Statements

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...

Civil Rights Defenders is appalled by the recent convictions and sentencing to lengthy prison terms of journalists, lawyers, and activists in Tajikistan in connection to the May 2022 protests which th...

UPDATE: The full translation is now available. It’s accessed through the button at the end of this article. Civil Rights Defenders has reviewed the cooperation agreement, the “Tidö Agreeme...

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform’s work to counter hate speech and disinformation has been dismantled at a rapid pace. On Monday night, Twitter abruptly dissolved its Trust and Sa...

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan should drop two separate bills that propose imposing undue restrictions on the country’s embattled civil society organizations, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Civil Rig...

Civil Rights Defenders condemns today’s decision by the Bishkek City Court that ordered to deport Bolot Temirov, an investigative journalist, from the country. In a video shared by Kloop News, Temirov...