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
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: World Report 2016
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FREEDOM HOUSE: Freedom in the World 2016
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UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai – 2015: The Year in Assembly & Association Rights
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Critical Crackdown: Freedom of expression under attack in Malaysia
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PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL: Criminalisation of human rights defenders
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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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Algerian activist held since October 2015 set free from jail
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Bahrain court overturns sentence, acquits human rights defender
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Iran releases journalist after 544 days in jail
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United Kingdom appeals court rules that the Terrorism Act is not compatible with the right to press freedom
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Guatemala acquits and releases human rights activists after two years in detention
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After five year ban, Venezuela national assembly reopens its doors to the press
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HighlightsCIVICUS calls on Ethiopia to stop the killings of Oromia protestors
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CIVICUS joins other CSOs lobbying the Financial Action Task Force to
revise its recommendation on the vulnerability of non-profits to
terrorism financing
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CIVICUS joins a new alliance to fight inequality
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CIVICUS urges Nigeria legislators to reject the proposed Social Media Bill
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CIVICUS condemns the sentencing of two South Korean protest leaders
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ARGENTINA: Social movement leader arrested for leading protest
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AFGHANISTAN: Seven broadcasting station employees killed in Taliban attack
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BAHRAIN: Human rights defender/journalist missing after house raid
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BRAZIL: Police violently disperse protestors
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BURUNDI: Case of missing activist reported to the UN
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Global CSOs lobby UN Security Council ahead of its visit to Burundi
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Journalists detained, equipment confiscated
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CHINA: Journalist denied accreditation after criticising state
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Global CSOs Call for China to release 36 illegally detained activists
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Activists jailed for publishing books on democracy
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Activists sentenced for up to five years for “inciting subversion of state power”
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COLOMBIA: Human rights defender shot dead
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CUBA: 150 pro-democracy protestors arrested
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Human rights activists denied bail
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EGYPT: Writer barred from receiving freedom of expression award
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Court upholds sentences against human rights defenders
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Cartoonist arrested for comics making fun of the government
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FRANCE: UN agencies warn emergency laws could restrict freedoms
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HONDURAS: LGBTI activist assassinated by shooting
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KENYA: Rise in harassment of bloggers
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KUWAIT: A new law that requires all web media to be licenced and criminalises criticising the state was passed
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KAZAKHSTAN: Jail time for activists over Facebook posts
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MOROCCO: Seven journalists tried in court for training citizen journalists
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Human rights defender charged for making comments on Western Sahara occupation
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PAKISTAN: Grenade attack on Pakistan TV station
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Human rights activist arrested for calling for release of arrested fellow activist
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POLAND: Police unit accused of monitoring journalists in tapes scandal
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SOUTH KOREA: UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
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TANZANIA: newspaper banned for articles that “incite violence”
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THAILAND: Judicial harassment of arrested activists persists
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TURKEY: Academics under investigation for issuing declaration
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UNITED KINGDOM: UN representatives express privacy and freedom of expression concerns on draft investigatory powers bill
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UGANDA: Intimidation of media and civic groups rises ahead of elections
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Radio station closed ahead of election
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Two human rights defenders denied bail
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VENEZUELA: Human rights lawyer assassinated
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VIETNAM: CIVICUS joins other CSOs calling for the release of Vietnamese arrested activists.
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Interview
with Civil Society Activist
CIVICUS
spoke to Yared Hailemariam, the director of Association for Human
Rights in Ethiopia, concerning the recent killing of protesters in the
country.
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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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