Unfortunately, the party which I am filiated, for whiile, didn't allow me to be a candidate. I don't know why, they didn't tell me. Despite this huge worldwide movement for my candidacy some people think they prefer to ignore the wish of the people here and this worldwide movement. Despite this deception I'll carry on my work in the defense of human rights, because I've been a victim of serious human rights violations for 26 years and my fight for justice will carry on too. I'd like to thank all the support coming from all over the world, including from this NGO that made this report, a great NGO that really care about the HRDs. But I'll write about it later. The world understand why is so important to empower a human rights defender victim of many human rights violations, including I have a YouTube channel, here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/@lucianofietto4773/videos. Since the creation of this channel its visualization counter doesn't work, the same has been happening with the counter of this blog since its creation in 2010. Never a human rights defender has had so many rights violated for so long time. I've been complain about these violation many time with the Brazilian authorities but so far nothing was done. This post is a summary of a report with the title above and published in June 2026 at https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/sites/default/files/fld_ga_2025-26_digital.pdf
The right to defend human rights remained deeply contested in 2025, as the international system established to uphold those rights came under increasing strain. States' commitments to the universality of human rights, codified in various international treaties they have ratified, were often exposed as fragile or selectively applied, with some states actors no longer even paying lip service to the principle of a rule-based international order in which human rights are a central pillar. An attendant increase in authoritarian practices, unregulated corporate power, and a growing crisis in the funding for human rights deepened during the year against a backdrop of multiple, prolonged armed conflicts. Human rights defenders (HRDs) contribute to their societies in countless ways: including by challenging discrimination, creating opportunity for matginalised communities, providing legal assistance in context of executive overreach, exposing human rights violations, and documenting patterns of systemic persecution. For these peaceful and legitimate activities, carried out in accordance with international law, defenders are subjected to a wide range of abuses, including killings, arbitrary detention, criminalisation, online bullying and social stigmatisation.Yet their work and courage far exceeds the level of protection and support available for them. This report highlights the scale of the challenges facing HRDs. The global policy environment for the protection of human rights and those who defend them was seriously weakened in 2025. The funding cuts implemented by the Trump administration impacted thousands of human rights organisations. These cuts, combined with those of Germany and the U.K. reduced drastically the global pool of support. Accountability efforts were not just hampered by funding cuts, they were also undermined by an unprecedented attack on a key global mechanism for combating impunity for serious human rights violations, the International Criminal Court (ICC), the U.S. government imposed sanctions on ICC oficials and judges following the Court's issuance of arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu in relation to war crimes in Gaza. The strangulation of independent civil society continued apace at the global level, Actions were often combined with administrative measure to limit the ability of HRDs and organisations to obtain resources, develop a domestic constituency or engage international support. This type of attack occurred in multiple countries. The Brazilian government launched the National Plan for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. The plan establishes an inter-ministerial committee to monitor the situation of HRDs in the country. This initiative follows years of sustained advocacy by civil society organisations and gained momentum following IACHR rulings holding Brazil accountable for its failure to protect HRDs. Criminalisation continued to be used systematically to silence HRDs and disrupt entire movements. Governments weaponised the judicial system to stigmatise, harass, and imprison HRDs. HRDs were targeted online through a ecosystem of surveillance, algorithmic manipulation, and cyber-violence. States and non-states actors increasingly relied on digital tools to fabricate evidence, smear defenders, and justify their arrests. The most common violations reported by Front Line Defenders' digital protection programme were: online surveillance, threats/harassment on social media, phone surveillance and threat of confiscation and interrogation. Front Line Defenders supported many cases in which deepfake were used to damage the reputation of HRDs, depicting them in fabricated scenarios such as sexually explicit situations, and associating them with radical political statements. There remains a significant gap in engagement between technology companies and the communities . Although some channels exist for human rights organisations working with HRDs at risk, dialogue between companies and affected communities and HRDs is largely absent. This limit companies' understanding of the real-world impact of their system on HRDs.
