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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Global Witness: A Hidden Crisis - increase in killings as tension rises
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International Center for Not for Profit Law and
World Movement for Democracy: Defending Civil Society Report and
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International Journal of Civil Society Law
Newsletter
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International Trade Union Confederation: annual survey of union rights
violations
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UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression: Report on the Mission
to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
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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. |
UN Human Rights Council focuses attention on violations in Belarus and
Eritrea
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Highlights
CIVICUS organises two side events at the UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva
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CIVICUS organises workshop for West African Human Rights Defenders in
Burkina Faso
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CIVICUS urges
international community to act on latest curbs on free speech in
Ethiopia
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CIVICUS analyses Ethiopian
Telecom bill, which restricts access to internet services
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more
CIVICUS calls for
action on moves to muzzle CSOs in Russia
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more
CIVICUS and
Greenpeace Russia highlight setback for freedom of assembly in Russia
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CIVICUS and EHARDP
concerned about shrinking space for civil society in Uganda
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CIVICUS and Odhikar speak
out against silencing of dissent and attacks on civil society in
Bangladesh
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more
CIVICUS makes oral
statement to 20th session of the UN Human Rights Council
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ANGOLA: Concern over fate of protestors
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AZERBAIJAN: Crackdown
ensues on dissidents following Eurovision contest
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BAHRAIN: At UN Human
Rights Council 27 states call on Bahrain to end rights violations
against pro-democracy protestors
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BRAZIL: Activists fighting
for rights of fishers murdered
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BURUNDI: Journalist
sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism under questionable
circumstances
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HONDURAS: Civil society
groups write to diplomatic delegations highlighting rise in attacks on
human rights defenders
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more
MYANMAR: NGOs call for
change in restrictive rules governing their registration and operation
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PERU: Protestors against
mining activities killed
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SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights
defender subject to criminal charges for making submissions to UN Human
Rights Council
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SUDAN: Protestors subject
to brutal attacks
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TURKEY: Government cracks
down on trade union activists
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VIETNAM: Peaceful
protestors affiliated to faith-based groups harassed
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ZIMBABWE: Scores of
protestors arbitrarily detained
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Qamar
Naseem, programme coordinator with women’s organisation Blue Veins,
based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, speaks to CIVICUS about the main
challenges civil society groups and women face from religious right
politicians in Pakistan.
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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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