Statements

Civil Rights Defenders joins almost fifty organisations in a joint statement on the increased persecution of journalists and civil society actors in Cuba. This persecution has increased since the begi...

As part of the #FreeThePress campaign, Civil Rights Defenders and 192 other press freedom and human rights organisations have written an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres. ...

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...