Statements

Civil Rights Defenders and 15 other Syrian and international organizations jointly welcome the recent call by 27 members of the European Parliament for an action plan on impunity with a chapter on Syr...

In March 2021, Civil Rights Defenders and other human rights organisations urged the UN to create a new mandate that would assist the process of accountability for human rights violations committed in...

Civil Rights Defenders condemns recent threats, harassment and hate speech against our partner, Albanian LGBTI+ activist Xheni Karaj, who appeared on national television ...

Hungary’s adoption of legislation which outlaws any depiction or discussion LGBTI+ issues in public, including in the media, is deeply discriminatory and violates Hungary’s international human rights ...

Russian and international human rights organisations are deeply concerned about the news from Chechnya that Magomed Gadaev, who was illegally deported from France in April this year, refused the servi...

Alexandr Lukashenka’s hijacking of a civilian plane and arrest of prominent independent journalist Raman Pratasevich and activistSofia Sapega stirred up large intern...

Civil Rights Defenders calls on the Colombian government to increase efforts to de-escalate violence, guarantee the right to peaceful protest and work with human rights organisations to prev...

Ahead of the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Coun­cil (21 June-15 July 2021), Civil Rights Defenders and 34 Eritrean, African and international organisations urge all states to sup­port the adop­­...

In a global civil society statement, Civil Rights Defenders and 200+ other organisations call on the UN Security Council to impose a global arms embargo on Burma/Myanmar to help prevent further violat...

On April 29, Uzbek authorities detained local blogger Miraziz Bazarov, a Russian citizen known for his satirical content criticising the Uzbek government. He was interrog...