Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
Statement in relation to the International Women’s Day 2020 25 years After the Beijing Conference: Still Not Doing Enough to Protect Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa In commemoration of the 2020...
Civil Rights Defenders demands that Serbia honors its commitments to the European Convention of Human Rights, namely regarding the right to security and the right to freedom of expression, following a...
In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International call for the immediate and unconditional release of four Burmese human rights defenders. They were convicted...
On 25 February, Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court will review the appeal by Azimjon Askarov, a local human rights defender imprisoned for life in September 2010 in retaliation for his work. Ci...
South Sudanese human rights defender Edmund Yakani has been subjected to death threats after being invited, among other stakeholders, to participate in a consultative meeting held in Juba this morning...
Together with 12 other NGOs, Civil Rights Defenders has signed a letter to the Core Group and Co-Sponsoring States of the initiative for the creation of a new multilateral treaty for the domestic pros...
The situation for migrants in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, continues to be worrisome. Following a recent case of police brutality against four migrant men, witnessed by one of Civil Rights Defend...
On 15 December 2019, Civil Rights Defenders took part in the 9th Assembly Session of the Coalition for RECOM in Zagreb, Croatia. The following day, on 16 December 2019, it participated on the 12th For...
A recent investigation by several Kyrgyz media outlets on corruption in the country’s customs service, has led to increased pressure on civil society and media. The investigations have led to large pu...
In an open letter today, 18 December 2019, to Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen, Civil Rights Defenders and 35 other international and Cambodian civil society organisations express their concern...
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