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A new report shows that environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world's most targeted human rights advocates in 2025. At least 84 environmental defenders were killed last year amid broader violence against activists.

15. juni 2026 Rapportert av AI

A new six-part podcast launched June 15 revisits the 1996 Tibetan Freedom Concert organized by Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch and activist Erin Potts.

Hispan-Palestinian activist Saif Abukeshek landed in Barcelona on Sunday after ten days in Israeli detention. He was released without charges after taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza.

3. mai 2026 Rapportert av AI

En israelsk domstol har forlenget varetektsfengslingen med to dager for en svensk mann med spansk statsborgerskap, som ble arrestert under Israels aksjon mot den Gaza-rettede Global Sumud-flotiljen. Spania krever umiddelbar løslatelse, mens Sverige uttrykker bekymring for behandlingen han har fått.

Cuban activist Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente, known as Anna Bensi, rejected counterintelligence agents' pressure to stay silent or go into exile after a case against her was shelved. The agents offered help in her music career in exchange for cooperation during a meeting at Alamar Police Station on April 13. Bensi denounced the psychological tactics and veiled threats in a live video.

13. april 2026 Rapportert av AI

After Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's election defeat, German activist Maja T., imprisoned in Budapest, has expressed cautious optimism. She hopes it will give Hungary's civil society room to breathe. Her lawyer urges the German government to resume talks with the election winner.