Statements

Together with seven other organisations Civil Rights Defenders has written an open letter to the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, urging him to ens...

We, the undersigned organisations dedicated to the promotion of universal human rights, write to voice our strong support for the non-profit organisations and media from Republika Srpska, entity in Bo...

Together with four other organisations, we urge the government of Tajikistan should immediately release the independent journalist and human rights defender Khurshed Fozilov and cease the reprisals ag...

This Saturday, there was a violent attack on LGBTI+ activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The attack took place hours after the police banned a planned LGBTI+ event. Several people were injured. We con...

Civil Rights Defenders expresses serious concerns about the current state of media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Recent events in the country have caused alarm over the ability of journalists and...

Tomorrow, the Leninsky District Court in Minsk is expected to hand down its verdict in the case of Viasna leaders Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich. On the eve of the ver...

On the night of 28 February, a brutal attack occurred in a central public park in Belgrade, Serbia. Three young people were viciously attacked, and as a result, two were hospitalised with serious body...

Despite protests from Georgian independent media and civil society, the Georgian parliament has registered a so-called “Foreign Agent” bill. The legislation is threatening the work of civil society or...

Lately, Quran burnings has received renewed attention after Rasmus Paladan, leader of the far right and anti-Muslim party ‘Stram Kurs’, once again has burned the Muslim holy book. This tim...

Civil Rights Defenders is concerned about the current deportations from Sweden to Turkey and the risk that these are violating international law. Civil Rights Defenders urges the Swedish governme...