Statements

Attacks against the Ugandan LGBTI+ community are on the increase. Civil Rights Defenders is deeply concerned over the recent development, and urges the Ugandan government to take action and ensure the...

Open letter to the Government of Mozambique Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply alarmed by the escalating crackdown on fundamental freedoms and the persecution of activists ...

Late last week, Brian Wasswa, a young LGBTI+ activist and paralegal professional, was murdered in his home in Uganda. Civil Rights Defenders strongly condemns the brutal&...

Civil Rights Defenders and several other human rights organisations urge Belarus to free Tajik journalist and activist Farhod Odinaev. He was detained by Belarusian migration authorities, under a Taji...

Civil Rights Defenders and several other organisations within the JUSTICIA European Rights Network call on the Bulgarian government to stop its attacks against the Bulgarian civil society. In a joint ...

The members of the JUSTICIA European Rights Network (a coalition of the European leading civil liberties organisations working on the right to a fair trial) call on the European institutions to adopt ...

Cuban journalist Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces, who recently contributed to Civil Rights Defenders’ call for texts on the policy of the European Union towards Cuba, was detained by Cuban police on 1...

During yesterday’s court proceedings in the highlighted Girjas Case in Sweden’s Supreme Court, the Chancellor of Justice stated, among other things, that “the fact that the Sami enjoys legal status as...

Civil Rights Defenders calls upon the Serbian Government to fully respect the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN Conv...

In a joint letter, Civil Rights Defenders and 27 other civil society organisations urge the UN Human Rights Council to address the ongoing human rights crisis in Cambodia. We request support for a res...