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#pakistan #defendthedefenders #lawyers #humanrights #ruleoflaw
September 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
greenpeace.org
“Don’t underestimate children’s knowledge” 💚✊

In Raja Ampat, kids are learning about their surroundings and about what they can do to protect their islands from mining.

#DefendtheDefenders
In Raja Ampat, children learn that their knowledge can help protect their islands
ARBOREK, West Papua, Indonesia — “Rockhead fish, salamander fish, starfish and coral.” That’s what dozens of children from Arborek, a small island in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, said when aske...
news.mongabay.com
September 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
ciel.org
✊ On Human Rights Day, stand with environmental defenders who protect the land, water, and climate we all depend on.

⚖️ The Inter-American Court of Human Rights confirmed it:
Defending the planet is a human right. States must protect it.

Support our work to #DefendTheDefenders 👉 bit.ly/48LEWpx
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
blairpalese.bsky.social
Tks to the 70+ NGOs who supported this AFR ad calling for protecting our right to protest, campaign & take legal action when corps & govts are in the wrong. We'll need to fight if we are to protect what has worked for centuries to bring change to right wrongs & move forward! #defendthedefenders
November 20, 2024 at 5:32 AM
thorneae.bsky.social
PROUD MOMMA 💪🏽

ATHLETES NETWORK FOR SAFER SPORTS:
Meet our next athlete in our series #DefendtheDefenders: Kaiya McCullough ✊
November 27, 2024 at 7:46 PM
xopherpaul.bsky.social
#NotMyPresidentsDay #NotMyPresident #NotMyKing #ResistTyranny #DoNotComply #DefendDemocracy #DefendTheDefenders #NATO #Opposition #Resistance #Protest #StopTrump #StopPutin #StopRussia #StopWar #Peace 🕊
TIME magazine cover depicting Trump as the WORST. PRESIDENT. EVER.
February 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
palmoildetect.bsky.social
#News: Defending land shouldn't be a death sentence. ⚖️🚫 #Humanrights lawyer Rey Gorgonio fighting #palmoil corruption in #Philippines received chilling death threats. Stop the attacks! ✊🏽🌾 #DefendTheDefenders #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetect.bsky.social visayandailystar.com/nupl-lawyer-...
#News: Defending land shouldn't be a death sentence. ⚖️🚫 #Humanrights lawyer Rey Gorgonio fighting #palmoil corruption in #Philippines received chilling death threats. Stop the attacks! ✊🏽🌾 #DefendTheDefenders #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetect https://visayandailystar.com/nupl-lawyer-gets-death-threats/
May 6, 2026 at 6:04 AM
ciel.org
🚨TOMORROW AT #SB62 🚨
🕐13:00 CEST | 📍 Area 5 (escalators)

#DefendTheDefenders: No #ClimateJustice without #CivicSpace & #HumanRights!

Join us to honor the voices of 7 Environmental Human Rights Defenders silenced by repression and violence.

✊Stand in solidarity!
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
alhykwood.bsky.social
#SaveCongoRainforest #SaveCongoForest_Flora_Fauna #AfricaMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter #DefendTheDefenders #SaveRainforests #Rewilding 🦍🌴
endel-stamberg1904.bsky.social endel-stamberg1904.bsky.social @endel-stamberg1904.bsky.social · May 28
SaveCongoRainforest Day 1905

#SaveCongoRainforest
#SaveCongoForest_Flora_Fauna🌴🦍 #AfricaMatters #IndigenousLivesMatter
@SaveCongoForest

In Solidarity with @vanessanakate.bsky.social and @remyzah.bsky.social

The Congo Rainforest is vital in the fight for climate and social justice!☮️🌍🌏🌎💧🌳
May 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
kaka-laux.bsky.social
"Descobrimento" é mentira colonial, não há descoberta de terra habitada, os nomes corretos são: invasão, saque, estupro e genocídio 🇧🇷🚩💀☠️
#EarthDay2024🌍🌏🌎🏞️🌾🌱🌸
#FakenewsMatam⚠️
#DefendTheDefenders✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻🏹🎓⚧🇧🇷🏳️‍🌈🏳‍⚧🏳‍⚖️
April 22, 2024 at 6:29 PM
kaka-laux.bsky.social
Mulher preta, fora dos padrões, mais forte do que obstáculos impostos pela sociedade, e de quebra derrotou uma sionista partidária do genocídio!
#Olympics2024🇫🇷
#FridaysForFuture🕊
#FreePalestineFromZionistOccupation🇵🇸
#IsraeliNewNazism🚫
#DefendTheDefenders✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻🏹🏳‍⚖️
August 3, 2024 at 1:02 AM
kaka-laux.bsky.social
Basta de negligência e retrocesso no legislativo: urge o voto crítico para mudar esta realidade 🗳️🚨
#FridaysForPride🏳️‍🌈🏳‍⚧
#VotoConsciente2024🏳️‍🌈🏳‍⚧🇧🇷
#DiaDoOrgulhoLGBTQIAPN+♀🏳️‍🌈🏳‍⚧⚖️
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June 28, 2024 at 6:12 PM
amnesty-duesseldorf.de
USA : Kein Verantwortlicher der Georgia State Troopers wird sich für die 57 Schüsse vor Gericht verantworten müssen, die Umweltaktivist Manuel Esteban Paez Terán aka Tortuguita töteten.Die Straflosigkeit von Polizeigewalt muss enden!
#DefendTheDefenders #ProtectTheProtest
October 6, 2023 at 6:59 PM
humanrightsindex.bsky.social
Human rights need defenders, and defenders need protection. Period! 📢⚖️

Read More ➡️ progress-change-actionlab.org/human-rights...

#HRC59 #DefendTheDefenders
Graphic titled “Strengthen and Support Human Rights Defenders” with 16 illustrated action points: appoint an envoy, integrate defenders in dialogues, involve them in policy, include them in delegations, issue public support, attend trials, fast-track visas, map protection resources, ease authority contacts, strengthen embassies, report systematically, brief diplomats, disseminate standards, nominate for awards, and celebrate defenders. Includes Human Rights Compass logo.
June 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
kaka-laux.bsky.social
Sonya Massey called the police for help!
They killed her instead 😔
#RacismoEstrutural🇺🇸
#JusticeForSonyaMassey👩🏾‍⚖️🖤🙏🏽
#BlackLivesMatter🤴🏾👸🏿
#DefendTheDefenders✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻🏹🏳‍⚖️
July 24, 2024 at 9:16 PM
sharonclues.bsky.social
Please sign and share…
#DefendTheDefenders

petition.qomon.org/0b54a0b8-dem...
DEMAND JUSTICE! DEFEND THE DEFENDERS
Francesca Albanese is trying to stop a genocide. That is her crime.The United States and Israel are trying to stop her – by destroying her life, her career, her family, and her voice.The US has sancti...
petition.qomon.org
May 13, 2026 at 11:19 AM
ciel.org
🗓️ Today, March 14, at 11:00am ET
💻 CIEL's Nikki Reisch will join lawyers, judges, and civil society leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America & the US at an @ABAesq webinar on protecting environmental defenders.
✅ Register here: bit.ly/4hDt23g
🌎 #DefendTheDefenders
March 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
kaka-laux.bsky.social
Honoring a work of a colleague with similar struggles and affinities 💙
#MondayMotivation✨
#DefendTheDefenders♀🏳️‍🌈🏳‍⚧⚖️
June 17, 2024 at 6:51 PM
ciel.org
From agribusiness to oil exploitation to illegal mining and logging, Indigenous territories are targeted for resource extraction that not only undermines climate goals, but actively displaces the communities best positioned to safeguard them 😱.

#IndigenousPeoples #DefendTheDefenders
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
raphaelweyland.bsky.social
Good stuff! #DefendTheDefenders
greenlegal.bsky.social Green Legal Impact Germany e.V. @greenlegal.bsky.social · May 8
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Facing legal challenges as a climate activist? The risks are even greater without union citizenship, from residency to immigration issues!
Join our webinar in english to learn about your rights and how to be safe during action.

🔗Register now: bit.ly/GLI2305

#ClimateJustice #Activism
Promotional graphic for a free online webinar titled 'Legal Training - Climate Activism without Union Citizenship' hosted by Green Legal Impact. The event features lawyer Nora Ebeling and is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 18:00 to 20:00. Topics covered include residence and immigration law consequences of activism, refusal of residence permits, employment, citizenship, international protection, and deportation
May 8, 2024 at 8:03 PM
ciel.org
It's also essential that States don’t compromise on strong guarantees for women environmental #HumanRights defenders in the gender work program.

Find out more in our cheatsheet & read our demands: www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...

#DefendTheDefenders
November 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM
omct.social
#MastaRabkova #NastaLoika #Belarus #ArbitraryDetention #Viasna #HumanConstanta #HumanRightsDefenders #DefendtheDefenders
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social
#DefendtheDefenders #L4L #HumanRightsDefenders #StandWithLawyers
May 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
rainforestrescue.bsky.social
6–8 years in prison for defending Cambodia’s environment? Our fearless friends from #MotherNatureCambodia have spent 300 days behind bars. Now the Supreme Court will decide on their bail. Stand with them! #FreeOurFriends #DefendTheDefenders #NotForgotten www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/1352...
Free the Mother Nature Cambodia activists NOW!
Five young members of Mother Nature Cambodia (MNC) have been imprisoned for 300 days. These activists are dedicated to protecting the environment and defending human rights in Cambodia – and they have...
www.rainforest-rescue.org
April 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
alhykwood.bsky.social
#AllForAmazon Week 65 🌳🦜

77% of global soy is fed to livestock for meat & dairy production.96% of the soy from the #Amazon is fed to cows,pigs & chickens.The numbers are terrifying.

www.instagram.com/p/DA1XeODITzr/

#MeatIsMurderAndASuicide #GoVegan #SaveTheAmazon #SaveAmazonia #DefendTheDefenders
October 8, 2024 at 4:31 AM