“If just a fraction of the global attention given to football could be given to securing human rights, we would all be celebrating victory.”
Front Line Defenders and Brazilian NGO partners Justiça Global and Terra de Direitos launched today an online and social media campaign to focus attention on the plight of 42 human rights defenders (HRDs) from each of the participating World Cup nations (www.sportshrd.org). The international campaign kicks off in a few hours just before the first World Cup match between Brazil and Croatia with an event in Dublin.
“Front Line Defenders draws attention to these heroes in our societies who work at great personal risk, against seemingly insurmountable odds to secure fundamental rights and freedoms for others,” announced Mary Lawlor, Executive Director of Front Line Defenders.
The campaign site allows visitors to send messages of solidarity, which will be delivered to the HRDs. On Twitter, please use #sportshrd to enlarge the reach of the campaign.
For more information contact adam[at]frontlinedefenders.org
World Cup Countdown: Front Line Defenders HRD Team | Front Line.
February 2, 2017 at 16:14
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