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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Human Rights Watch report of arbitrary arrest, torture and killings in Gambia – State of Fear
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UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and Association’s report on sectoral equity between CSOs and businesses
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Committee to Protect Journalists report on press freedom concerns in the European Union
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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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Egypt frees 100 prisoners including activists and Al Jazeera journalists.
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Victory for Malaysian human rights groups as ban on media group is lifted.
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HighlightsCIVICUS makes Universal Periodic Review (UPR) submissions on Hungary, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania and Thailand
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CIVICUS and partners highlight extreme restrictions on Saudi Arabia at the UN Human Rights Council
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CIVICUS publishes report on civil society experiences with the UN Human Rights Council
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CIVICUS issues several statements at the UNHRC on threats to civil society in Cambodia, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Sudan
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CIVICUS highlights attacks on civil society in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Burundi, Saudi Arabia and Sudan during UNHRC General Debate
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CIVICUS analysis piece on Sustainable Development Goals, civil society and the global partnership for development
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AZERBAIJAN: Attorney General tells media that certain NGOs and reporters do not respect the law
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BRAZIL: Activist opposing environmental destruction by logging companies murdered
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Activist for indigenous people’s rights arrested
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Cameroon human rights defenders arrested
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UGANDA: Freedom Radio managing director harassed and threatened
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CHINA: Activists expose persecution of women’s rights defenders ahead of UN Summit
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DENMARK: NGOs criticise cuts in development aid in new budget
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KAZAKHSTAN: Activist detained over currency protests
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KENYA: CSOs condemn moves to introduce restrictive amendments to Public Benefits Organisations Act
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LAOS: Amendments to the Decree on Non-Profit Associations likely to ‘choke development projects’
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MALDIVES: Human rights defender stabbed after speech criticising government
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RUSSIA: Foreign Agents Law poses dilemma for well- respected environmental CSO Sakhalin
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Head of a Russian NGO flees fearing judicial persecution
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PHILIPPINES: Defender of rights of indigenous community from encroachment by mining companies assassinated
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THAILAND: Military harass community based human rights defenders opposing Potash mining project
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TURKEY: Authorities raid offices of NGO and arbitrarily detain staff
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ZIMBABWE: Activist still missing after six months
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Civil
Society Behind Bars
Angolan human rights defender Marcos Mavungo sentenced to six years in prison for organising a protest
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Kenyan human rights defender Joel Ogada released from prison
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Interview
with Civil Society Activists
CIVICUS speaks to Ecuadorian human
rights lawyer Juan Auz about recent indigenous people’s protests and
the threats to civic space in the country.
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Two Bills that will restrict the civil space in Israel are currently
before its Parliament. CIVICUS spoke to a human rights defender, who
asked to remain anonymous, on what the new Bills mean and the dangers
inherent in them for civil society organisations.
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CIVICUS spoke to representatives of four organisations about concerns
over the effects on civil society organisations of recommendations made
by the Financial Action Task Force.
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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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