Ethiopian authorities must stop the use of anti-terror legislation to criminalise the legitimate work of journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders in Ethiopia, said East and Horn of Africa Huma...
On 21 July 2014 the Russian Ministry of Justice registered five more organisations, including Civil Rights Defenders’ long-term partner Memorial Human Rights Centre, as ”foreign agents” under co...
Four journalists and the boss of the now defunct Unity magazine in Myanmar have been sentenced to ten years imprisonment with hard labour. Journalists who protested against the sentences over the week...
While Civil Rights Defenders gears up for its first participation at Stockholm Pride Parade on 2 August, our partners, Viet Pride, are also preparing for the third ever LGBT pride celebration in Vietn...
Five years ago Natalia Estemirova, a prominent human rights defender working in Chechnya was brutally murdered for her human rights work. Although the Russian authorities have repeatedly guaranteed to...
David Kuria has had a long and active involvement advocating on behalf of people’s political and civil rights in Kenya and is the latest person to be included in the Natalia Project. He is founder of ...
Together with Pro LGBT and representatives from the Roma and LGBT community Civil Rights Defenders arranged a summer school on Multimedia and online activism for young NGO volunteers in Albania. ”Our ...
After the adoption of state laws banning propaganda of homosexuality amongst minors LGBT Defenders working in state educational institutions have been increasingly subjected to dismissal in Russia bec...
Ales Bialiatski, one of Belarus’ leading human rights defenders and the head of the human rights organisation Viasna has been released after 1052 days in prison. Prior to his arrest Ales Bialiat...
Rasul Jafarov, a human rights defender from Azerbaijan, is the latest person to be included in the Natalia Project security system. Ongoing pressure against human rights defenders and journalists in A...
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