Two years have passed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ever since the start of the war, Civil Rights Defenders has supported affected human rights defenders so that they can continue doi...
Today, it’s been one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ever since the start of the war Civil Rights Defenders has supported affected human rights defenders so they can continue doing...
“When I was a kid in Yalta, Crimea, there was a place where old ladies and gentlemen were dancing every Saturday. I was talking to my friend and we said, ‘one day, we will be 70 years old and we will ...
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...
Civil Rights Defenders and several other member organisations from the Coalition for the ICC call on Ukraine to ratify the International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute. In a joint letter to Volodym...
This statement was issued when all friends, family, and colleagues of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko were under the impression he had been murdered by persons unknown in Kyiv, Ukraine. Several ho...
Impunity is the most significant obstacle to justice and reparation for victims and survivors of human rights violations and core international crimes. Often, only a small number of perpetrators are h...
This year’s Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award goes to Mariia Sulialina, head of the Ukrainian human rights organisation Almenda. She gives voice to the Ukrainian children in the occupied t...
The Kyrgyz parliament recently adopted a new law that threatens civic activism, freedoms of speech, assembly, and association. Civil Rights Defenders, together with several international human rights ...
Civil Rights Defenders has received this year’s National Award for the Protection of Freedom of Speech, a yearly award issued by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU). NUJU is the larges...
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