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January - February 2013
Issue: 79
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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
and assembly. |
VIETNAM: Pro-democracy activist released and deported to
the United States after 9 months in detention
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Highlights
CIVICUS launches 2013-2017 Strategic Priorities
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CIVICUS urges Israel to cooperate with the Universal
Periodic Review Mechanism
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CIVICUS and partners urge democratic governments to speak out against
repression of civil society in Zimbabwe
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CIVICUS urges Pakistan’s President to protect women human rights
defenders, NGO workers and journalists
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CIVICUS makes an intervention on women human rights defenders in Africa
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AZERBAIJAN: Peaceful pro-democracy protestors jailed
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BURUNDI: Silent march carried out to protest against imprisonment of
journalist, Hassan Ruvakuki
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BAHRAIN: National and international CSOs urge release of imprisoned
activists
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CAMBODIA: Activists protesting forced evictions convicted
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COLOMBIA: Trade union leaders receive phone threats
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IRAN: Fourteen journalists arrested for ‘foreign ties’ amid crackdown
on the media
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LAOS: Civil society mobilises to locate missing activist Sombath
Somphone
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SAUDI ARABIA: Civil society members and journalists attend trial
hearing of human rights defenders
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TAJIKISTAN: Government urged to reverse decision to arbitrarily shut
down human rights NGO, Amparo
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THAILAND: Prominent Editor, Somyot Prueksakasemsuk sentenced to 11
years imprisonment for publishing articles ‘defaming’ monarchy
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TURKEY: Several human rights lawyers arrested
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UNITED KINGDOM: UN Special Rapporteur urges review of legal and
policing measures affecting freedoms of assembly and association
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VIETNAM: Pro-democracy blogger Le Anh Hung arbitrarily interned
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VENEZUELA: Media intimidated from reporting on President’s health
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Civil society has the potential of finding new solutions to global
challenges which are based on the principles of equity, participation
and sustainability: An Interview with CIVICUS Secretary General,
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
New CIVICUS Secretary
General Dhananjayan (Danny) Sriskandarajah who officially began his
mandate as head of the global alliance this week speaks to the CIVICUS
Policy Unit about the role of civil society in redressing the
challenges affecting citizens around the world.
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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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