Statements about human rights, the situation and developments in repressive regions around the world.
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC), the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) and Civil Rights Defenders condemn the spate of criminal char...
The Qur’an burnings that took place over Easter weekend in Sweden led to a surge of anti-Muslim racism and calls for repressive measures. Civil Rights Defenders urges a more nuanced debate that examin...
Yesterday, the Minsk City Court began hearings in the trial against Viasna member Marfa Rabkova and volunteer Andrey Chapiuk. Both are being prosecuted on politically motivated charges and face u...
In connection to yet another loan requested by the Egyptian Government to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 23, 2022, seven human and civil rights organisations including Civil Rights Def...
Civil Rights Defenders calls on the Kyrgyz authorities to drop their criminal case against the independent broadcaster Next TV, free media director Taalai Duishembiyev, and stop harassing staff report...
At 5AM Kyiv time today, Putin launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. On 21 February 2022, Russia overrode the Minsk agreement by illegally recognising the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk P...
The human rights situation in Belarus is deteriorating. In a joint letter, we are calling for the renewal of the mandate of the OHCHR examination of the human rights situation in Belarus. 21 Febr...
A further armed conflict in Ukraine would be devastating for human rights in both countries. Since Russia illegally occupied Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, the situation for human rights, and ci...
Civil Rights Defenders has together with eight other organisations and individuals issued a declaration stressing the systematic marginalisation and discrimination affecting Roma LGBTI+ persons. We ca...
On the evening of 20 January, a group of men who introduced themselves as police officers from Chechnya forcefully entered the apartment of retired federal judge Sayda Iangulbaev and his wife Zarema M...
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