Across the world, millions of people are forced to flee their homes due to conflict, persecution, and violence. In India, refugees and displaced persons face a unique challenge: there is no formal asylum framework, leaving them without legal status and vulnerable to exploitation, poverty, and uncertainty. Amid these systemic gaps, one women-led organisation is creating […]
Since the political crisis in Burundi started in 2015, most human rights defenders have been forced to flee the country to avoid persecution. With the help of DefendDefenders, Burundian defenders in exile have pushed the UN to investigate violations in Burundi.
The space of civil society has been diminishing in many East African countries and defending human rights has become even life threatening in some cases. The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) has been promoting the safety and work of human rights defenders (HRDs) for over a decade. In that rather […]
Andrew Anderson was elected as Front Line Defenders’ new Executive Director this fall and he started with the new post on 1st of November. With KIOS invitation he visited Finland for the first time in the first days of December. He discussed the work of HRDs and the donors and international support in KIOS publication […]
Etiopiassa köyhyys, eriarvoisuus ja epävakaat olot luovat otollisen kasvualustan ihmiskaupalle. Arvioiden mukaan vuosittain jopa sadat tuhannet etiopialaiset hakeutuvat töihin naapurimaihin ja Lähi-Itään. Lähtijöistä suurin osa on 14-24-vuotiaita tyttöjä ja naisia, jotka useimmiten päätyvät kotiapulaisiksi Lähi-Idän maihin. Etiopialaiset ihmiskaupan uhrit joutuvat kohtaamaan kohdemaissa fyysistä, psykologista ja seksuaalista väkivaltaa, pakkotyötä ja orjuutusta sekä muuta epäinhimillistä kohtelua. Ihmiskauppa […]
