Statements

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...

On 25 December, the Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor blocked the website of OVD-Info, an independent Russian media and human rights project and the recipient of the Civil Rights Defender of ...

Large protests have erupted in Kazakhstan in recent days. A nation-wide state of emergency has been declared and according to official information, at least 300 people have been injured, and several d...

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...

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...