Publication : Report

In the situation of human rights defenders in 2011. It illustrates some of the main global and regional trends as emerged from Front Line Defenders’ work. Over the course of 2011, Front Line Defenders issued 256 urgent appeals on 594 human rights defenders at risk in 70 countries; it provided 189 security grants and trained more than 470 human rights defenders. Overall, more than 1380 HRDs benefited from Front Line Defenders’ protection support in 2011.

Information Source : Annual Report on Human Rights Defenders 2012

• Front line defenders