Everyone has the right to adequate food and to be free from hunger (Article 11, ICESCR).
Defenders working on land, water and food rights make this real, often at great personal risk.

Everyone has the right to adequate food and to be free from hunger (Article 11, ICESCR).
Defenders working on land, water and food rights make this real, often at great personal risk.
Nessun avvocato dovrebbe essere incarcerato, minacciato o perseguitato per aver difeso i propri assistiti e tutelato i diritti e le libertà fondamentali.
#LawyersAtRisk #Iran #HumanRightsViolations #FreeIranianLawyers #StopRepressionInIran #HumanRightsDefenders
Renewed judicial harassment against women environmental #HumanRightsDefenders in #Armenia, just ahead of #COP17. The cases bear the hallmarks of #SLAPPs and risk a chilling effect on environmental advocacy.
Pashinyan's gov talks about DEMOCRACY & no anti-SLAPP safeguards.
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Over 400 #HumanRightsDefenders threatened, attacked, and murdered in #Colombia in the first 6 months of 2026,.
🔗 Read more in the latest news brief by Felipe Chitic-Luis: buff.ly/tZelHF2
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Teachers can be human rights defenders too, and too often pay for it: dismissals, smear campaigns, bans from teaching. On #WorldTeachersDay, let's remember education is a pillar of democracy, and so are the people who defend it from the classroom. #HumanRightsDefenders
📣 #Greece: #HumanRightsDefenders T. Olsen & @panayote.bsky.social on trial (6/10/26)
"The criminal charges are a gross misuse of anti-smuggling legislation & are not backed by evidence. Both are being targeted for their work documenting serious human rights violations against migrants & #RefugeesGr"
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📣 We call on Greek authorities to guarantee a fair appeal process." bit.ly/4hh1d2q
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Human rights defenders are facing growing threats for standing up for others. 94% of those interviewed reported threats, harassment, abuse or death threats.
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