Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
Amendment Would Extend Restrictions to Individuals, Including Bloggers. Civil Rights Defenders, together with nine human rights organisations, is concerned by a new bill before the Russian parliament ...
On 6 November, a Moscow city court sided with the Russian Ministry of Justice and ordered the closure of Russia’s only and strongest indigenous rights organisations, the Centre for the Support of Indi...
Twenty-one prominent Azerbaijani human rights defenders and civil society representatives have called for thorough investigations of the torture, arrest, and ill treatment of peaceful protesters befor...
Civil Rights Defenders, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Front Line Defenders and International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex association (ILGA- Europe) call upon Turkish...
On 1 November, Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the well-known human rights organisation and movement Za Prava Cheloveka (For Human Rights) to cease its operations. Civil Rights Defenders urges the Russ...
Civil Rights Defenders has joined human rights organisations in Turkey in issuing a statement condemning the treatment of human rights defenders in light of Operation Peace Spring. The joint-statement...
On 1 November, Ukrainian human rights defender and LGBTI+ activist Olena Shevchenko was attacked by two unknown perpetrators in Kyiv, Ukraine. The attackers shouted homophobic slurs and caused moderat...
Five youth members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical poetry group in Burma, have been sentenced to one year in prison with hard labour for criticising the country’s military. Civil Rights Defende...
Civil Rights Defenders and several other member organisations from the Coalition for the ICC call on Ukraine to ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute. In a joint letter to Volodym...
On Saturday, Azerbaijani police detained more than 100 people at a peaceful protest rally in central Baku, including the leader of the opposition party Popular Front. Civil Rights Defenders calls upon...
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