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:
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Frontline 'Olympic Dreams Campaign'
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Human Rights Watch: Angola’s Upcoming Elections: Attacks on Media, Expression and Assembly
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Human Rights Watch: Between Two Sets of Guns: Attacks on Civil Society Activists in India’s Maoist Conflict
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International Journal of Civil Society Law Newsletter
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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.
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MEXICO: Law for the protection of human rights defenders and journalists takes effect
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HighlightsCIVICUS makes three Universal Periodic Review submissions to the UN Human Rights Council:
- Burundi
- Israel
- Serbia
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CIVICUS demands unconditional release of Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab
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CIVICUS and Karapatan demand an end to killings of activists in the Philippines
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CIVICUS joins partners in condemning ban on newspapers in Tanzania
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CIVICUS and Blue Veins urge protection of civil society in Pakistan
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CIVICUS joins call to African foreign ministers to reject endorsement
of UN Human Rights Council candidacies of Ethiopia and Sudan
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BELARUS: Calls for release of Viasna head Ales Bialiatski on first anniversary of his detention
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BURUNDI: Human rights defender Faustin Ndikumana sentenced to five
years after making corruption allegations against the judiciary
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CAMBODIA: Human rights defender Mam Sonando detained on insurrection related charges
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ETHIOPIA: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expresses alarm against climate for human rights defenders and journalists
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JORDAN: CSO denied permission to obtain foreign funding in questionable move
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OMAN: Six human rights defenders sentenced to prison for “insulting” the Sultan
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SRI LANKA: Release of key suspect in the murder of human rights defender
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SUDAN: Human rights defenders targeted in wave of arbitrary arrests
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Peaceful protestors gunned down in Darfur
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UGANDA: Sex workers’ organisation staff in peril amid harassment and criminal charges
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UN human rights official expresses concerns about crackdown on human rights defenders
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VIETNAM: Concerns about fairness pro-democracy bloggers’ trials
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Natia Kapanadze, Director of the Media Legal Defense Center at the
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association speaks to CIVICUS about recent
attacks on independent journalists and civil society’s response.
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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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