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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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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 UNITED NATIONS: Special Rapporteur strongly urges that national laws must not restrain human rights defenders
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Highlights
CIVICUS 2011 Annual Report – English
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CIVICUS writes to the United Nations on the failure to
protect women human rights defenders in Northwest Pakistan
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CIVICUS, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch decry Supreme
Court ruling on the freezing of funds of Ethiopian human rights groups
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Russia Tightens Noose on Civil Society by David Kode, CIVICUS Policy
and Advocacy Officer
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Reflections from the World Movement for Democracy Assembly by Tor
Hodenfield, CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer
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Protecting Embattled Civil Society - Priorities for the next US
President by Mandeep Tiwana and Netsanet Belay, CIVICUS
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AZERBAIJAN: Legal
restrictions on right to protest proposed ahead of 2013 presidential
elections
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BAHRAIN: UN Secretary General voices concern over ban on protests
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Vice President of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Sayid Yousuf
AlMuhafdhah arrested three days after release of critical report
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BELARUS: Human rights defender, Oleg Volchek harassed on tax issues
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CAMBODIA: Fact finding mission highlights continuing intimidation of
NGO workers and villagers
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CHINA: Reproductive rights campaigner sent to labour camp for 18 months
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ETHIOPIA: Peaceful religious protest movement targeted
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GAMBIA: Death threats issued to journalists for seeking to “destroy”
image of the ruling party, government and the president
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GUINEA: Former minister indicted for 2009 massacre
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HONDURAS: Land rights activist abducted and tortured
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JAMAICA: Authorities urged to investigate killing of activist Clover
Graham
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KYRGYZSTAN: Human rights defender Tolekan Ismailova harassed for
supporting screening of film, ‘I am Gay and Muslim’
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MYANMAR: Civil Society fact finding mission points to systemic
violation of the freedoms of expression, association and assembly
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QATAR: Authorities urged to revise draft media law to prevent penalties for criticising rulers
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RUSSIA: Amendments to treason and espionage laws could further
undermine civil society freedoms
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SAUDI ARABIA: Peaceful protestors charged
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SOMALIA: Call to end impunity for the killers of media professionals
and journalists
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Civil society mission calls for access to jailed
human rights lawyers and activists
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YEMEN: Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour delists 2000 NGOs
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Adilur
Rahman Khan, founding member and the Secretary of Odhikar, the Dhaka
based human rights monitoring organisation speaks to CIVICUS about
threats to civil society in Bangladesh.
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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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