November - December 2014 Issue: 93
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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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The Committee to Protect Journalists releases annual prison census Click here to download East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project: “For us silence is not an option, Human Rights Defenders and the South Sudan Civil War” Click here to download OHCHR: A practical guide: Civil society space and the international human rights system Click here to download Joint report: Disrespect for European values in Hungary 2010-2014 Click here to download International Service for Human Rights: From restriction to protection: Report on ensuring a safe and enabling legal environment for human rights defenders Click here to download Protection International: Public polices for the protection of human rights defenders Click here to download
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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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CAMBODIA: Controversial Cybercrime Law ‘Scrapped’ Read more BAHRAIN AND SYRIA: Jdea Nawfal from Syria and Ghada Jamsheer from Bahrain ReleasedRead more
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CIVICUS welcomes emphasis on civic freedoms in UN Secretary General’s report on the post 2015 agenda Read more CIVICUS condemns systematic attacks against land and indigenous people’s rights activists in the Philippines Read more CIVICUS and IRG contribute to FACTS Report: “Stories of innovative democracy at local level: enhancing participation, activism and social change across the world” Read more CIVICUS condemns draconian sentencing of two Bahraini activists Read more CIVICUS urges Turkish government to withdraw restrictive security bill Read more
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ANGOLA: 17 NGOs ask for the end of legal actions in Angola against journalist and activist Rafael Marques Read more AZERBAIJAN: 12 months of paralysing attacks on civil society Read more BANGLADESH: Civil society urges dropping of restrictions on foreign funding for NGOs Read more CAMBODIA: Civil society groups condemn arrest and detention of the Boeung Kak Lake Seven Read more EGYPT: Thousands gather in Tahrir Square to protest decision to drop charges against former President Mubarak Read more HONDURAS: Call to strengthen and enact draft law on the protection of human rights defenders Read more HONG KONG: Authorities arrest 86 as protest site cleared Read more INDIA: Human rights defender Azimuddin Sarkar detained and severely beaten in custody Read more JAPAN: Controversial secrets law takes effect amid protests Read more KAZAKHSTAN: Government falls silent on NGO law Read more KENYA: Restrictive foreign funding bill threatens to throttle civil society sector Read more KENYA: 15 NGOs Deregistered on suspicion of funding terrorism Read more KYRGYZSTAN: Russian-Style “Foreign Agents” bill being debated Read more MACEDONIA: Concern regarding the situation of the LGBTI Community Read more OMAN: Travel ban imposed on human rights defender Saed Jadad Read more RUSSIA: 148 NGOs slam ‘foreign agents’ law in open letter to President Putin Read more SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights defender Samar Badawi banned from travel prior to EU meeting Read more SPAIN: Immigration law amendment will violate rights Read more SPAIN: Demonstrations mark passing of anti-protest security law Read more TAJIKISTAN: Call to drop draft legislation restricting NGO access to funding Read more THAILAND: Free speech crackdown creating ‘spiral into silence’ Read more TUNISIA: Call to protect civil society rights following successful elections Read more TURKEY: The new domestic Security Bill and its potential implications for LGBTI individuals Read more TURKEY: EU condemns police raids and arrests of media representatives Read more UGANDA: Uganda lawmakers draft new anti-gay bill Read more U.K.: New Anti-Terror law rolls back rights Read more USA: Worrying concerns over outcome of Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases Read more VIETNAM: Conviction of three human rights defenders upheld Read more
Civil Society Behind BarsEthiopia: Prosecutor presents amended Charge in Zone9 Case Read more Bahrain: Provisional release of human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab Read more World Movement for Democracy produces video in support of the Civil Society Behind Bars Campaign Click here to download
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Interview with Civil Society ActivistsThe Nelson Mandela-Graca Machel Innovation Awards stewarded by CIVICUS celebrated 10 years of their existence in November 2014. CIVICUS interviewed recipients of this year’s awards, Jamaican youth activist, Jerome Cowans, Indian social activist, Sunitha Krishnan and members of Project Pink Blue in Nigeria. Click here to download video
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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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