World Refugee Day 2021: A focus on exiled human rights defenders
21 June 2021
AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders join the rest of the world to
AfricanDefenders and DefendDefenders join the rest of the world to
At the UN Human Rights Council, DefendDefenders highlights the risk faced by defenders working on particular issues, and the excesses taking place under Ethiopia’s state of emergency.
244 civil society organisations urge Member States of the UNHRC to support the draft resolution on the protection of civil society space, while rejecting fifteen amendments tabled by the Russian Federation that would undermine international efforts to safeguard space or civil society.
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