Statements

Shortly after the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution rejecting the results of Georgia’s 26 October parliamentary elections, alleging “significant irregularities”, the Georgian govern...

As Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov is awarded the Martin Ennals Award, Civil Rights Defenders together with seven other organisations issue a statement urging The Tajikistani authorities to promptly release t...

As proceedings against 11 independent journalists in Kyrgyzstan near conclusion, Amnesty International, Araminta, ARTICLE 19, Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, Civil Rights Defenders, Inte...

Halt Media Intimidation Campaign, End Ongoing Repression of Reporting (Stockholm, September 6, 2024) – The Kyrgyz authorities should retract their decision to liquidate the award-winning investigative...

Following the results delivered by the Venezuelan electoral body after the July 28 elections, the undersigned organisations have monitored with deep concern the human rights situation in the country. ...

The undersigned international human rights organisations express profound alarm at the recent approval of a new law by Oliy Majilis, the lower chamber of Uzbekistan’s Parliament, concerning the ...

Civil Rights Defenders condemns in the strongest terms the recent decision by Serbian authorities to ban the “Mirëdita, dobar dan!” festival. This festival, scheduled to take place in Belgrade during ...

Joint Civil Society Statement Urging U.S. Attorney General to Direct Lafarge Asset Forfeiture to Benefit Victims and Survivors. The undersigned organizations and individuals—with representation from S...

Free Activists; Drop Charges (Stockholm, June 12, 2024) –The Kyrgyzstan prosecutors’ request 20-year sentences for a group of government critics in the so-called Kempir-Abad case compounds an al...

Triggered by the events of the recent days, the rise in discriminatory rhetoric and harmful language has reached alarming levels, posing a significant threat to the dignity, safety and well-being of m...