A Russian federal law banning “propaganda of homosexuality” was approved in its first reading in the State Duma on 25 January, with only one out of 390 deputies voting against it. The law imposes heft...
A very disturbing trend is going on at this moment in Russia. Just before the summer holidays, the Russian State Duma has adopted a number of bills, at a furious pace, restricting freedom of expressio...
Civil Rights Defenders participates throughout Stockholm Pride Week (29 July-4 August 2024) together with several leading activists from LGBTI+ movements around the world. Join us in the parade or com...
Civil Rights Defenders, on behalf of the “Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations: Making Justice Work” Programme, is launching a Call for Propo...
Improving Capacity for Independent Media in a War Zone Radio Era is a part of the New Voice of Ukraine media group founded in 2014, that besides a radio station includes a weekly magazine and news web...
After nearly ten months of PowerPoint presentations from the various parties involved in the historic Lundin Oil trial, the time finally came for the plaintiffs to be heard in court – to share their s...
The undersigned international human rights organisations express profound alarm at the recent approval of a new law by Oliy Majilis, the lower chamber of Uzbekistan’s Parliament, concerning the ...
Joint Civil Society Statement Urging U.S. Attorney General to Direct Lafarge Asset Forfeiture to Benefit Victims and Survivors. The undersigned organizations and individuals—with representation from S...
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...
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