Raising Awareness

The ProtectDefenders.eu Index of Alerts

Human rights defenders are increasingly targeted because of their work to defend Human Rights. The ProtectDefenders.eu Index is a monitoring tool contributing to the mapping of violations committed towards human rights defenders to illustrate the scale of the crackdown and pressure that they face worldwide.

This Index is fed by public alerts provided by ProtectDefenders.eu partners and is based on verified information. However, the list of alerts can not be taken as complete nor exhaustive in any way. Real figures are much higher and many alerts and attacks still go unreported. Moreover, this tool does not compile alerts on EU countries.

The information in this tool is illustrative and indicative of the scope of the threats and attacks against individuals acting in defence of human rights. The content of this tool does not reflect the official opinion of ProtectDefenders.eu. Neither ProtectDefenders.eu nor any of its partners may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Main figures (Provisional counter)

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year	region	country	wdt_ID	dateyyyymmdd	name	partner	alert	natureofthealert	subcategoryofalert	identityofdefendernonexclusive	identityofdefender2	profileofdefender	profileofdefender2	fieldofaction	specificfieldofaction	organisationifapplicable	links	regioncountry	contador
2.020	Middle East and North Africa	Egypt	1	19/06/2020	Ahmed Amasha	Front Line Defenders	Physical violence	Enforced disappearance	Enforced disappearance	None	None	NGO/ Grassroots group member	Activist	Civil and Political Rights	Impunity / Justice	League for Families of the Disappeared	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/dr-ahmed-amasha-tortured-detention#case-update-id-5320	Middle East and North Africa/Egypt	1
2.020	Middle East and North Africa	Algeria	2	14/06/2020	Mohad Gasmi	Front Line Defenders	Repression	Detention	Arbitrary detention or arrest	None	None	Activist	NGO/ Grassroots group member	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	None	Unemployed Movement	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/human-rights-defender-mohad-gasmi-preventive-detention	Middle East and North Africa/Algeria	1
2.020	Americas	Cuba	3	19/06/2020	Maykel Castillo Perez	Front Line Defenders	Physical violence	Detention	Physically	None	None	Activist	Artist	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	Freedom of expression	#NoAlDecreto349	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/maykel-castillo-perez	Americas/Cuba	1
2.020	Americas	Cuba	4	19/06/2020	Anamely Ramos	Front Line Defenders	Repression	Detention	Arbitrary detention or arrest	Woman	None	Researcher (Academic)	Activist	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	Freedom of expression	‘SIN 349’	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/anamely-ramos-gonzalez	Americas/Cuba	1
2.020	Americas	Cuba	5	19/06/2020	Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara	Front Line Defenders	Physical violence	Detention	Physically	None	None	Artist	Activist	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	Freedom of expression	San Isidro Movement	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/luis-manuel-otero-alcantara	Americas/Cuba	1
2.020	Europe and Central Asia	Turkey	6	18/06/2020	Eren Keskin	Front Line Defenders	Repression	Violation of privacy and property	Housebreaking / violation of domicile	Woman	None	NGO/ Grassroots group member	Activist	Civil and Political Rights	Good governance and anticorruption	(İHD-Human Rights Association	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/eren-keskin	Europe and Central Asia/Turkey	1
2.020	Americas	Mexico	7	17/06/2020	Soledad Jarquín	Front Line Defenders	Intimidation / Threats	Threats or Harassment	Detention	Woman	None	Journalist	Activist	Civil and Political Rights	Women‘s rights / Gender	Las Caracolas	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/soledad-jarquin	Americas/Mexico	1
2.020	Asia & the Pacific	China	8	17/06/2020	Yu Wensheng 余文生	Front Line Defenders	Judicial abuses	Judicial Harassment	Sentencing	None	None	Lawyer	None	Civil and Political Rights	Impunity / Justice		https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/yu-wensheng-detained-and-charged-disrupting-public-service	Asia & the Pacific/China	1
2.020	Asia & the Pacific	Vietnam	9	12/06/2020	Le Huu Minh Tuan	Front Line Defenders	Repression	Detention	Detention	None	None	Journalist	Activist	Civil and Political Rights	Freedom of expression	IJAVN	https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/le-huu-minh-tuan	Asia & the Pacific/Vietnam	1
2.020	Asia & the Pacific	Iran	10	16/06/2020	Payam Derafshan	Observatory	Physical violence	Enforced disappearance	Enforced disappearance	None	None	Lawyer	Activist	Civil and Political Rights	Impunity / Justice	League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI)	https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/iran-enforced-disappearance-of-payam-derafshan-and-continuing	Asia & the Pacific/Iran	1

4.413

Reported violations against defenders

Alerts by region

Type of alert

Field of action of defenders targeted

Identity of defender

Specific type of threats

List of alerts and attacks against human rights defenders

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wdt_ID	Year	Date	Name	Region-Country	Region	Country	Alert	Nature of the alert	Field of action	Specific field of action	Identity	Profile of defender	Partner	Subcategory of alert	Identity of defender 2	Profile of defender 2	Organisation (if applicable)	contador
1	2.020	19/06/2020	Ahmed Amasha	Middle East and North Africa/Egypt	Middle East and North Africa	Egypt	Physical violence	Enforced disappearance	Civil and Political Rights	Impunity / Justice	None	NGO/ Grassroots group member	Front Line Defenders	Enforced disappearance	None	Activist	League for Families of the Disappeared	1
2	2.020	14/06/2020	Mohad Gasmi	Middle East and North Africa/Algeria	Middle East and North Africa	Algeria	Repression	Detention	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	None	None	Activist	Front Line Defenders	Arbitrary detention or arrest	None	NGO/ Grassroots group member	Unemployed Movement	1
3	2.020	19/06/2020	Maykel Castillo Perez	Americas/Cuba	Americas	Cuba	Physical violence	Detention	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	Freedom of expression	None	Activist	Front Line Defenders	Physically	None	Artist	#NoAlDecreto349	1
4	2.020	19/06/2020	Anamely Ramos	Americas/Cuba	Americas	Cuba	Repression	Detention	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	Freedom of expression	Woman	Researcher (Academic)	Front Line Defenders	Arbitrary detention or arrest	None	Activist	‘SIN 349’	1
5	2.020	19/06/2020	Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara	Americas/Cuba	Americas	Cuba	Physical violence	Detention	Economic, Social & Cultural Rights	Freedom of expression	None	Artist	Front Line Defenders	Physically	None	Activist	San Isidro Movement	1
6	2.020	18/06/2020	Eren Keskin	Europe and Central Asia/Turkey	Europe and Central Asia	Turkey	Repression	Violation of privacy and property	Civil and Political Rights	Good governance and anticorruption	Woman	NGO/ Grassroots group member	Front Line Defenders	Housebreaking / violation of domicile	None	Activist	(İHD-Human Rights Association	1
7	2.020	17/06/2020	Soledad Jarquín	Americas/Mexico	Americas	Mexico	Intimidation / Threats	Threats or Harassment	Civil and Political Rights	Women‘s rights / Gender	Woman	Journalist	Front Line Defenders	Detention	None	Activist	Las Caracolas	1
8	2.020	17/06/2020	Yu Wensheng 余文生	Asia & the Pacific/China	Asia & the Pacific	China	Judicial abuses	Judicial Harassment	Civil and Political Rights	Impunity / Justice	None	Lawyer	Front Line Defenders	Sentencing	None	None		1
9	2.020	12/06/2020	Le Huu Minh Tuan	Asia & the Pacific/Vietnam	Asia & the Pacific	Vietnam	Repression	Detention	Civil and Political Rights	Freedom of expression	None	Journalist	Front Line Defenders	Detention	None	Activist	IJAVN	1
10	2.020	16/06/2020	Payam Derafshan	Asia & the Pacific/Iran	Asia & the Pacific	Iran	Physical violence	Enforced disappearance	Civil and Political Rights	Impunity / Justice	None	Lawyer	Observatory	Enforced disappearance	None	Activist	League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI)	1

Advocacy

ProtectDefenders.eu monitor on site the situation of at-risk defenders and carry out advocacy work to trigger adequate responses to their cases.

As part of our mandate, we support and fund the advocacy work of our partners, and develop activities and projects for jointly call for an environment conducive to the defense of rights.

In this section you will find more information about the advocacy activities and projects we fund.

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The PI’s Risk Analysis and Protection Plan Principles are 21 concrete statements, which outline the most essential and foundational concepts behind implementing the risk approach for protection—from conducting a situated risk approach to building an effective protection plan.

Understanding Death Threats Against Human Rights Defenders – [Reflection Paper]

Year: 2021. Partner: Protection International