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Freedom House
Guidelines of assistance
An emergency is an urgent need for assistance arising from threats to an artist, HRD, or CSO based on their human rights work. CSOs need not be officially registered but must be able to document a history of activism.
Description
Since 2007, Freedom House provides urgent support to human rights defenders (HRDs), including artists, journalists, and writers, who are under threat, attack, detention, prosecution, or otherwise at imminent risk due to their work. Assistance may also include protection against other forms of persecution, including slander, smear campaigns, and stigmatization, all serious threats to human rights defenders (HRDs) and their safety. We also support civil society organizations (CSOs) at risk.