Rights Defenders (RDI)
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📢 Rights Defenders Initiative (RDI), dedicated to promoting human rights worldwide. Light on human rights violations and create public awareness. 📢
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85 Great Portland Street
First Floor
London
W1W 7LT
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Starvation and Blockade: A Human Rights Perspective on Gaza
The heavy embargo imposed on Gaza has left millions in a relentless struggle against hunger and despair. Access to food, medicine, and clean water is a fundamental human right, yet families in Gaza ar...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The Unjust Death of Lieutenant Abdulkadir Karadag
On the night of July 15, 2016, Lieutenant Abdülkadir Karadag was dispatched to protect the Presidential Palace in Ankara, unaware that the operation was part of a coup attempt. Though officially a lie...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Trump’s record of human rights abuses
It has been less than a year since Trump’s second term as the US president, yet his record of human rights abuses is too many to count. This has serious consequences on the general population in the U...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Activist shot while livestreaming; held without adequate care
Activist Serrote José de Oliveira was shot in the leg on 28 July by armed men who witnesses believe were linked to the Criminal Investigation Services (SIC), while he was livestreaming the first day o...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Ibrahim Gungor Died in Prison in Turkiye
Turkish authorities did not allow the jailed daughter of sick prisoner İbrahim Güngör, who died in prison on September 7, to attend his funeral.
His daughter, Sueda Güngör, a university student, ha...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Dawit Isaak – The world’s longest imprisoned journalist
In 1993, Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia. After that, many of its refugees and migrants returned back to Eritrea, hoping for a better country. Dawit Isaak, a journalist and a writer, who...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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ECHR Decision on Yalcinkaya Case
As Rights Defenders, we have deep concern regarding recent developments that question Turkey's continued membership in the Council of Europe. As a member of this esteemed organization for the past 73 ...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Forced Disappearances from Gaza
Urgent Concerns Regarding the Enforced Disappearance of Journalists from the Occupied Gaza Strip
RIGHTSDEFENDERS urgently bring attention to the enforced disappearance of journalists Haitham Abdelw...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Rwanda Opposition Leader Victoire Ingabire Re-Arrested Amid Human Rights Concerns
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, an opposition leader in Rwanda, was re-arrested in June 2025. Ingabire, who returned from exile in 2010 to participate in the country’s presidential elections and spent many...
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September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Abortion Restrictions and Human Rights Violations in Morocco
In Morocco, abortion is criminalised in nearly all circumstances. Under Article 453 of the Penal Code, abortion is permitted only if performed by a medical professional to save the woman’s life or phy...
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September 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Gender-based violence in 2025
According to the United Nations, violence against women is described as “ any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to ...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Digital Repression in Belarus through ‘Anti-Extremism’ Laws
Belarus’s anti-extremism and anti-terrorism laws have become key tools for institutionalised political and digital repression. Vaguely worded provisions and administrative blacklists allow authorities...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Arrest of Council of Europe Youth Delegate Enes Hocaoğulları
Enes Hocaoğulları was elected as a youth delegate to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on 14 February 2025 and, during the Congress session on 19 March 2025, brou...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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