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January 2014
Issue: 87



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Amnesty International: Better to die while speaking the truth: Attacks against Human Rights Defenders in North Kivu, DRC
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Bahrain Centre for Human Rights: Limited freedom in Bahrain: Arrested for Insulting the King
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East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project: Change will not come unless we talk about reality: The Closing Space for Human Rights Defenders in South Sudan
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Initiative for Policy Dialogue: World Protests: 2006-2013
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UNITED STATES: Human rights lawyer, Lynne Stewart released on compassionate grounds
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Highlights

CIVICUS pays tribute to Nelson Mandela
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CIVICUS joins ANND and SOLIDAR in condemning restrictions on fundamental freedoms in Egypt
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CIVICUS highlights worsening situation for human rights defenders in Syria
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BOLIVIA: Danish NGO, Ibis working with indigenous communities expelled
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CAMBODIA: Tens of Asian CSOs demand end to violent crackdown on protests
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ECUADOR: Environmental and indigenous rights NGO shut down
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EGYPT: Human rights defenders handed out suspended sentences on trumped up charges
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Security forces raid Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights and ill-treat staff
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RUSSIA: Human rights group, Memorial declared "foreign agent" by court
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SAUDI ARABIA:  Repressive anti-terror law criminalising "insult to the reputation of the state or its position" passed 
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THAILAND: UN concerned about case against journalists for publishing expose on the Navy
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UGANDA: Parliament passes draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill to clamp down on "promotion" of same sex relations
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UKRAINE: Civil society groups highlight peaceful nature of protests
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Activist sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for insulting the head of state
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Civil Society Behind Bars

RUSSIA: Arctic 30 finally free
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Pussy Riot members released
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Interview  with Civil Society Activists

CIVICUS speaks to civil society activist and founder of Voice of Women (VoW) Maldives, Thilmeeza Hussain. Following the election of a new president in the Maldives in November 2013, national and international civil society groups hope the new government will respect the fundamental rights of its citizens and ease restrictions on citizens' rights which characterised the outgoing regime.
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