On Tuesday, 26 May, Civil Rights Defenders held its Annual General Meeting in Stockholm. Hanna Gerdes was unanimously re-elected as Chair for a further term. Together with the other re-elected board m...
Ahead of the EU Day Against Impunity, the Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI), including Civil Rights Defenders, calls on the European Union and its Member States to strengthen their commitment ...
Two news platforms that refuse to be silenced At some newsrooms, the day begins by opening emails. At others, it begins by mapping risks. This is everyday reality for th...
Almost 2.5 years after the Lundin Oil trial began in September 2023, the time had finally come for closing arguments. The week of 17 March 2026, as we...
During the week of 17 February 2026, three economics experts testified regarding the economic profits derived from Lundin Oil’s sale of Block 5A. The testimony of Mikael Runsten Mikael Runsten was cal...
The week of 10 February 2026 was calmer than usual in the Lundin Oil trial, with only two expert witnesses testifying. The court heard Andy Dean, an expert in remote sensing called by the defence team...
This week, the court heard from three former Lundin Oil employees: testimony from communications engineer Chris Ward and watched the videotaped police interviews of legal manager Michael Webb and Bren...
After 16 years in power, Viktor Orbán’s rule in Hungary has come to an end. In this weekend’s election, a majority of voters chose change despite a political landscape in which power had b...
Together with five other international human rights and press freedom organizations, Civil Rights Defenders has addressed President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to raise serious concerns over the arrest of j...
Defending human rights is an act of courage, and in many parts of the world it comes at great personal risk. When a human rights defender faces threats, intimidation, or sudden danger, Civil Rights De...
