Statements

Civil Rights Defenders calls upon Serbia’s authorities to refrain from pressuring civil society organisations and individuals following reports that they are being unfairly targeted and investigated b...

Civil Rights Defenders mourns the passing of prominent human rights defender and journalist Azimjon Askarov and expresses its sincere condolences to his family at this difficult time.   At 8...

Today, on the fourth anniversary of the killing of prominent political commentator and human rights defender Kem Ley, 30 undersigned organisations, call on the Cambodian authorities to create an indep...

Civil Rights Defenders condemns the excessive use of police force during Tuesday evening’s demonstrations in Belgrade, and calls upon Serbia’s authorities to investigate all breaches of its own ...

On Friday, 3 July, a court in Turkey sentenced four human rights activists to between two and six years in prison on terrorism charges. In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders and several human r...

Ethiopia is in a double shock since Monday 29 June, 2020. The murder of Haacaaluu Hundessa, a popular resistance singer, and the political and security crisis that followed is shocking the entire coun...

Members of the European Burma Network (EBN) welcome the prospect of a continued Argentinian investigation into atrocity crimes against the Rohingya under the principle of universal jurisdiction. A rec...

Michael Pack was recently appointed by President Trump as the new CEO of the U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM). On Wednesday 17 June, the heads of four organisations overseen by the agency were all ...

In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders and several human rights organisations and media outlets urge the Cuban government to declare Decree-Law 370 unconstitutional. The undersigned organisation...

In Kyrgyzstan, human rights defender Kamil Ruziev is facing forgery charges that appear to have been brought in retaliation for his human rights work. Civil Rights Defenders, together with four other ...