Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
In September, two Reuters reporters were convicted and sentenced for violating the Official Secrets Act in Myanmar. The state counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, invited anyone who believes in the rule of l...
Civil Rights Defenders and RFSL welcome the invocation of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism to finally address impunity for serious human rights violations and abuses in Chechnya. The decision to invoke the O...
Since 1994, at least 13 journalists have been murdered in Cambodia because of their work. In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders together with civil society groups and communities condemn the on...
Civil Rights Defenders is calling on the Turkish authorities to immediately release Osman Kavala, a prominent human rights defender who was arrested one year ago, with no indictment yet filed agains...
Civil Rights Defenders, International Partnership for Human Rights, International Federation for Human Rights, and the Netherlands Helsinki Committee are gravely concerned to hear of new disciplinary ...
Civil Rights Defenders is very concerned about recent developments in the criminal case against two Belarusian trade union leaders. The sentence – which is clearly politically motivated – was announce...
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 ...
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