in prison.

Khurram Parvez has been held since November 2021 on baseless charges. Despite the 2023 opinion by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) finding his detention arbitrary and calling for his release, he remains imprisoned without trial.

We remain steadfast in our solidarity with Khurram Parvez and demand that the Indian authorities drop all charges against him, release him immediately and unconditionally, and cease their campaign of judicial harassment.

🔗https://zurl.co/YGys4

19/06/2026

In many countries, HRDs were targeted within hybrid systems of control. Defenders who challenge these systems often confronted the same networks of power. Across the globe, this manifested in targeting HRDs through a number of ways.

Read more in the in the FLD Global Analysis 2025/26: https://zurl.co/UNJfq

19/06/2026

In many countries, HRDs were targeted within hybrid systems of control where state actors,
corporations, criminal organisations, and paramilitary groups operate in overlapping and

mutually reinforcing ways.

Defenders who challenge land dispossession, extractive industries, or illicit economies often confronted the same networks of power. Across the globe, this manifested in targeting HRDs through a number of ways.

Read more in the in the FLD Global Analysis 2025/26: https://zurl.co/zOQKS

18/06/2026

📍TUNISIA

🚨On 19 June 2026, the the Tunis Court of Appeal will review the verdict handed down against Saadia Mosbah and five of her colleagues from the Mnemty Association.

Saadia Mosbah is a Tunisian WHRD and leading voice for racial equality, migrants' rights, and Black communities in Tunisia.

On 19 March 2026, she was sentenced to eight years in prison, while five other Mnemty members received prison sentences ranging from four to six years.

The convictions stem from an investigation into the activities and funding of Mnemty Association and appear to be directly linked to the organisation’s legitimate human rights work. The proceedings have also been marked by serious concerns regarding due process and fair trial guarantees.

Front Line Defenders calls on the Tunisian authorities to release Saadia Mosbah, quash the convictions and end the judicial harassment of human rights defenders and civil society actors in Tunisia.

🔗https://zurl.co/ddZoU

18/06/2026

Thank you Andrea Bolaños, Relatora Especial sobre los defensores de los DDHH for sharing your reflections from the Global Human Rights Defender Protection Summit.

18/06/2026

Thank you Red TDT for sharing these reflections from the recent Global HRD Protection Summit in Dublin and for the important exchange with the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.

18/06/2026

Our Global Analysis 2025/26 found that the global environment for the protection of human rights defenders was seriously weakened in 2025.

Severe funding cuts reduced direct protection support, while international accountability mechanisms faced growing political pressure.

Restrictive laws, including “foreign agent” legislation, further limited civic space and access to international support.

As the risks faced by HRDs continued to grow, the protection available to them weakened. Read more about this in our full report: https://zurl.co/BosU6

17/06/2026

📣 Front Line Defenders is recruiting a Digital Protection Coordinator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA).

The role will provide digital protection support and training to human rights defenders and organisations at risk across the EECA region.

More information and how to apply can be found here ⬇️
https://zurl.co/Cy278

17/06/2026

📍IRAN

🚨On 13 June 2026, WHRD Golshan Fathi received a summons from Evin Court to defend herself against unspecified charges, with failure to appear potentially resulting in her arrest.

The summons follows two raids on her home by security forces in March and May 2026, during which her electronic devices were confiscated.

Front Line Defenders urges the Iranian authorities to drop all charges against WHRD Golshan Fathi and return her confiscated devices.

🔗https://zurl.co/UX86I

17/06/2026

📍Pakistan

Congratulations to human rights defenders and lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha on being awarded the 2026 Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize, an international distinction honouring lawyers who courageously defend human rights and the rule of law in the face of adversity.

First awarded to Nelson Mandela in 1985 while he was imprisoned, the prize highlights the importance of protecting lawyers and human rights defenders who face detention, judicial harassment and reprisals for their legitimate work.

We call for their immediate and unconditional release.

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