Statements

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...

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...