Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
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...
Update: In the evening of 5 June, Emin Aslan’s lawyer Elchin Sadigov was informed Aslan had been sentenced to thirty days administrative detention under Article 535.1 of the Code of Administrative Off...
This statement was issued when all friends, family, and colleagues of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko were under the impression he had been murdered by persons unknown in Kyiv, Ukraine. Several ho...
Civil Rights Defenders calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan human rights lawyers Orlando Gonzalez and Oscar Rios of Foro Penal, detained yesterday, 16 May. As reported by Rachel Sanchez, work...
The state of human rights in Tanzania is deteriorating and the political space for dissents narrowing down rapidly. The fine levied on five television stations for airing a press statement made by the...
We, the undersigned 53 international and Russian human rights, media and Internet freedom organisations, strongly condemn the attempts by the Russian Federation to block the Internet messaging service...
Washington, DC, May 16, 2018 Uzbekistan’s president’s meeting with President Donald Trump on May 16, 2018, comes at a time when the Uzbek government has taken steps to improve human rights but needs t...
In less than a month, millions of people will turn their eyes upon Russia as the 2018 Football World Cup kicks off. Ahead of the tournament, it is essential that the Fédération Internationale de Footb...
The trial against Belarusian human rights defender Tatciana Mastykina came to an end in the afternoon of 8 May, but no final verdict has yet been given. Civil Rights Defenders calls on the Belarusian ...
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