Democracy Day: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
This year’s International Day of Democracy (16 September) is an opportunity to recall that democracy is about people. Democracy is
Read moreThis year’s International Day of Democracy (16 September) is an opportunity to recall that democracy is about people. Democracy is
Read moreConcerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an
Read morePeople who promote and defend human rights continue to face an onslaught of harassment, intimidation, unjust prosecution and unlawful detention.
Read moreAt the end of a three-day visit to Honduras, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour, underlined “the paramount
Read moreThe violent assault on human rights defenders (HRDs) and journalists in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia is further evidence of
Read moreThe Newseum displays a series of banners on the front of its building at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street that
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