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July 2013
Issue: 83



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International Crisis Group: Sudan’s Spreading Conflict (II): War in the Blue Nile
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international movement of civil society with members and partners in over a hundred countries. CIVICUS nurtures the foundation, growth and protection of citizen action throughout the world especially in areas where participatory democracy and citizens' freedom of association are threatened. The Civil Society Watch Project of CIVICUS seeks to mobilise quick, principled and effective responses to events that threaten civil society fundamental freedoms of expression, association and assembly.


TUNISIA: Appeals court frees three European FENEM activists
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Highlights

CIVICUS makes five UN Universal Periodic Review submissions on the threats to civil society in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Eritrea, Vietnam and Yemen.
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CIVICUS calls for an investigation into killings of Egyptian protestors
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CIVICUS urges for an end to attacks on Civil Society and the media in Mali
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CIVICUS highlights case of imprisoned Syrian human rights defender, Mazin Darwish
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‘The Arrival of a New Political Generation” - CIVICUS speaks to Brazilian human rights advisor on the protests
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‘Spread the News About Turkey’ - CIVICUS speaks to Turkish activists on the protests
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‘Egypt’s Superwomen’ - Blog by CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer, Charlotte Allan
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‘Morsi Has Betrayed the Egyptian Revolution’ - Analysis Piece by     CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer, Charlotte Allan
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BAHRAIN: Court acquits police officer accused of torturing journalist
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CAMBODIA: Housing rights activist’s conviction upheld by appeals court
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CANADA: Bill outlawing wearing of masks during protests passed
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INDIA: Activists arbitrarily arrested and judicially harassed
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INDONESIA: Parliament passes restrictive mass organisations bill to regulate CSOs
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IRAN: Media crackdown ensues prior to election
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KUWAIT: Blogger sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘insulting’ Emir and ‘inciting’ regime change
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MEXICO: Activists campaigning for peasant farmers and marginalised communities abducted and murdered
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MYANMAR: Arrest warrants issued against activists opposing activities of copper mine
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RUSSIA: Election monitoring group, Golos, becomes first victim of controversial foreign agents law
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SAUDI ARABIA: Women activists sentenced to prison for trying to ‘sabotage’ marital relations
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TUNISIA: Rapper convicted to two years imprisonment for song ‘insulting’ the police
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TURKEY: Police use excessive force to quell protests
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Civil society groups condemn mass convictions as fundamentally unfair
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UZBEKISTAN: Prominent Kyrgyz activist denied entry and deported
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VIETNAM: Human rights groups decry impending trial of prominent human rights defender and blogger
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Prior to the military coup in Egypt, CIVICUS spoke to Hicham Ezzat, an Egyptian activist who has been active in the protests. He speaks about his motivation to join the protests and the future of the people’s revolution of 2011.
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