About Hans Thoolen and his blog on HRDs

As someone who has been involved in human rights work at the national and international level for over 40 years, I keep a general interest in this area, but the role of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) is so crucial that I have decided to focus my contributions mostly on them. Special attention goes to the HRDs who are Laureates or nominees of the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA), the main award of the non-governmental human rights movement through its Jury of 10 key NGOs.

8 Responses to “About Hans Thoolen and his blog on HRDs”

  1. chris branstrom Says:

    May 13, 2013 at 18:10

    So glad to see you still hard at it! If there’s anything I could ever do to help please let me know. Miss you & your bros! Peace.
    Chris

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  2. Emma Smit Says:

    August 7, 2015 at 13:17

    Beste Hans,

    Wij – onderzoeksbureau Tertium – hebben dit jaar World-Talks opgezet, een initiatief waarin wij via Skype mensenrechtenactivisten wereldwijd interviewen (www.world-talks.com, e-mail worldtalks@tertium.nl). Graag zouden we contact met je opnemen, is daar mogelijkheid toe (en hoe)?

    Groeten,
    Emma Smit namens het World-Talks team

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  3. Emadeddin baghi Says:

    June 28, 2019 at 23:14

    My dear friend, Hans Thoolen
    Greetings
    For a long time I am not aware of you.
    I hope you are fine. You can find out about my new book at the link below.
    My email is the same as the previous email.
    Sincerely
    Emaxeddin Baghi

    https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/06/fiction-to-help-campaign-against-death-penalty-in-iran.html

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    • Hans Thoolen Says:

      July 7, 2019 at 12:51

      Dear Emad, glad to hear from you. Good you are still active and productive. Thanks for the link. I am no longer in the Board of the MEA foundation but continue blogging and THF work.

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  4. Muna Suleiman Says:

    March 6, 2021 at 16:01

    Are you supporting women led human rights organisations in Africa like ours http://www.hanahr.net/who-we-are
    ?

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  5. Lynda Tilley Says:

    October 31, 2021 at 04:37

    Dear Mr Thoolen

    HUMANIST SOCIETY OF SCOTLANDS GORDON ROSS HUMANIST OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020 – MUBARAK BALA, NIGERIA

    Hope you are well.

    As you have covered one of Mubarak Bala’s Humanitarian Awards, I’d like to advise you of the above too. He was awarded this for his “efforts to promote Humanism & it’s values in an exceptional way.”

    As a Humanist in Nigeria it cost him his freedom, he has been held for 551 days without appearing in court once. His court dates are continually postponed. Last month’s trial was postponed to December 2021.

    He is denied medical care as well as his daily Chronic Medication. His first born child, a son, was 6 weeks old when he was taken & is growing up without a father.

    He is charged with the “crime” of “blasphemy” in connection with a Facebook post & faces possible death sentence under Muslim Shari’a law.

    Kindly contact me if you’d like updates, photos etc as we try to keep his case in the public eye.

    Many thanks.
    Kind regards
    Lynda

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