In the shadow of the global health threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Burmese authorities have stepped up their game and launched a new crackdown on freedom of expression. Hundreds of websites hav...
Civil Rights Defenders calls upon the government of Serbia to secure the space for journalists to get information and inform citizens about ongoing developments regarding COVID-19. Based on the decisi...
The coronavirus outbreak has led to a number of restrictions on fundamental human rights across the world. Certain measures are necessary in the fight against the virus, but the governments of some co...
The Cambodian government’s proposed State of Emergency legislation paves the way for unchecked violations of fundamental human rights, FIDH and Civil Rights Defenders said today in an 11-page analysis...
Civil Rights Defenders and 80 media, press freedom, and human rights organisations write to African heads of state to call on their respective governments to release all jailed journalists amid the sw...
Hungary has defied widespread calls by civil society organisations, including Civil Rights Defenders, to respect human rights standards in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak. Last Monday (30 ...
In a joint statement today, Civil Rights Defenders and three other organisations express serious concern over Cambodia’s draconian draft state of emergency law, proposed in light of the COVID-19...
In an open letter, Civil Rights Defenders and eight other organisations urge the President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, to release wrongfully imprisoned human rights defender and journalist Azi...
Civil Rights Defenders calls upon the governments of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to respect the right to privacy, following decisions to make public personal data of individuals who have bee...
Civil Rights Defenders calls upon the Hungarian government to withdraw an emergency draft law, submitted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, that would undermine the rule of law and fundamental freedom...
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