Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
Lawmakers in Kazakhstan should reject a draft law with amendments that would ban “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation,” seven international human rights groups said today. The groups are ...
On October 9, 2025, Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire. The US-brokered deal includes the release of hostages and detainees, increased humanitarian aid, and a phased Israeli mil...
Kyrgyzstan has taken a controversial step towards reinstating the death penalty. President Sadyr Japarov has instructed his administration to prepare amendments that would reintroduce capital punishme...
Tajikistan’s authorities have wrongfully imprisoned a human rights lawyer for ten years for exercising his human rights, 12 organisations (including Civil Rights Defenders) said today. Buzurgmehr Yoro...
Civil Rights Defenders has joined over 200 organisations across Europe in signing a joint statement urging the European Commission to withdraw its proposed Return Regulation. The proposal, presen...
Two separate courts in Bishkek issued criminal verdicts against several independent media workers and a human rights activist this week. We urge Kyrgyzstan’s authorities to overturn these convictions,...
We are very concerned by developments in Kyrgyzstan that curb freedom of expression and seem designed to encourage self-censorship among journalists, activists and ordinary citizens. These include a d...
The Swedish Eastern Partnership Network, which Civil Rights Defenders is a part of, is deeply concerned by the latest developments in Georgia, where civil society is facing escalating pressure and leg...
Civil Rights Defenders and other organisations are deeply alarmed by the renewed crackdown on Kloop, a leading independent Kyrgyzstani media platform known for investigating and reporting on corruptio...
Foro Penal, recipient of the Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2023, was yesterday arbitrarily and falsely accused of committing ‘terrorist acts’ by the Venezuelan government. Civil Rights Defen...
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