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Front Line joins joint open letter to the Iranian authorities concerning attacks and harassment of women human rights defenders.

Front Line, along with numerous other civil society organisations, has signed an open letter to the Iranian authorities asking them to end the harassment and prosecution of members of all women’s rights activists and defenders in Iran, including members of the One Million Signatures Campaign.

Read the letter to the Iranian authorities

Nepal: Ongoing attacks and threats against two women human rights defenders

Rita Mahato and Dev Kumari Mahara, staff members of the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) in Siraha district, Nepal received threats of rape and murder on 14 June 2007. These threats are the latest in a series of threats against the two human rights defenders.  Read More

International Campaign launched on Women Human Rights Defenders, November 2004

An international Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders was launched on 25 November 2004 at the Asia Civil Society Forum in Bangkok. The campaign is a global mobilisation to bring international attention to the concerns of Women Human Rights Defenders and their need for protection. It will involve women and human rights activists in different fields and sectors, grassroots groups, NGOs, social movements and other members of the civil society. Front Line is part of the International Coordination Committee for the Campaign. The Campaign has been launched with an International Statement highlighting the situation of women human rights defenders and the specific challenges they face.

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