Statements

Civil Rights Defenders is closely monitoring events in Venezuela from a human rights perspective, following the recent attacks by the United States. We are currently in contact with human rights defen...

End Attacks on Journalism, Withdraw Bill Curbing Freedom of Expression Authorities in Kazakhstan have targeted independent journalists and media outlets in recent weeks, a coalition of nine human righ...

Human rights defender, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Civil Rights Defender of the Year Awardee Ales Bialiatski was among those freed from a Belarusian prison today.   Civil Rights Defenders cele...

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...