SOLIDARITY FOR FATIA - HARIS : CHRONOLOGY AND ODDITIES

For the last couple of years, Indonesia through its government has been romanticizing the criminalization of human rights defenders as a form of keeping civil society away from hoax or untruthful information. Although those that were stated by the human rights defenders were based on research and field practices, the government decided to sharpen their fangs with ‘defamation’ laws. The same pattern happened to Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, two of the prominent human rights defenders in Indonesia.

ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2022 - Bangladesh

Odhikar continues to struggle for the establishment of a democratic state based on equality, human dignity and social justice. Odhikar monitors and highlights the human rights situation of the country, with the aim of ensuring the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the people. Odhikar has faced severe state repression and harassment since 2013. In 2022, government surveillance and harassment on Odhikar continued.

On NTF-ELCAC’s Opposition of the Human Rights Defenders’ Protection Act

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) claims that House Bill (HB) No. 77 or the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act (HRD Protection Act) is a “grave, vicious, and insidious threat against democracy.” This, however, is self-defeating for the task force. Since its formation, NTF-ELCAC has been known to maliciously tag dissenters and critics of the government as communists and rebels, thus opposing the essence of a true democracy in which dissent should not be limited, much less demonized.

MARTIN ENNALS AWARD CEREMONY 2023 - Khurram Parvez

Martin Ennals Award

The Martin Ennals Award is an annual prize for human rights defenders. Finalists and the Laureate are selected by a Jury of ten of the world’s leading human rights NGOs. The Award provides protection and support to human rights defenders who are at risk.