Almost five months ago, the Shali distric court in the Russian constituent republic of Chechnya opened the trial in the case of human rights defender Oyub Titiev. When it comes to cases of politically...
All over the world, journalists are targeted, threatened, and even murdered, because of their work. Sharing important information, journalists are often perceived as a threat by the authorities, who n...
Russian human rights defender and co-founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Ludmilla Alexseyeva, has passed away at the age of 91. For more than seven decades, she has been a symbol of justice within t...
Civil Rights Defenders is excited to announce the opening of our annual Innovation Challenge! The competition, which is financed by the Swedish Postcode Lottery, is open for anyone to apply. The missi...
Respect for civil and political rights continues to decrease in many parts of the world. In 2017 alone, more than 300 human rights defenders were killed, and many more attacked, harassed and threatene...
At Civil Rights Defenders we have a defender-centric approach. This essentially means that we put our human rights defenders at the centre of attention for our work. We try our very best to enable the...
*OBS! Only between 14 June – 15 July for players on the pitch. What did you think? The choice of Russia as host for the 2018 FIFA World Cup has sparked a widespread debate, not least in light of the c...
In less than a month, millions of people will turn their eyes upon Russia as the 2018 Football World Cup kicks off. Ahead of the tournament, Civil Rights Defenders and 13 other international and Russi...
In less than a month, millions of people will turn their eyes upon Russia as the 2018 Football World Cup kicks off. Ahead of the tournament, it is essential that the Fédération Internationale de Footb...
The trial against Belarusian human rights defender Tatciana Mastykina came to an end in the afternoon of 8 May, but no final verdict has yet been given. Civil Rights Defenders calls on the Belarusian ...
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