Free Activists; Drop Charges (Stockholm, June 12, 2024) –The Kyrgyzstan prosecutors’ request 20-year sentences for a group of government critics in the so-called Kempir-Abad case compounds an al...
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...
The previous report covered the hearing of the defendant. This report will summarize the testimonies of expert witnesses that testified about their knowledge of the typical structure of national armie...
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...
During this week´s proceedings, the defense continued to address the alleged aerial bombardments using Antonov transport aircraft (see our previous report), and named other actors who also had Antonov...
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 ...
On the first day of this week’s hearing, Alexandre Schneiter´s defense began its presentation. After an introduction on various issues related to the indictment, the defense spent most of this w...
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...
In Kyrgyzstan, a new draft law that criminalises civic activism and threatens freedoms of speech, assembly, and association is close to adoption. Civil Rights Defenders, along with several human right...
In a joint statement, Civil Rights Defenders and other organisations urges the Kyrgyz parliament to reject a proposed law that poses serious threat to non-governmental organisations’ activities ...
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