Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
Vladimir Kovačević, a journalist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, was attacked outside his apartment on 26 August. In light of the increased violence against journalists in the country, Civil Rights Defen...
Civil Rights Defenders welcomes the release of Cambodian human rights defender Tep Vanny, while also reiterating that she should never have been imprisoned in the first place. The Cambodian government...
Phnom Penh, 15 August 2018: Land activist and human rights defender Tep Vanny has been unjustly detained for two years as of today, for defending the rights of the Boeung Kak Lake community and her fe...
A total of 311 social leaders and human rights defenders, who supported Colombia’s peace process, have been murdered between January 2016 and June 30, 2018, according to the Colombian Ombudsman. This ...
Burma’s recent crackdown on protesters highlights the urgency that the international community encourage the Government of Burma to reform the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law in accordan...
Together with Freedom Now, Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Civil Rights Defenders writes to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs a...
Cuban photographer, human rights defender and former Defenders’ Days participant Claudio Fuentes was detained on Tuesday 10 July at 05:00 pm on 3rd avenue at 46th street in Miramar, Havana by the Cuba...
Turkey’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex, LGBTI, community celebrated the Istanbul Pride parade on Sunday, 1 July 2018. The organisers pressed ahead with the march despite Turkish authoriti...
Noting the one year anniversary of her first trial, Civil Rights Defenders reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of Vietnamese blogger Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, popularly known ...
Cuban photographer, human rights defender and former Defenders’ Days participant Claudio Fuentes was detained yesterday, Thursday 7 June, by the Cuban security police near his home in Havana. Police s...
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