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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FIDH: The Arab League and Human Rights – Challenges Ahead
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Blood on the Streets – The Use of Excessive Force
during Bangladesh Protests
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Tightening the Screws – Azerbaijan’s Crackdown on
Civil Society and Dissent
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INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS: Complainant’s Manual for Filing a
Communication Before the African Commission on Human and People’s
Rights
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: Zimbabwe’s Elections – Mugabe’s Last Stand
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THIRD SECTOR FOUNDATION OF TURKEY (TUSEV): Civil Society Monitoring
Report 2012
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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
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CHINA: Registration
rules for International NGOs eased
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OMAN: Detained outspoken activist Sultan al Saadi
released without charge after 23 days in detention
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Highlights
CIVICUS
makes five UN Universal Periodic Review submissions on the threats to
civil society in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Eritrea, Vietnam and Yemen.
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CIVICUS highlights appalling crackdown on freedoms in Uganda as
restrictive public order law is passed
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CIVICUS issues alert on threats to free speech in Fiji as prominent
civil society leader is convicted for ‘contempt of court’
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CIVICUS urges international community to take action on Bangladesh’s
downward democratic trajectory
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CIVICUS joins Zambian civil society in raising concerns about NGO law
and media restrictions
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CIVICUS joins Indonesian civil society in condemning the new law on
mass organisations
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CIVICUS condemns proposed international funding restrictions on CSOs in
Israel as another blow for civil society and dissent
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CIVICUS writes an open letter to Egypt’s interim government urging an
end to killings of protestors and restoration of democracy
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more
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BAHRAIN: Parliament
convenes special session to restrict democratic freedoms
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Peaceful protestors defy authorities’ lockdown
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BELARUS: Civil society members fined for handing out postcards calling
for release of detained activist
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CHINA: Police harass and detain activists demanding participation in
Universal Periodic Review process
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COLOMBIA: Paramilitary groups target civil society members
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Activist exposing violence becomes victim
of intimidation
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INDONESIA: Parliament passes Ormas Bill limiting Freedom of Association
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KYRGYZSTAN: Concerns over draft law penalising participation in the
activities of unregistered CSOs
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MEXICO: Defamation campaign underway against human rights group
monitoring mining activities
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MYANMAR: Call to revise or reject draft NGO law that impacts
independence of civil society
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OMAN: Human rights defender and blogger arbitrarily arrested
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PHILIPPINES: Anti-mining activist disappears
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Labour rights activist exposing corruption assassinated
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RUSSIA: Law banning “propaganda on non-traditional sexual relations”
receives presidential assent
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RWANDA: Government accused of engineering takeover of independent human
rights group
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SAUDI ARABIA: Human Rights Defender sentenced to seven years
imprisonment and 600 lashes for setting up a website titled “Liberal
Saudi Network”
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Woman journalist prevented from travelling abroad
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SOMALIA: OHCHR expresses concerns about restrictive draft media law
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TUNISIA: Journalist jailed for filming attack on official
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UGANDA: UN experts urge repeal of restrictive Public Order and
Management Bill
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Concerns about ongoing targeting of activists and
their families
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VIETNAM: Government announces draconian internet law prohibiting
political debate on blogs and social networks
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Concerns about pro-democracy blogger currently on hunger strike
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Civil Society Behind Bars
CIVICUS stands in solidarity with detained Bangladeshi human rights defender, Adilur Rahman Khan
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CIVICUS calls for release of Ales Bialiatski on “International Day of Solidarity with Civil Society of Belarus”
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CIVICUS commemorates detained Bahraini activist, Nabeel Rajab’s second birthday in prison
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Saira Rahman, wife of
detained activist Adilur Rahman Khan speaks to CIVICUS about the
circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention and the on-going
persecution of his Bangladesh based organisation, Odhikar.
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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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