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2014
Civil Rights Defenders is an independent expert organisation that
defends people’s civil and political rights and empowers human rights
defenders at risk. Civil Rights Defenders monitors state authorities
and demands accountability when people’s human rights have been
violated. The organisation also works with influencing public opinion
as well as with advocacy activities to build the long term capacity
of human rights organisations and provide emergency support to
individual human rights defenders at risk.
Time to Act gives an overview of the work of Civil
Rights Defenders throughout the world.
In our second edition we will take you through the
main developments, achievements, the highs and lows
in human rights throughout 2013. Read about how the
Natalia Project has progressed a year on from its inception, and how life is going for some of the bearers
of the Natalia security alarm system.
Civil Rights Defenders opened an office in Moldova
ensuring its on-going commitment to defending
human rights in Eastern Europe, thus bringing our
total overseas offices to five. It was a year of ups and
downs for the LGBT community and also for our
partners throughout the regions we work in.
The Roma of Serbia and the deteriorating human rights
situation in the North Caucasus will be told through
the eyes of the lens. We are delighted to have the
opportunity to meet with the family and colleagues of
Ales Bialiatski, the 2014 recipient of the Civil Rights
Defenders of the Year Award.
We will also give you an overview of the work we do
on four continents, the latest addition being Latin
America focusing primarily on Cuba and Venezuela
plus much more inside these pages.
Under the
same roof
“It was not possible to resist a picture of a guy reading a book right there, on the dumpsite, in the middle of trash and the awful smell,” said the photographer Ljuba Maričić regarding
his entry in Civil Rights Defenders’ photo contest depicting everyday life of the Roma population in Serbia.
NATALIA PROJECT / PROTECTION TO GO / DEFENDERS’ DAYS 2013 / CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR / CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE WORLD / CIVIL
RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN MOLDOVA / HIGHS AND LOWS REGARDING LGBT / FACING UP TO ROMA DISCRIMINATION / A LIFE SHAPED BY SEISMIC POLITICAL EVENTS
WITNESSED FIRST-HAND / MAKING THEMSELVES HEARD – PUSSY RIOT AT ALMEDALEN / MOOT COURT COMPETITION / THE MOUNTAINS OF HUMAN MAYHEM /
JUSTINE IJEOMAH – PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK TO SERVE HUMANITY / CIVIL RIGHTS CALENDAR 2013 / 7 VOICES ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDERS