Front Line Defenders

Lobbying Organisation Front Line Defenders

Date published 21 Jan, 2021

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Foreign Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2020 to 31 Dec, 2020

Specific Details Imprisonment of human rights defender and former Front Line Defenders staff member Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain

Intended results Positive action for Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Front Line Defenders Chairman Denis O'Brien

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

Correspondence of 8 December 2020 regarding the imprisonment of human rights defender and former Front Line Defenders staff member Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Simon Coveney Minister (Department of Foreign Affairs)