Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
On 12 June, Civil Rights Defenders joined Amnesty International, Human Rights House Foundation, Human Rights Watch and the International Federation for Human Rights in calling on Member and Observer ...
RFSL, the Swedish Federation for LGBTQ Rights and Civil Rights Defenders, urge the Moldovan authorities to investigate the threats and alleged intentional arson committed against human rights lawyer D...
In Arabic: Download the letter. Dear Minister Damberg, Our organisations welcome Sweden’s interest in increasing criminal accountability for atrocities committed in Syria and Iraq and have noted your ...
As a consequence of their expansive work towards Chechen LGBT survivors, human rights organisation the Russian LGBT Network has faced yet another crackdown from allegedly Chechen perpetrators. Civil R...
On 17 May, human rights defender Alexis Bustamante Molano went missing in Táchira state, Venezuela. He is the coordinator of Fundaredes, an organisation that promotes human rights and supports civil s...
On 13 May, Civil Rights Defenders signed a joint statement aimed towards the Uzbekistani authorities. The statement calls for an immediate stop of the harrassments against human rights defenders Agzam...
On 13 May, Civil Rights Defenders signed an open letter to the Member and Observer states of the UN Human Rights Council. The letter calls for urgent action on the situation in Tanzania. See full lett...
In coming days, Professor Zübeyde Füsun Üstel, will be sent to prison in Turkey. Her crime is signing a petition denouncing the Turkish government’s violation of human rights in the Kurdish-populated ...
Civil Rights Defenders, with the support from ARTICLE 19 and and 8 other human rights, media and Internet freedom organisations, calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin, not to sign the so-called “S...
Civil Rights Defenders and Freedom House condemn the detainment of at least 20 civic activists associated with the Crimean Solidarity movement on 27 March, which followed searches of dozens of homes i...
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