Statements

In a letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Civil Rights Defenders and 23 other organisations call on the UN Human Rights Cou...

On 23 March, the draft law – which could impose restrictions on the constitutionally guaranteed right to peaceful assembly – was passed in the parliament and sent to the Senate. A number of human righ...

The Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders – Turkey, of which Civil Rights Defenders has been a member since its inception, has issued a statement regarding the growing targeting of organ...

Civil Rights Defenders and 73 media, press freedom, and human rights organisations write to Asian heads of state to call on their respective governments to release all jailed journalists amid the swee...

Since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, the Kenyan government has introduced a series of measures to curb its spread in the country, including banning all public and social gatherings an...

In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has declared a nationwide shutdown to tackle the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The shutdown includes restrictions on movement of people. Security...

Today marks 900 days since Turkish human rights defender Osman Kavala has been detained. To-date, there are no convictions against him, nor has there been an indictment for his latest arrest. Despite ...

In a joint statement together with 138 other civil society organisations, Civil Rights Defenders calls for the immediate protection of civilians in the armed conflict in Burma, and for the State to co...

In the shadow of the global health threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Burmese authorities have stepped up their game and launched a new crackdown on freedom of expression. Hundreds of websites hav...

Civil Rights Defenders calls upon the government of Serbia to secure the space for journalists to get information and inform citizens about ongoing developments regarding COVID-19. Based on the decisi...