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NATALIA PROJECT 4 PROTECTION TO GO 6 – THE NATALIA PROJECT Alarm System DEFENDERS’ DAYS 2013 8 CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDER OF THE YEAR 10 CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE WORLD 12 CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN MOLDOVA 18 HIGHS AND LOWS REGARDING LGBT 20 FACING UP TO ROMA DISCRIMINATION 22 A LIFE SHAPED BY SEISMIC POLITICAL EVENTS 26 WITNESSED FIRST-HAND MAKING THEMSELVES HEARD 28 – PUSSY RIOT AT ALMEDALEN 2013 MOOT COURT COMPETITION 30 THE MOUNTAINS OF HUMAN MAYHEM 32 – PIETER TEN HOOPEN Justine Ijeomah 38 – PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK TO SERVE HUMANITY civil rights cALENDAR 2013 40 7 VOICES about civil rights defenders 42 We would like to express our gratitude to all of you who made Defenders’ Days and this newspaper, Time to Act, possible. We would not have been able to make these projects succeed without your help. Artipelag Dagens Nyheter Daniel Sahlberg, photographer Elite Hotel Marina Tower FinFina Fokus Frida Nilson, photographer Gefle Chocolaterie Global Mouth H&M Hill & Knowlton PR Keith Begg, writer Open Society Foundations RBK Communication Randy Gosda, writer Sida Sporrong Sticky Beat Svenska Dagbladet Svenska Institutet Svenska Postkodlotteriet Svenska PostkodStiftelsen Teaterskeppet Vitt Grafiska Civil Rights Defenders, Stora Nygatan 26, 111 27 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: + 46 (0)8 545 277 30 Fax: +46 (0)8 411 68 55 Mail: [email protected] www.civilrightsdefenders.org www.nataliaproject.org 3