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In an unprecedented and appalling move, the Russian authorities forced the closure of Memorial, a leading human rights watchdog. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled to shut down International Memorial ...

Memorial, a cornerstone of Russian civil society, is under threat of liquidation by the Russian authorities on baseless charges. Memorial’s two entities – Memorial Human Rights Centre and Intern...

Attacks against Russia’s LGBTI+ communities escalated in November, as state-sponsored media repeatedly targeted the Russian LGBT Network and its co-founder Igor Kochetkov in coordinated smear campaign...

Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, has been on a hunger strike since his detention on 1 October 2021. The doctors subsequently reported that Saakashvili’s health condition became crit...

Russian authorities’ move to shut down Memorial, one of Russia’s oldest and most prominent civil society organizations standing up for human rights, working to commemorate victims of Soviet repression...

Civil Rights Defenders calls upon Serbia’s authorities to not obstruct Dealing with the Past efforts and respect the right to freedom of assembly, following the banning of a planned action by human ri...

Rights Organizations Call on Belarusian Authorities to End Politically Motivated Prosecutions On Wednesday, November 3, the Centraĺny District Court in Homieĺ delivered the verdict in the politically ...

Civil Rights Defenders joins a host of human rights organisations in calling Egypt’s authorities to immediately release journalist, Tawfik Ghanem, after 150 Days in detention. Eleven human right...

Due to the development in Sudan Civil Rights Defenders condemns the military takeover and urge the Military Council to reconstitute the civilian government. 25 October 2021  The Political Unrest in Su...

While the Georgian local elections on 2 October were well-administered and contestants could campaign freely, the election process was tainted by widespread allegations o...