Human rights defender

Human rights defender - person who acts to protect human rights. Article “Human rights defender” in English Wikipedia has 53.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 46 references and 13 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Human rights defender”, its content was written by 119 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 639 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1203 times in English Wikipedia and cited 13058 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #25693 in February 2018
• Global: #14989 in June 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #43141 in December 2010
• Global: #65323 in December 2010

There are 31 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Human rights defender		53.769
2	Hebrew (he) פעיל זכויות אדם		52.8723
3	Croatian (hr) Aktivist za ljudska prava		46.5863
4	Uzbek (uz) Inson huquqlari himoyachisi		42.3688
5	Dutch (nl) Mensenrechtenverdediger		40.1246
6	Portuguese (pt) Ativista dos direitos humanos		39.1168
7	Armenian (hy) Մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան		36.4798
8	Chinese (zh) 人權護衛者		32.1089
9	Swedish (sv) Människorättsförsvarare		31.8631
10	Ukrainian (uk) Правозахисник		30.138

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Human rights defender" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Human rights defender		711 960
2	Spanish (es) Defensor de los derechos humanos		562 455
3	Russian (ru) Правозащитник		284 015
4	French (fr) Défenseur des droits de l'homme		112 266
5	German (de) Menschenrechtsaktivist		102 985
6	Ukrainian (uk) Правозахисник		53 246
7	Persian (fa) فعال حقوق بشر		50 987
8	Arabic (ar) ناشط حقوقي		41 339
9	Dutch (nl) Mensenrechtenverdediger		31 233
10	Japanese (ja) 人権擁護者		29 968

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Human rights defender" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Human rights defender		1 372
2	Russian (ru) Правозащитник		1 025
3	Spanish (es) Defensor de los derechos humanos		522
4	French (fr) Défenseur des droits de l'homme		317
5	Chinese (zh) 人權護衛者		226
6	German (de) Menschenrechtsaktivist		175
7	Persian (fa) فعال حقوق بشر		175
8	Japanese (ja) 人権擁護者		111
9	Armenian (hy) Մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան		81
10	Hebrew (he) פעיל זכויות אדם		65

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Human rights defender" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Human rights defender		119
2	Russian (ru) Правозащитник		85
3	German (de) Menschenrechtsaktivist		73
4	French (fr) Défenseur des droits de l'homme		57
5	Spanish (es) Defensor de los derechos humanos		52
6	Dutch (nl) Mensenrechtenverdediger		41
7	Italian (it) Difensore dei diritti umani		25
8	Hebrew (he) פעיל זכויות אדם		24
9	Chinese (zh) 人權護衛者		21
10	Japanese (ja) 人権擁護者		13

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Human rights defender" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Defensor dels drets humans		1
2	Czech (cs) Lidskoprávní aktivista		1
3	German (de) Menschenrechtsaktivist		1
4	French (fr) Défenseur des droits de l'homme		1
5	Hebrew (he) פעיל זכויות אדם		1
6	Arabic (ar) ناشط حقوقي		0
7	Azerbaijani (az) Hüquq müdafiəçisi		0
8	Greek (el) Υπερασπιστής των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων		0
9	English (en) Human rights defender		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Homrajta aktivulo		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Human rights defender" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Russian (ru) Правозащитник		1 683
2	French (fr) Défenseur des droits de l'homme		1 349
3	Arabic (ar) ناشط حقوقي		1 208
4	English (en) Human rights defender		1 203
5	Spanish (es) Defensor de los derechos humanos		1 130
6	Catalan (ca) Defensor dels drets humans		684
7	Ukrainian (uk) Правозахисник		675
8	German (de) Menschenrechtsaktivist		617
9	Urdu (ur) کارکن انسانی حقوق		554
10	Persian (fa) فعال حقوق بشر		521

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ناشط حقوقي
az	Azerbaijani Hüquq müdafiəçisi
ca	Catalan Defensor dels drets humans
cs	Czech Lidskoprávní aktivista
de	German Menschenrechtsaktivist
el	Greek Υπερασπιστής των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων
en	English Human rights defender
eo	Esperanto Homrajta aktivulo
es	Spanish Defensor de los derechos humanos
fa	Persian فعال حقوق بشر
fr	French Défenseur des droits de l'homme
he	Hebrew פעיל זכויות אדם
hi	Hindi मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता
hr	Croatian Aktivist za ljudska prava
hy	Armenian Մարդու իրավունքների պաշտպան
id	Indonesian Pembela hak asasi manusia
it	Italian Difensore dei diritti umani
ja	Japanese 人権擁護者
kk	Kazakh Құқық қорғаушы
ko	Korean 인권 옹호자
la	Latin Iurum humanorum defensor
nl	Dutch Mensenrechtenverdediger
pt	Portuguese Ativista dos direitos humanos
ro	Romanian Apărător al drepturilor omului
ru	Russian Правозащитник
sv	Swedish Människorättsförsvarare
uk	Ukrainian Правозахисник
ur	Urdu کارکن انسانی حقوق
uz	Uzbek Inson huquqlari himoyachisi
vi	Vietnamese Nhà hoạt động nhân quyền
zh	Chinese 人權護衛者

Best Rank

English: #43141 12.2010

Global: #65323 12.2010

Best Rank

English: #25693 02.2018

Global: #14989 06.2012

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