CIVICUS calls on the government of Bahrain to urgently disclose the whereabouts of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.

Are NGOs whiners, winners or what? - Fraser Reilly-King What’s ‘Development’ with Rights Abuses Along the Way? Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and CIVICUS organise the workshop: “Holding government to account through direct citizen engagement – what works for Africa?” Johannesburg, South Africa 16-17 May 2013 The situation is becoming dire for civil society in Uzbekistan Update from the Secretariat of the High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Agenda Accreditation procedure threatens to undercut civil society participation at UN meeting New global development agenda must have human rights at its core European Commission - Progress on equality between women and men has just been released  Read this issue online or subscribe to receive all future issues

Are NGOs whiners, winners or what? - Fraser Reilly-King What’s ‘Development’ with Rights Abuses Along the Way? Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and CIVICUS organise the workshop: “Holding government to account through direct citizen engagement – what works for Africa?” Johannesburg, South Africa 16-17 May 2013 The situation is becoming dire for civil society in Uzbekistan Update from the Secretariat of the High Level Panel on the Post 2015 Agenda Accreditation procedure threatens to undercut civil society participation at UN meeting New global development agenda must have human rights at its core European Commission - Progress on equality between women and men has just been released  

Sukhrobjon Ismoilov, the founder and director of the Expert Working Group (EWG), speaks to CIVICUS about ongoing restrictions on civil society in Uzbekistan and the need for greater international support following Uzbekistan's recent examination under the UN Universal Period Review (UPR).