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Tomorrow, the Leninsky District Court in Minsk is expected to hand down its verdict in the case of Viasna leaders Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich. On the eve of the ver...

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 ...

Women human rights defender and citizen journalist Iryna Danylovych was recently sentenced to seven years in prison for exposing problems in the health care sector in occupied Crimea. Human rights are...

2022 was a tough year when it comes to the human rights situation. Despite this, human rights defenders continue to fight for human rights and democracy around the world. Thanks to these brave people,...

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan should drop two separate bills that propose imposing undue restrictions on the country’s embattled civil society organizations, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Civil Rig...

Civil Rights Defenders condemns today’s decision by the Bishkek City Court that ordered to deport Bolot Temirov, an investigative journalist, from the country. In a video shared by Kloop News, Temirov...

Our warmest congratulations on the Nobel Peace Prize to Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Cen...

Gerald Nagler, prominent human rights activist, founder of Civil Rights Defenders and Secretary General of the International Helsinki Federation of Human Rights from 1982 to 1992, passed away on 23 Ju...

Gerald Nagler, a prominent human rights activist, founder of Civil Rights Defenders and Secretary General of the International Helsinki Federation from 1982-1992, passed away on July 23, 2022, aged 92...