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October 9, 2024

Portraits of Strength 3rd Edition: Sara Kekuš, Croatia

Sara Kekuš is a human rights defender from Croatia. She works at the Centre for Peace Studies, a member organisation of Human Rights House Zagreb, as a Programme Director and Coordinator of the Protecting and Promoting the Right to Asylum and Migration Programme.

October 9, 2024

Portraits of Strength 3rd Edition: Taciana Niadbaj, Belarus

Taciana Niadbaj is a Belarusian writer and human rights defender. Niadbaj started her work in the NGO sector by cooperating with independent media and she is currently the Chair of the Board of the Barys Zvozskau Belarusian Human Rights House and Chair of PEN Belarus.

October 9, 2024

Portraits of Strength 3rd Edition: Dragana Dardić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dragana Dardić is a human rights defender from Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is currently a Program Director at Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, member organisation of Human Rights House Banja Luka. In her work, Dardić focuses on women’s rights, the rights of marginalised groups, and the freedoms of expression, assembly, and association.

October 9, 2024

Portraits of Strength 3rd Edition: Rovshana Rahimova, Azerbaijan

Rovshana Rahimova is a human rights lawyer from Azerbaijan. She has been involved in defending human rights for over 10 years focusing on women’s rights and countering domestic violence, including protection of the victims and national advocacy. Currently, as a member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association, she also works on the cases of several political prisoners.

October 9, 2024

Portraits of Strength 3rd Edition: Gayane Hambardzumyan, Armenia

Gayane Hambardzumyan is an Armenian human rights defender. She has been working with Women Resource Center (WRC), an Armenian women’s rights organisation and member of Human Rights House Yerevan almost since its establishment in 2003. She established WRC’s branch, Women’s Center Shushi, in Nagorno-Karabakh.

July 3, 2024

Georgia: “‘Foreign agent’ legislation has only one aim – to marginalise and shut down all critical voices within the country”.

On 28 May 2024, the Georgian government adopted the so-called “foreign agent” law. Human Rights House Foundation recently spoke to Georgian human rights defender Baia Pataria about these critical developments and what they mean for civil society.

May 8, 2024

Shadow of authoritarianism hangs over Georgia

As Georgian authorities look to introduce new “foreign agent” legislation, HRHF’s Kety Abashidze outlines the situation unfolding in the country and highlights the importance of international organisations, civil society and like-minded states to show solidarity with the Georgian public and civil society and to call on the authorities to abandon the law.

April 28, 2023

Georgia: “Authorities still believe a ‘foreign agent’ style law is needed”

On 10 March 2023, the Georgian Parliament voted down the so-called “foreign agent” and “foreign influence” bills following mass protests in the country. In the weeks following, Human Rights House Foundation spoke to Human Rights House Tbilisi’s Natia Tavberidze discussing next steps for civil society as well as support that Georgian civil society needs now from international colleagues.

April 25, 2023

OVD-Info: Russian Civil Society Demands an End to Prosecution of Anti-War Protests

In this op-ed for Human Rights House Foundation, OVD-Info highlights Russian civil society calls for an end to the authorities’ assault on freedom of expression.