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July - August
2014
Issue: 91
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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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American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch: With Liberty
to Monitor All: How Large Scale US Surveillance is Harming Journalism,
Law and American Democracy
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Amnesty International: Burundi: Locked Down: A Shrinking of Political Space
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch: Price of Silence: Freedom of Expression Under Attack on South Sudan
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Electronic Frontier Foundation: Cell Phone Guide for US protestors
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Human Rights Watch: All According to Plan: The Rab’a Massacre and Mass Killing of Protestors in Egypt
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International Crisis Group: Conflict Alert: Protecting Pakistan’s Threatened Democracy
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Southern Africa Litigation Centre: Briefing Paper on Threats to Freedom of Expression in Swaziland
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UN Special Rapporteur: Freedom of Assembly and Association Briefing
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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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PAKISTAN: Right to Information Law finalised
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UGANDA: Anti-homosexuality law struck down on procedural grounds
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Highlights
Secretary of CIVICUS member Odhikar and Bangladeshi human rights defender Adilur Rahman Khan to receive RFK Human Rights Award
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CIVICUS stands in solidarity with protesting South African health workers
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CIVICUS issues brief on the pervasive clampdown on civic freedoms in Thailand
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CIVICUS condemns crackdown on protests in Missouri, USA
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CIVICUS urges International community not to overlook repression and attacks on civil society in Egypt
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CIVICUS highlights rampant intimidation of civil society in Sri Lanka
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Analysis piece by CIVICUS Head of Policy and Research on ‘Why Principle Matter at Human Rights Council’
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AZERBAIJAN: Digital attack on the website of the Nefes LGBT Alliance
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Concerns about the health of imprisoned human rights defender, Leyla Yunus
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BAHRAIN: Human rights defender, Maryam Al-Khawaja detained for “assaulting police”
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BRAZIL: Gunmen threaten to assassinate indigenous activist exposing activities of gold miners
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CANADA: Revenue agency tells Oxfam that ‘preventing poverty’ is not a valid goal
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CHINA: Officials step up harassment of public interest lawyer
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EGYPT: 23 Egyptian CSOs urge Human Rights Council to address deteriorating civic space and human rights violations
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HONDURAS: Civil society joins efforts to pass law to protect human rights defenders
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New secrecy law on the anvil that will bolster corruption and rights violations
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INDIA: NGOs anxious after derogatory intelligence report accusing them of being obstructive to economic development
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ISRAEL: Authorities prevent rights groups from entering Gaza
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KUWAIT: Human rights defender sentenced to six months imprisonment for “assaulting security officer”
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NIGER: Call to protect activists seeking transparency in official dealings with extractive industries
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PHILIPPINES: Anti-corruption ‘pork barrel’ protests gather momentum
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SAUDI ARABIA: Authorities step up pervasive crackdown against online activists
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SOMALIA: Fears expressed on the impact of counter-terror legislation on the freedom of the press
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SWAZILAND: CSOs decry sentencing of human rights lawyer and magazine editor sentenced for ‘contempt of court’
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THAILAND: Civil society groups condemn judicial harassment of activist for writing open letter critical of the army
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VIETNAM: Three peaceful advocates for release of political prisoners sentenced to jail time for “causing public disorder”
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Activist detained and harassed upon return from UN meeting
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Civil
Society Behind Bars
41 African and International CSOs join call to release Ethiopian Zone 9 bloggers
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Call to release imprisoned Syrian activists intensified
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Bangladeshi
activist Adilur Rahman Khan speaks to CIVICUS on the first anniversary
of the questionable charges laid on him by the government
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Interview
with Civil Society Activists
CIVICUS
speaks to Veronika Mora of Oktars Foundation on the official clampdown
on Hungarian civil society and their sources of funding
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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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