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– Nine women from MENA remembered on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 29, 2017

Women human rights defenders across the MENA region face many obstacles to their work, including threats, harassment, torture, jail, travel bans and other violations that prevent them from freely carrying out their work. GCHR asks supporters to join the campaign in support of WHRDs worldwide by tweeting #SheDefends.
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