Statements

Large protests have erupted in Kazakhstan in recent days. A nation-wide state of emergency has been declared and according to official information, at least 300 people have been injured, and several d...

Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, has been on a hunger strike since his detention on 1 October 2021. The doctors subsequently reported that Saakashvili’s health condition became crit...

Civil Rights Defenders calls upon Serbia’s authorities to not obstruct Dealing with the Past efforts and respect the right to freedom of assembly, following the banning of a planned action by human ri...

Rights Organizations Call on Belarusian Authorities to End Politically Motivated Prosecutions On Wednesday, November 3, the Centraĺny District Court in Homieĺ delivered the verdict in the politically ...

Civil Rights Defenders joins a host of human rights organisations in calling Egypt’s authorities to immediately release journalist, Tawfik Ghanem, after 150 Days in detention. Eleven human right...

Due to the development in Sudan Civil Rights Defenders condemns the military takeover and urge the Military Council to reconstitute the civilian government. 25 October 2021  The Political Unrest in Su...

While the Georgian local elections on 2 October were well-administered and contestants could campaign freely, the election process was tainted by widespread allegations o...

On 17 August, the Cuban government adopted a legal framework for telecommunications, information and communication technologies, officially to protect Cuba against the country’s hi...

On the first anniversary of the unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna (“Viasna”) in Belarus, Civil Rights Defenders and 23 international and Belarusian human ...

Together with 357 international and Burmese civil society organisations we urge the permanent representatives of member states of the UN General Assembly to support the continuing recognition of Ambas...