📍EGYPT
🚨Ahmed Douma’s detention was extended by 15 days over charges linked to his writings on prison conditions.
FLD calls for his immediate release, to drop all charges, and end judicial harassment.
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📍CAMEROON
🚨The case against WHRD Maximilienne Ngo Mbe was reopened on 6 April 2026, risking further delays in the proceedings.
FLD calls to drop all charges and end judicial harassment.
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📍 Palestine
HRD & lawyer Mohannad Karajeh is due in court on 20 April 2026 amid concerns of judicial harassment linked to his human rights work, following a smear campaign based on fabricated content.
FLD calls on the PA to protect him, drop any spurious charges, and guarantee a fair trial.
One thing is clear - Sudanese HRDs need our protection, visibility and support.
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📍 SUDAN
Three years ago, a war began in Sudan that continues today. Sudanese HRDs shared their insights directly with us on the current situation. Those who remain, and those fled, face huge challenges.
In memory of Moya Brennan.
With gratitude for her support to human rights defenders.
📍NICARAGUA
🚨Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned by reports that on 14 March 2026, the Nicaraguan government inaugurated a so-called university campus in Condega, Estelí, Ecuador, on premises that were arbitrarily seized in July 2023.
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📍ECUADOR
🚨Authorities in Ecuador have incorporated criminal, administrative, and financial measures that are being used disproportionately against human rights defenders, restricting the legitimate work of civil society.
🔗Read more: zurl.co/iHoJ5
📍 China
🚨HRD and lawyer Yu Wensheng is due for release on 13 April after three-year sentence following his baseless conviction.
The Chinese authorities must ensure his immediate release, full freedom, and end all harassment of him and his family.
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📍Sudan
🚨3 years into Sudan’s conflict, civilians face ongoing attacks, killings, and repression.
The EU must act urgently to protect civilians, ensure accountability, and support human rights defenders.
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📣 Front Line Defenders is recruiting an HR Manager.
The role will lead HR strategy and support organisational development across Front Line Defenders globally.
More information and how to apply can be found here ⬇️
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📍TUNISIA
🚨WHRD Saadia Mosbah was sentenced to 8 years in prison after prosecution over funding linked to her human rights work. Proceedings were marked by serious irregularities.
FLD calls for her release.
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📍EGYPT
🚨HRD Ahmed Douma was detained on 6 April 2026 after questioning over a social media post and an article on prison conditions and human rights violations.
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📍SIERRA LEONE
🚨HRDs Mohamed Turay & Prince Tommy Williams face charges and judicial harassment for defending LNP land and community services. Hearings set for 14 April 2026.
FLD calls to drop all charges and end reprisals.
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🔊We stand in solidarity with the HRDs of Genç LGBTİ+ Association and call on Turkish authorities to:
• Overturn the dissolution
• Drop all charges
• End the crackdown on LGBTI+ organisations
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📍HONDURAS
🕊️Last month marked the 10th anniversary of Indigenous defender Berta Cáceres' murder – a time to remind us of the importance of keeping her memory, strength and legacy alive.
Artist: Pan Cooke
#BertaLives #JusticeForBerta
❌ No more delays. Not 15 years.
Front Line Defenders CEO Alan Glasgow speaks out ahead of 8 April, 15 years since the arrest and detention of Danish-Bahraini HRD Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja.
FLD calls on the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him.
📍 Mexico
🏳️⚧️ Natalia Lane is a survivor of an attempted transfeminicide in the capital of Mexico. For ten years she has been dedicated to the defense of trans women for the decriminalization of sex work.
🔗 Learn more: www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/n...
📍 Côte d'Ivoire
🏳️⚧️ Driven by the solidarity of the community and by the hope for a more just world, trans woman human rights defender, Keïla B. Mondesir, is committed to building a more inclusive society in Côte d'Ivoire.
🔗 Learn more: www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/k...
📍IRAN
🚨The Free Narges Coalition warns that Narges Mohammadi’s life is in imminent danger amid serious health deterioration and denial of independent medical care in Zanjan Prison.
FLD calls for urgent medical furlough and the release of detained HRDs.
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📍UN
🚨Andrea Bolaños Vargas has been appointed UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders.
FLD welcomes her appointment and thanks outgoing Rapporteur Mary Lawlor for her leadership.
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📣 Front Line Defenders is recruiting a MEL Officer.
The role will support monitoring, evaluation, and learning across Front Line Defenders, contributing to data collection, analysis, and organisational learning.
More information and how to apply can be found here ⬇️
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📣 Front Line Defenders is recruiting an HR Manager.
The role will lead HR strategy and support organisational development across Front Line Defenders globally.
More information and how to apply can be found here ⬇️
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Dear human rights defenders, you have been my friends, my heroes and a constant source of hope. Your work – the daily struggles and the victories – is what builds a more just and equal world for future generations.
My final remarks at #HRC61, as I prepare to conclude my mandate 👇
📍KYRGYZSTAN
✊ This week, woman human rights defender and journalist Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy, director of Temirov Live and Ayt Ayt Dese—media initiatives that investigate corruption and raise awareness of human rights issues in Kyrgyzstan—was released from prison.
🔗 Read more: zurl.co/zWo7q
📍MEXICO
🚨“Tell Rolando to hand over the land because we are going to take it; if he doesn’t, we will come for him.”
✊Front Line Defenders calls on authorities in Mexico to protect environmental human rights defender Rolando Silva Andrade and the Agua Fría Community.
🔗Read more: zurl.co/ICdEY
🚨We stand in solidarity with WHRD Pia Perricci who faces a €150,000 defamation lawsuit over her criticism of water tariffs and asbestos risks, the first hearing of which is tomorrow.
FLD calls on Italy to dismiss this SLAPP case which is targeting Pia for her human rights work.
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📍Iran
FLD welcomes the temporary release of HRD Sharifeh Mohmmadi and other HRDs ahead of Nowrouz, the new year celebrated by Iranians and many others in the region. We further call upon Iranian authorities to release all other detained HRDs for exercising their work.
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📍BELARUS
🚨Front Line Defenders welcomes the release of HRDs Nasta Loika, Marfa Rabkova & Valiantsin Stefanovich on 19 March 2026. The HRDs, however, have been deported to Lithuania as a condition of release.
Read more here: 🔗 zurl.co/0isH5
