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Front Line Defenders
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Dublin Platform 2024
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More than 100 human rights defenders at risk from around 100 countries gathered in Dublin over three days from 23-25 October, as part of Front Line Defenders' flagship event, the Dublin Platform.
[Find out more](/en/statement-report/hope-and-defiance-abound-dublin-event-hosts-around-100-human-rights-defenders)
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Global Analysis 2023/24
=======================
Front Line Defenders launched its [Global Analysis 2023/24](/sites/default/files/1578_fld_ga23_online_u03.pdf) on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk around the world, an in-depth annual publication detailing the variety of risks, threats and attacks faced by HRDs around the world.
[Find out more](/en/resource-publication/global-analysis-202324)
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Cases
[
Status:
Awaiting Trial
Chow Hang-tung
13 March 2025
Hong Kong’s top Court rules in favour of woman human rights defender Chow Hang-tung
Violations
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location
#Region: Asia Pacific
#Hong Kong
](/en/case/hong-kongs-top-court-rules-favour-woman-human-rights-defender-chow-hang-tung)
[
Status:
Released
Ali Alhajee
12 March 2025
Human rights defender Ali Alhajee released from prison
Violations
#Arbitrary detention
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Bahrain
](/en/case/human-rights-defender-ali-alhajee-released-prison)
[
Status:
Released
Nimet Tanrıkulu
10 March 2025
Nimet Tanrıkulu released from pre-trial detention
Violations
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#TÜRKİYE
](/en/case/nimet-tanrikulu-released-pre-trial-detention)
[
Status:
Acquitted
Kaddour Chouicha
7 March 2025
Human rights Defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha, and Jamila Loukil acquitted of all charges
Violations
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Algeria
](/en/case/human-rights-defenders-said-boudour-kaddour-chouicha-and-jamila-loukil-acquitted-all-charges-0)
[
Status:
Acquitted
Jamila Loukil
7 March 2025
Human rights Defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha, and Jamila Loukil acquitted of all charges
Violations
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Algeria
](/en/case/human-rights-defenders-said-boudour-kaddour-chouicha-and-jamila-loukil-acquitted-all-charges-1)
[
Status:
Acquitted
Said Boudour
7 March 2025
Human rights Defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha, and Jamila Loukil acquitted of all charges
Violations
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Algeria
](/en/case/human-rights-defenders-said-boudour-kaddour-chouicha-and-jamila-loukil-acquitted-all-charges)
[
Status:
Released
Mohad Gasmi
7 March 2025
Human Rights Defender Mohad Gasmi Released from Prison
Violations
#Arbitrary detention
Location
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Algeria
](/en/case/human-rights-defender-mohad-gasmi-released-prison)
[
Status:
Acquitted
Maria Ressa
5 March 2025
Court of Tax Appeals upholds the acquittal of woman human rights defender and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the news network Rappler on charges of tax evasion
Violations
#Judicial Harassment
Location
#Region: Asia Pacific
#Philippines
](/en/case/court-tax-appeals-upholds-acquittal-woman-human-rights-defender-and-nobel-laureate-maria-ressa)
[More Cases](/en/open-cases)
[](/en/statement-report/mexico-organisations-reject-30-year-imprisonment-sentence-against-human-rights)
13 March 2025
Statement
### [Mexico: Organisations reject the 30-year imprisonment sentence against human rights defender Pablo López Alavez](/en/statement-report/mexico-organisations-reject-30-year-imprisonment-sentence-against-human-rights)
Violations
[#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment](/en/violation/arrest-detention-imprisonment)
Rights
[#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights](/en/right/indigenous-rights)
Location
[#Region: Americas](/en/location/region-americas) [#Mexico](/en/location/mexico)
[](/en/statement-report/bulgaria-saudi-activist-risk-deportation)
10 March 2025
Statement
### [Bulgaria: Saudi Activist at Risk of Deportation](/en/statement-report/bulgaria-saudi-activist-risk-deportation)
Violations
[#Torture / Ill-Treatment](/en/violation/torture-ill-treatment)
Rights
[#Torture / Police Brutality](/en/right/torture-police-brutality)
Location
[#Region: Europe and Central Asia](/en/location/region-europe-and-central-asia-0) [#Bulgaria](/en/location/bulgaria) [#Region: Middle East and North Africa](/en/location/region-middle-east-and-north-africa) [#Saudi Arabia](/en/location/saudi-arabia)
[](/en/statement-report/bahrain-must-immediately-free-detained-human-rights-defender-ali-alhajee)
5 March 2025
Statement
### [Bahrain must immediately free detained human rights defender Ali AlHajee](/en/statement-report/bahrain-must-immediately-free-detained-human-rights-defender-ali-alhajee)
Violations
[#Arbitrary detention](/en/violation/arbitrary-detention)
Rights
[#Human Rights](/en/right/human-rights) [#Prisoner Rights](/en/right/prisoner-rights)
Location
[#Bahrain](/en/location/bahrain)
[](/en/statement-report/western-saharamorocco-multiple-attacks-physical-integrity-sahrawi-human-rights)
4 March 2025
Statement
### [Western Sahara/Morocco: Multiple attacks on the physical integrity of Sahrawi human rights defenders and flagrant violation of the right to peaceful assembly](/en/statement-report/western-saharamorocco-multiple-attacks-physical-integrity-sahrawi-human-rights)
Violations
[#Physical Attack](/en/violation/physical-attack)
Rights
[#Protests / Assembly](/en/right/protests-assembly)
Location
[#Region: Middle East and North Africa](/en/location/region-middle-east-and-north-africa) [#Morocco](/en/location/morocco) [#Western Sahara](/en/location/western-sahara)
[](/en/statement-report/mexico-next-sentencing-hearing-human-rights-defender-pablo-lopez-alavez)
3 March 2025
Statement
### [Mexico: Next sentencing hearing of human rights defender Pablo López Alavez](/en/statement-report/mexico-next-sentencing-hearing-human-rights-defender-pablo-lopez-alavez)
Violations
[#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment](/en/violation/arrest-detention-imprisonment)
Rights
[#Environmental Rights](/en/right/environmental-rights) [#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights](/en/right/indigenous-rights)
Location
[#Region: Americas](/en/location/region-americas) [#Mexico](/en/location/mexico)
[](/en/statement-report/tunisia-solidarity-trans-woman-human-rights-defender-mira-ben-salah-and-damj)
28 February 2025
Statement
### [Tunisia: Solidarity with Trans Woman Human Rights Defender Mira Ben Salah and Damj- the Tunisian Association for Justice and Equality](/en/statement-report/tunisia-solidarity-trans-woman-human-rights-defender-mira-ben-salah-and-damj)
Violations
[#Smear Campaign](/en/violation/smear-campaign) [#Other Harassment](/en/violation/other-harrassment)
Rights
[#LGBT+ Rights](/en/right/lgbti)
Location
[#Region: Middle East and North Africa](/en/location/region-middle-east-and-north-africa) [#Tunisia](/en/location/tunisia)
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