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October 2013
Issue: 85



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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Gezi Park Protests: Brutal Denial of Right to Peaceful Assembly in Turkey
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INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES: Gender and Social Movements  
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INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Season of Risks
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WORLD ORGANISATION AGAINST TORTURE: 2012 Annual Report
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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



ECUADOR: Ecuadorian Assembly passes the Victims’ Law to repair human rights violations
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UNITED STATES: Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng gets new start at Catholic University
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UNITED NATIONS: Civil Society Space: Creating And Maintaining, In Law And In Practice, A Safe And Enabling Environment
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Highlights

CIVICUS launches Enabling Environment Index
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CIVICUS alliance makes five UPR submissions on Cote d’ Ivoire, DRC, Ethiopia, Nicaragua and Qatar
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CIVICUS and CNIS highlight Azeri civil society and media crackdown in run up to presidential elections
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CIVICUS urges legal status for civil society in Saudi Arabia
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CIVICUS makes joint submission on Commonwealth Ministers on Sri Lanka
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‘Gambian media crackdown continues’: Analysis piece by CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer, David Kode 
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ARMENIA: Smear campaign against women’s rights group condemned
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COLOMBIA: OAS Special Rapporteur condemns murder of activist lawyer and community radio host
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EGYPT: 38 killed in another day of violence amidst 9 October celebrations
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ETHIOPIA: Arbitrary use of ant-terror law against dissidents, activists and journalists slammed during major street protest
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KENYA: Human rights defenders targeted for supporting International Criminal Court
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KYRGYZSTAN: Civil society worried about moves to introduce Russia style NGO law
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MALAYSIA: Human rights defender charged under film censorship law for screening documentary on Sri Lanka atrocities
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MYANMAR: CSOs unite against restrictive associations bill
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RUSSIA: Piracy charges laid against Greenpeace activists for peaceful protest  
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Concerns about harassment of human rights group, Memorial
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SAUDI ARABIA: Prominent lawyer and human rights defender, Waleed Abu Al Khair detained for hosting discussion group
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SUDAN: Dozens killed in protests  
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Demands for safety and access to imprisoned human rights defenders
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Concern about health of imprisoned activists on hunger strike
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VIETNAM: Bloggers highlight curbs on freedom of expression 
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Civil Society Behind Bars

Iranian activist, Nasreen Sotoudeh, released
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International CSOs call on Bangladeshi PM to release Adilur Rahman
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Nassema AlAssada is a member of CIVICUS and also a member of the Adala Centre for Human Rights in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. She trains women on access to justice, and advocates for the removal of the driving ban against women in Saudi Arabia.

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