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ProtectDefenders.eu is the European Union Human Rights Defenders mechanism.
Our mission is to protect defenders at high risk and facing the most difficult situations worldwide.
Our mission is to protect defenders at high risk and facing the most difficult situations worldwide.
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At ProtectDefenders.eu, we work to ensure human rights defenders never stand alone. 💪🌍
➡️ Emergency support & temporary relocation
➡️ Security advice & field monitoring
➡️ Training & advocacy
➡️ Creation of shelters
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➡️ Emergency support & temporary relocation
➡️ Security advice & field monitoring
➡️ Training & advocacy
➡️ Creation of shelters
Stay informed with our latest news, engage with us ✨
#HumanRights #ProtectDefenders
In Venezuela, human rights defenders continue to face intimidation, criminalisation, and shrinking civic space amid a deepening political crisis.
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Your eyes on human rights | ProtectDefenders.eu Bulletin
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February 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
In Venezuela, human rights defenders continue to face intimidation, criminalisation, and shrinking civic space amid a deepening political crisis.
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🚨 We’re hiring!
The Secretariat of ProtectDefenders.eu is looking for a Programmes Fellow to join our team in Brussels. Support HRDS at risk!
📍 Brussels
🗓 Apply by: 6 March 2026
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mvvfkcs8
The Secretariat of ProtectDefenders.eu is looking for a Programmes Fellow to join our team in Brussels. Support HRDS at risk!
📍 Brussels
🗓 Apply by: 6 March 2026
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mvvfkcs8
ProtectDefenders.eu - You have the right to defend rights
THE EUROPEAN UNION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS MECHANISMTHE EUROPEAN UNION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS MECHANISMYou have the right to defend rightsIf you are a human rights defender at risk as a result of your work, ProtectDefenders.eu is to support youAre you at risk or under threat? Our protection officers…
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February 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🚨 We’re hiring!
The Secretariat of ProtectDefenders.eu is looking for a Programmes Fellow to join our team in Brussels. Support HRDS at risk!
📍 Brussels
🗓 Apply by: 6 March 2026
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mvvfkcs8
The Secretariat of ProtectDefenders.eu is looking for a Programmes Fellow to join our team in Brussels. Support HRDS at risk!
📍 Brussels
🗓 Apply by: 6 March 2026
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mvvfkcs8
Ahead of Uganda’s general elections, human rights organisations have been suspended, defenders arrested, and an internet shutdown announced.
📄 Read the article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
📄 Read the article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
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February 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Ahead of Uganda’s general elections, human rights organisations have been suspended, defenders arrested, and an internet shutdown announced.
📄 Read the article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
📄 Read the article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
Iran is facing a severe wave of repression.
Protests met with lethal force, mass arrests, and a prolonged internet blackout are putting human rights defenders and civilians at grave risk.
📄 Read the full article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
Protests met with lethal force, mass arrests, and a prolonged internet blackout are putting human rights defenders and civilians at grave risk.
📄 Read the full article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
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February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Iran is facing a severe wave of repression.
Protests met with lethal force, mass arrests, and a prolonged internet blackout are putting human rights defenders and civilians at grave risk.
📄 Read the full article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
Protests met with lethal force, mass arrests, and a prolonged internet blackout are putting human rights defenders and civilians at grave risk.
📄 Read the full article
📩 Explore our January newsletter
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
“Safeguards should be built in to provide sufficient flexibility to issue visas for human rights defenders, dissidents, independent journalists and civil society.”
Protection pathways matter, especially for those at risk.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4yfrzsfx
Protection pathways matter, especially for those at risk.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4yfrzsfx
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
“Safeguards should be built in to provide sufficient flexibility to issue visas for human rights defenders, dissidents, independent journalists and civil society.”
Protection pathways matter, especially for those at risk.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4yfrzsfx
Protection pathways matter, especially for those at risk.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4yfrzsfx
Meet @Parasto_Hakim, an educator and human rights defender supporting home-based and second-chance education for girls in Afghanistan.
Education remains an act of resistance, hope, and transformation under Taliban rule.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/356bmbju
#EducationAsResistance
Education remains an act of resistance, hope, and transformation under Taliban rule.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/356bmbju
#EducationAsResistance
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Meet @Parasto_Hakim, an educator and human rights defender supporting home-based and second-chance education for girls in Afghanistan.
Education remains an act of resistance, hope, and transformation under Taliban rule.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/356bmbju
#EducationAsResistance
Education remains an act of resistance, hope, and transformation under Taliban rule.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/356bmbju
#EducationAsResistance
🔊 Civil society is the backbone of democracy
The EU reaffirms: “A strong, vibrant civic space is crucial for democracy, for human rights, and for holding governments accountable.”
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5835-2026-INIT/en/pdf
The EU reaffirms: “A strong, vibrant civic space is crucial for democracy, for human rights, and for holding governments accountable.”
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5835-2026-INIT/en/pdf
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🔊 Civil society is the backbone of democracy
The EU reaffirms: “A strong, vibrant civic space is crucial for democracy, for human rights, and for holding governments accountable.”
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5835-2026-INIT/en/pdf
The EU reaffirms: “A strong, vibrant civic space is crucial for democracy, for human rights, and for holding governments accountable.”
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5835-2026-INIT/en/pdf
January reminds us why our work matters.
Last month alone:
• 23 attacks against human rights defenders reported
• 728 defenders supported
📖 Read the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
🤝 Stay informed. Stay connected.
Last month alone:
• 23 attacks against human rights defenders reported
• 728 defenders supported
📖 Read the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
🤝 Stay informed. Stay connected.
Your eyes on human rights | ProtectDefenders.eu Bulletin
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February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
January reminds us why our work matters.
Last month alone:
• 23 attacks against human rights defenders reported
• 728 defenders supported
📖 Read the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
🤝 Stay informed. Stay connected.
Last month alone:
• 23 attacks against human rights defenders reported
• 728 defenders supported
📖 Read the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
🤝 Stay informed. Stay connected.
2026 has begun with alarming attacks on civic space.
🇮🇷 Repression & total internet shutdown
🇻🇪 Military attacks raising serious international law concerns
🇺🇬 NGOs suspended, defenders detained, internet cut ahead of elections
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
🇮🇷 Repression & total internet shutdown
🇻🇪 Military attacks raising serious international law concerns
🇺🇬 NGOs suspended, defenders detained, internet cut ahead of elections
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
2026 has begun with alarming attacks on civic space.
🇮🇷 Repression & total internet shutdown
🇻🇪 Military attacks raising serious international law concerns
🇺🇬 NGOs suspended, defenders detained, internet cut ahead of elections
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
🇮🇷 Repression & total internet shutdown
🇻🇪 Military attacks raising serious international law concerns
🇺🇬 NGOs suspended, defenders detained, internet cut ahead of elections
https://tinyurl.com/bdhbeazv
Defenders face systemic violence, and need comprehensive, care-centred responses, we had the chance to talk with Justica Global.
Protection can’t stop at emergency measures.
Read our interview on CEPI and regional relocation systems.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/kfbpb6ru
Protection can’t stop at emergency measures.
Read our interview on CEPI and regional relocation systems.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/kfbpb6ru
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Defenders face systemic violence, and need comprehensive, care-centred responses, we had the chance to talk with Justica Global.
Protection can’t stop at emergency measures.
Read our interview on CEPI and regional relocation systems.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/kfbpb6ru
Protection can’t stop at emergency measures.
Read our interview on CEPI and regional relocation systems.
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/kfbpb6ru
What did 2025 show about the risks faced by human rights defenders?
Judicial harassment and criminalisation remain the main tools of repression, detention risks are rising. Activists, journalists, lawyers, and grassroots defenders are most targeted.
Read here:
Judicial harassment and criminalisation remain the main tools of repression, detention risks are rising. Activists, journalists, lawyers, and grassroots defenders are most targeted.
Read here:
December 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What did 2025 show about the risks faced by human rights defenders?
Judicial harassment and criminalisation remain the main tools of repression, detention risks are rising. Activists, journalists, lawyers, and grassroots defenders are most targeted.
Read here:
Judicial harassment and criminalisation remain the main tools of repression, detention risks are rising. Activists, journalists, lawyers, and grassroots defenders are most targeted.
Read here:
Fast fact: At the current pace, funding for human rights defenders won’t reach USD 500M a year until 2040.
But HRDs need support now.
What will it take to close the gap?
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
But HRDs need support now.
What will it take to close the gap?
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
New Analysis Reveals Stagnation in Funding for Human Rights Defenders Despite Rising Needs
ProtectDefenders.eu, the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism is proud to release the Updated Financial Analysis: The Landscape of Public International...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Fast fact: At the current pace, funding for human rights defenders won’t reach USD 500M a year until 2040.
But HRDs need support now.
What will it take to close the gap?
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
But HRDs need support now.
What will it take to close the gap?
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
Our December bulletin wraps up 2025.
Key trends on civic space, an interview with a woman HRD from Sudan and International Human Rights Defenders Day all in one.
As the year ends, we thank defenders and partners for their courage and solidarity.
🔗 More: https://tinyurl.com/3wajfkja
Key trends on civic space, an interview with a woman HRD from Sudan and International Human Rights Defenders Day all in one.
As the year ends, we thank defenders and partners for their courage and solidarity.
🔗 More: https://tinyurl.com/3wajfkja
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Our December bulletin wraps up 2025.
Key trends on civic space, an interview with a woman HRD from Sudan and International Human Rights Defenders Day all in one.
As the year ends, we thank defenders and partners for their courage and solidarity.
🔗 More: https://tinyurl.com/3wajfkja
Key trends on civic space, an interview with a woman HRD from Sudan and International Human Rights Defenders Day all in one.
As the year ends, we thank defenders and partners for their courage and solidarity.
🔗 More: https://tinyurl.com/3wajfkja
#Egypt’s repression is deepening: family retaliation, NGO obstruction, and renewed charges against long-targeted defenders like Hoda Abdelmonem.
Activists in exile continue to organise despite shrinking civic space 🇪🇬
Activists in exile continue to organise despite shrinking civic space 🇪🇬
December 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#Egypt’s repression is deepening: family retaliation, NGO obstruction, and renewed charges against long-targeted defenders like Hoda Abdelmonem.
Activists in exile continue to organise despite shrinking civic space 🇪🇬
Activists in exile continue to organise despite shrinking civic space 🇪🇬
As conflict deepens in Sudan, women defenders face rising threats, displacement, and targeted violence, but they remain at the frontlines of protection and justice.
Read their story ⤵️
https://tinyurl.com/35jk2fmk
#StandWithSudan #HumanRightsDefenders
Read their story ⤵️
https://tinyurl.com/35jk2fmk
#StandWithSudan #HumanRightsDefenders
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As conflict deepens in Sudan, women defenders face rising threats, displacement, and targeted violence, but they remain at the frontlines of protection and justice.
Read their story ⤵️
https://tinyurl.com/35jk2fmk
#StandWithSudan #HumanRightsDefenders
Read their story ⤵️
https://tinyurl.com/35jk2fmk
#StandWithSudan #HumanRightsDefenders
We’re grateful to see ProtectDefenders.eu recognised in today’s remarks: defending human rights is a team effort.
We’ve supported 94,000+ defenders worldwide, and the need is only growing.
Our work continues, and so must global support for HRDs.
https://tinyurl.com/2rhrxbm2
We’ve supported 94,000+ defenders worldwide, and the need is only growing.
Our work continues, and so must global support for HRDs.
https://tinyurl.com/2rhrxbm2
ProtectDefenders.eu - You have the right to defend rights
THE EUROPEAN UNION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS MECHANISM THE EUROPEAN UNION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS MECHANISM You have the right to defend rights If you are a human rights defender at risk as a result of your work, ProtectDefenders.eu is to support you Are you at risk or under threat? Our protection offic…
ProtectDefenders.eu
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We’re grateful to see ProtectDefenders.eu recognised in today’s remarks: defending human rights is a team effort.
We’ve supported 94,000+ defenders worldwide, and the need is only growing.
Our work continues, and so must global support for HRDs.
https://tinyurl.com/2rhrxbm2
We’ve supported 94,000+ defenders worldwide, and the need is only growing.
Our work continues, and so must global support for HRDs.
https://tinyurl.com/2rhrxbm2
Why is funding for human rights defenders stagnating, just when they need it most?
Our latest analysis shows that HRD funding has dropped to 0.10% of global ODA, and annual support won’t reach USD 500 million until 2040.
How can we reverse this trend?
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
Our latest analysis shows that HRD funding has dropped to 0.10% of global ODA, and annual support won’t reach USD 500 million until 2040.
How can we reverse this trend?
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
New Analysis Reveals Stagnation in Funding for Human Rights Defenders Despite Rising Needs
ProtectDefenders.eu, the EU Human Rights Defenders mechanism is proud to release the Updated Financial Analysis: The Landscape of Public International Funding for Human Rights Defenders (2021–2023), building on our previous landmark study covering 2017–2020. This new report provides the most rec
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December 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Why is funding for human rights defenders stagnating, just when they need it most?
Our latest analysis shows that HRD funding has dropped to 0.10% of global ODA, and annual support won’t reach USD 500 million until 2040.
How can we reverse this trend?
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
Our latest analysis shows that HRD funding has dropped to 0.10% of global ODA, and annual support won’t reach USD 500 million until 2040.
How can we reverse this trend?
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y3vffyn
We want human rights defenders and decision makers to use the Declaration +25 as an authoritative document providing the best standards when it comes to defenders protection and recognition.
Want to know more? 👀
https://tinyurl.com/4a5usj66
Want to know more? 👀
https://tinyurl.com/4a5usj66
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We want human rights defenders and decision makers to use the Declaration +25 as an authoritative document providing the best standards when it comes to defenders protection and recognition.
Want to know more? 👀
https://tinyurl.com/4a5usj66
Want to know more? 👀
https://tinyurl.com/4a5usj66
🇸🇩 #Sudan’s repression is escalating: HRDs arbitrarily detained, a defender sentenced to death, and journalists tortured or disappeared after the El-Fasher assault. Civic space is closing fast.
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/y8bnx87y
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/y8bnx87y
Sudan: Growing Repression Against Human Rights Defenders
Human rights defenders and journalists in Sudan are facing an increasingly dangerous environment as both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify repression amid the ongoing conflict. Recent cases highlight a severe deterioration in protections for defenders acros
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December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🇸🇩 #Sudan’s repression is escalating: HRDs arbitrarily detained, a defender sentenced to death, and journalists tortured or disappeared after the El-Fasher assault. Civic space is closing fast.
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/y8bnx87y
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/y8bnx87y
🚨 New report: Public funding for human rights defenders remains only 0.10% of global ODA, despite rising threats.
Read about this and many more insights here: https://tinyurl.com/yckepmc9
#HumanRights #HRDs #ODA #ProtectDefenders
Read about this and many more insights here: https://tinyurl.com/yckepmc9
#HumanRights #HRDs #ODA #ProtectDefenders
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 New report: Public funding for human rights defenders remains only 0.10% of global ODA, despite rising threats.
Read about this and many more insights here: https://tinyurl.com/yckepmc9
#HumanRights #HRDs #ODA #ProtectDefenders
Read about this and many more insights here: https://tinyurl.com/yckepmc9
#HumanRights #HRDs #ODA #ProtectDefenders
Today on the #IDPD2025, we reaffirm that human rights work must be accessible to all defenders.
At ProtectDefenders.eu, we support HRDs with disabilities and work to ensure no one is left behind.
Inclusion isn’t optional, it’s a human rights obligation.
At ProtectDefenders.eu, we support HRDs with disabilities and work to ensure no one is left behind.
Inclusion isn’t optional, it’s a human rights obligation.
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Today on the #IDPD2025, we reaffirm that human rights work must be accessible to all defenders.
At ProtectDefenders.eu, we support HRDs with disabilities and work to ensure no one is left behind.
Inclusion isn’t optional, it’s a human rights obligation.
At ProtectDefenders.eu, we support HRDs with disabilities and work to ensure no one is left behind.
Inclusion isn’t optional, it’s a human rights obligation.
Our November newsletter is out.
Last month:
🔸37 attacks against HRDs reported;
🔸651 defenders supported;
Read the full issue 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Last month:
🔸37 attacks against HRDs reported;
🔸651 defenders supported;
Read the full issue 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Supporting human rights | ProtectDefenders.eu Bulletin
An Egyptian human rights defender working on freedom of expression, religious rights, and civil and political rights received legal aid, psychosocial support, and emergency relocation assistance after experiencing multiple threats.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our November newsletter is out.
Last month:
🔸37 attacks against HRDs reported;
🔸651 defenders supported;
Read the full issue 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Last month:
🔸37 attacks against HRDs reported;
🔸651 defenders supported;
Read the full issue 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Coming soon: our updated report on global funding for Human Rights Defenders. Public donors gave USD 612M to HRDs (2021–2023), but support has fallen to just 0.10% of total ODA.
As risks grow, funding remains far too limited.
Full report out this week.
As risks grow, funding remains far too limited.
Full report out this week.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Coming soon: our updated report on global funding for Human Rights Defenders. Public donors gave USD 612M to HRDs (2021–2023), but support has fallen to just 0.10% of total ODA.
As risks grow, funding remains far too limited.
Full report out this week.
As risks grow, funding remains far too limited.
Full report out this week.
Our November newsletter is out!
Worsening pressure on human rights defenders in Sudan, Egypt and El Salvador. We also look at rising risks for LGBTIQ+ communities across Africa, share insights from our interview with HuMENA 🤝
👀https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Worsening pressure on human rights defenders in Sudan, Egypt and El Salvador. We also look at rising risks for LGBTIQ+ communities across Africa, share insights from our interview with HuMENA 🤝
👀https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our November newsletter is out!
Worsening pressure on human rights defenders in Sudan, Egypt and El Salvador. We also look at rising risks for LGBTIQ+ communities across Africa, share insights from our interview with HuMENA 🤝
👀https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Worsening pressure on human rights defenders in Sudan, Egypt and El Salvador. We also look at rising risks for LGBTIQ+ communities across Africa, share insights from our interview with HuMENA 🤝
👀https://tinyurl.com/mw533t4n
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
We stand with women human rights defenders who continue their vital work despite the risks.
Protecting them means protecting everyone’s rights.
We stand with women human rights defenders who continue their vital work despite the risks.
Protecting them means protecting everyone’s rights.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
We stand with women human rights defenders who continue their vital work despite the risks.
Protecting them means protecting everyone’s rights.
We stand with women human rights defenders who continue their vital work despite the risks.
Protecting them means protecting everyone’s rights.