Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
On the fourth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, Civil Rights Defenders and 131 undersigned organisations in a statement have urged the a...
In light of Fidel Castros death and the increasing repression against the democracy movement in Cuba, the EU Council and the European Parliament should ask themselves if the Political Dialogue and Coo...
On Monday, December 5, Uzbekistan’s Central Elections Committee announced Shavkat Mirziyoyev, a former prime-minister and interim president following the late August death of Islam Karimov, a winner i...
Civil Rights Defenders and several of its partners from the Sport for Rights coalition call upon the Azerbaijani authorities to reverse the alarming trend as it carries out a multi-pronged attack on f...
On 26 October, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation will consider the appeal by human rights lawyers Ms Marina Dubrovina and Mr Dokka Itslaev of the special ruling by a judge of the Supreme Cou...
Myanmar authorities should release from prison and reverse all charges against interfaith activists Zaw Zaw Latt and Pwint Phyu Latt who have been held in detention since their respective arrests on J...
On 10 October, the Vietnamese Blogger, Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh was detained by the authorities in Khanh Hoa province of Vietnam accused of spreading propaganda against the State. Writing under the pen n...
The outcome of Azerbaijan’s elections were never in doubt, and the consitutional referendum on September 26. that one prominent activist described as “a full-frontal assault on democracy” was no excep...
Civil Rights Defenders condemns the conviction of Zhalaudi Geriev, a reporter with the Russian news site Caucasian Knot, for three years imprisonment for possession of narcotics. According to his lawy...
Civil Rights Defenders together with 14 other prominent civil society organisations have issued a joint statement to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights...
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