Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
Le Quoc Quan, a prominent human rights lawyer and blogger, left An Diem prison in Quang Nam province last Saturday after completing his 30 month sentence. Civil Rights Defenders considers the 2013 “ta...
In mid-June, the Council of Ministers sent the draft Law on Associations and Non-governmental Organisations (LANGO) to the National Assembly. In a letter to the President of the National Assembly, Civ...
In a letter to Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy dated the 9 June 2015, Civil Rights Defenders and our partner The Forum for Rights and F...
As members of the Sport for Rights campaign, we are writing regarding the inaugural European Games that will take place from 12–28 June in Baku, Azerbaijan. Although the Azerbaijani regime spends a gr...
Civil Rights Defenders is extremely concerned by yesterday’s violent attack against the Committee Against Torture’s Joint Mobile Group (JMG) in Chechnya and demand that the Russian State fully investi...
On 5 March, Civil Rights Defenders filed a lawsuit against the Swedish State with the Stockholm District Court. The organisation acts as legal representatives for 11 individuals from the Roma communit...
On 24 May 2009, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Vietnamese ICT entrepreneur and blogger, was arrested under the initial charge of “promoting anti-government propaganda” under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Penal C...
In the first five months of 2015, assaults and harassment of activists and bloggers continue with almost absolute impunity in Vietnam. At least 27 petitioners, activists and bloggers, including 6 wome...
The Government of Cambodia should facilitate and protect, not restrict, the legitimate work of civil society groups, which have voiced serious concerns regarding the pending passage of the Law on Asso...
On 22 April 2015, Intigam Aliyev an internationally renowned human rights lawyer was sentenced to seven and half years in prison. He was found guilty on politically motivated charges of tax evasion, i...
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