These are cases of human rights defenders featuring in the 2018 Write for Rights campaign that I referred to yesterday [https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/11/24/amnesty-starts-again-its-write-for-rights-campaign/]:
Marielle Franco, Brazil
Killed for defending the people of Rio [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/03/16/marielle-franco-38-year-old-human-rights-defender-and-city-councilor-of-rio-assassinated/]
Geraldine Chacón, Venezuela
Atena Daemi, Iran
Jailed for opposing the death penalty
#NowForNI campaigners, UK
Seyi Akiwowo, UK
Abused online for defending women’s rights
Nonhle Mbuthuma, South Africa [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/tag/nonhle-mbuthuma/]
Death threats for protecting her community
Gulzar Duishenova, Kyrgyzstan
Speaking up for disability rights
The Sengwer People, Kenya
Forced from their ancestral land
Pavitri Manjhi, India
Threatened for standing up to big business
Vitalina Koval, Ukraine
LGBTI rights activist attacked by the far right
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 
August 23, 2019 at 12:23
[…] This was brought into sharp relief by Nonhle Mbuthuma, a community land rights activist and member of the Amadiba Crisis Committee. It is primarily women, Mbuthuma indicated, who are risking their lives and wellbeing by signing affidavits to go to court to fight against the use of their land for mining in the name of economic development. [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/11/25/the-human-rights-defenders-in-ais-2018-write-for-rights… […]
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