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May - June
2014
Issue: 90
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Welcome to
Civil Society
Watch Bulletin, an e-newsletter
of
updates and analyses concerning civil society's rights to freedom of
association, assembly and expression around the world. The Bulletin is
compiled by the staff at Civil Society Watch, a programme of CIVICUS:
World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Please feel free to forward
the Bulletin to friends and colleagues. We welcome your comments and
contributions!
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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
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African
Commission adopts landmark resolution on LGBTI rights
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UN Human
Rights Council adopts resolution on business and human rights
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CIVICUS examines restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression,
association and assembly in Kenya, Kuwait and Turkey
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CIVICUS joins key partners in urging UN Human Rights Council to
strengthen civil society protections
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CIVICUS urges international community not to overlook Egypt repression
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Human rights defenders in Bangladesh face dire threats
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Civil society and media face on-going crackdown in Nigeria
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CIVICUS alarmed at rejection of key UPR recommendations by Cambodia
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CIVICUS urges release of activists as Azerbaijan hosts Council of
Europe
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CIVICUS issues joint call for release of imprisoned Palestinian
activist, Ameer Makhoul
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CIVICUS calls for end to torture and enforced disappearances in the
Philippines
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CIVICUS alarmed at US Anti-Boycott Bill limiting academic freedoms
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Analysis
piece by CIVICUS Policy and Research Officer, Ciana-marie Pegus:
‘Twenty first century protest: social media and surveillance’
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Analysis piece by CIVICUS Secretary General, Danny Sriskandarajah:
‘Revolutions, but not as we know them’
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BRAZIL: President affirms
support for draft law to facilitate state-civil society relations
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CHINA: Human rights lawyer detained ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
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COLOMBIA: Attempt on life of trade union leader
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EGYPT: Tender to carry out mass monitoring of social media sites leaked
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ERITREA: UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution to conducted
year-long inquiry into “widespread systematic violations”
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HUNGARY: Civil society organisations raided and intimidated
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KENYA: Land rights activist convicted and sentenced to seven years
imprisonment for ‘arson’
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KYRGYZSTAN: Bills to restrict civil society funding and activities of
LGBTI groups being considered
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LIBYA: Well- known women’s rights activist, Salwa Bouguiguis,
assassinated
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MOROCCO: Rapper associated with February 20th youth protest movement
convicted after questionable trial
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PAKISTAN: Repressive counter-terror law violating freedoms of speech,
privacy and peaceful assembly passed
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RUSSIA: Environmental group, Eco defence resisting nuclear power plant
declared ‘foreign agent’
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SAUDI ARABIA: UN experts outraged at heavy sentence for online activist
and blogger
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Human rights lawyer facing multiple charges for criticising authorities
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SWAZILAND: Human rights experts condemn continued trial and detention
of human rights defenders
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SYRIA: Call to free human rights defenders
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THAILAND: Clampdown on the freedoms of expression and assembly as the
military detains hundreds
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Human rights monitor banned from entering country
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VIETNAM: Two year prison sentence for blogger upheld
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UNITED NATIONS: Michel Forst appointed as new Special Rapporteur on
Human Rights Defenders
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Civil
Society Behind Bars
Bahraini
human rights defender Nabeel Rajab released
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Belarusian human rights defender, Ales Bialiatski released
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Interview
with Civil Society Activists
In
light of the on-going threats faced by civil society activists,
journalists and ordinary citizens in Egypt from state and non-state
actors, CIVICUS interviews Amal Elmohandes, Director of the Women Human
Rights Defenders Program at Nazra for Feminist Studies, to get a better
understanding on the current situation.
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DISCLAIMER
The
views
expressed in this bulletin are a reflection of those
contained in the original reports to which they are linked here, and
are not necessarily those of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen
Participation.
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