Front Line Defenders Award 2025

In Uzbekistan, a human rights defender and journalist, Sharif Madrahimov, received a damaged international passport prior to her trip to Ireland and was to attend the Front Line Defenders International Award ceremony, wrote Azattik Asia. Madrahimova explained that there was no Irish embassy in Uzbekistan, so she left Almaty for Tashkent and sent her passport to Ireland on 17 April via DHL. On 6 May, her passport with an Irish visa was delivered …

Front Line Defenders Award 2025

Laureates hail from Benin, Dominican Republic/Haiti, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Western Sahara On 22 May 2025 Front Line Defenders announced the five winners of its 2025 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, which was presented at a special ceremony in Dublin that morning. Laureates from each of the major global regions (or their representatives) traveled to Ireland to accept the Award, including: Africa: Luc Agblakou of Hirondelle Club Inter…