Front Line Defenders Award winners 2023 come from vastly different contexts, but share one thing in common - from the lands of North Kivu to the streets of Jordan, a fierce determination in defending human rights.
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📢GRANDES NOTICIAS PARA LAS Y LOS ABACALEROS ✊🏿✊🏿
Segundo Ordoñez recibe de Front Line Defenders el premio como Defensor de Derechos Humanos en Riesgo 2023, a nombre de todas las y los abacaleros organizados que siguen exigiendo #JusticiaYReparación #Abacaleroslibres #fldaward23
Humbled to attend #FLDAward23 hosted by Front Line Defenders at EPIC this morning. Congratulations to the 5 global laureates: these impressive Human Rights Defenders are an inspiration to us in an era of shrinking civic space.
Segundo Ordoñez, defensor afrodescendiente de derechos humanos de Ecuador, es el ganador de las Américas del Premio FLD 23!
Nos sumamos a las y los abacaleros de Esmeraldas para exigir #JusticiaYReparación al Estado Ecuatoriano y a la empresa Furukawa Plantaciones!
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We celebrate هالة عاهد #مع_المعلم, as we are proud of her, and congratulate her on earning the #FLDAward23 presented to human rights defenders today. We salute her struggle and all that she has done over the years.
All pride, love, and solidarity ❤️💪🏽✊🏽
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Amazing, congrats Segundo Ordoñez #FLDAward23 u represent our country🇪🇨
Otro logro que la prensa basura no sacará.
Powerful and inspiring testimonies from the Front Line Defenders award winners this morning. Human Rights must be defended and Human Rights Defenders must be protected. #FLDAward23
Congratulations to #AsiaAndPacific winner of the #FLDAward23 , Jeany Rose Hayahay - indigenous WHRD based in Mindanao, #Philippines , advocating for indigenous peoples’ rights and children’s right to education.
Read more about Hala here: frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/jea…
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Segundo es uno de los centenas de campesinos afrodescendientes exigiendo justicia, reparación, dignidad y sus derechos reconocidos. El premio es un importante reconocimento de la fuerza y coraje con que Segundo ha estado adelante de esa lucha! #JusticiaYReparación #FLDAward23
Congratulations to the #MiddleEastNorthAfrica winner of the #FLDAward23 , Hala Ahed, a #Jordanian woman human rights defender and lawyer who has conducted significant work in the human rights landscape in Jordan.
Read more about Hala here: frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/hal…
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CDES Centro de Derechos Reproductivos Naciones Unidas JuventudRebelde Furukawa Nunca Más Revista Vistazo Revista La Periódica Colectivo PRODH CDH PUCE CDH.GYE OEA Wambra Medio Comunitarioᅠ UE en Ecuador 🇪🇺 ONU Ecuador CIDH - IACHR Comisión Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos Corte Constitucional YASunidos Cuenca Universidad Andina FLACSO Ecuador La delegada de Front Line Defenders hace la entrega del premio #FLDAward23 , que reconoce a Defensores de Derechos Humanos en Riesgo, a Segundo Ordóñez.
Él junto a sus compañeros/as abacaleros/as denunciaron a la empresa Furukawa por esclavitud moderna.
2023 winners of Front Line Defenders Award for #HRDs at Risk #FLDAward23 #humanrights #Ecuador #UKRAINE #Philippines #DRC #Jordan
#Juneteenth is an important reminder of a dark chapter in history whose repercussions are still felt in the US and beyond.
But #ModernSlavery exists too. This year's #FLDAward23 winner Segundo Ordóñez devotes his life to ending this degrading practice:
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The 2023 Front Line Defenders Award laureates are being announced in Dublin today! #FLDaward23
Find out all about them here: frontlinedefenders.org/en/2023-front-…
Follow along for the award ceremony happening right now: youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7qj6…
Congratulations to the #EuropeAndCentralAsia winner of the #FLDAward23 , Digital Security Lab #Ukraine -a team of digital secuirty specialists who help Ukrainian journalists, human rights defenders and public activists solve problems with digital security.
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Courageous and inspiring winners of the 2023 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk #FLDAward23 :
Segundo Ordóñez 🇪🇨
Jeany ‘Rose’ Hayahay 🇵🇭
Hala Ahed هالة عاهد #مع_المعلم 🇯🇴
Digital Security Lab Ukraine Volodovska 🇺🇦
Olivier Bahemuke Ndoole 🇨🇩
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Smashing Times were delighted to attend the Front Line Defenders Award 2023 at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.
Pictured are Mary Moynihan, Artistic Director ST, award winner Hala Ahed from Jordan, & Olive Moore, Executive Director, Front Line Defenders. Huge congrats to all winners! 👏 #FLDAward23
Persecuted, beaten to the point of death and forced to flee the country because of death threats from armed groups ...
Our #FLDAward23 Africa winner Olivier Ndoole explains the dangers of defending land and environmental rights in eastern DRC
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