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:
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Al Adala Center for Human Rights, Saudi Arabia: Freedom in Shackles
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Amnesty International Annual Report 2012
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Human Rights Watch: You Will Not Have Peace While You Are living – The
Escalation of Political Violence in Burundi
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International Center for Not for Profit Law Journal
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Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: fact finding
mission on Turkey report
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Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and
Association, Maina Kiai
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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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AZERBAIJAN: Wrongfully imprisoned blogger released
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Highlights
Urgent action: safety of re-arrested Nabeel Rajab
must be ensured
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CIVICUS welcomes UN Human Rights Council President’s move to defend
Bahrain activists
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Call to urge Uzbekistan to allow access to UN Special Rapporteurs to
prevent persecution
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Increased support needed for civil society in Azerbaijan after
Eurovision contest
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ANGOLA: Youth activists attacked as
concerns around free speech persist
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BELARUS: Prominent human rights defender sentenced for ‘swearing
against police’
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BURUNDI: Journalist seeks protection amid threats from officials
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Verdict in activist’s case fails to deliver justice
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COLOMBIA: Serious attacks on human rights defenders continue
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Concerns about safety of journalist
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EGYPT: Civil society acknowledges tangible progress made on draft CSO
law while past flaws persist
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HUNGARY: Laws to curb media freedom passed
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IRAN: Restrictions on reporting by foreign media
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MALDIVES: Blogger assaulted amid censorship campaign
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PAKISTAN: Activists tortured in custody
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RUSSIA: Bill passed to punish ‘unsanctioned’ rallies with steep fines
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SUDAN: Call to end harassment of human rights defenders and journalists
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SYRIA: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights urges action on
deteriorating situation after El-Houleh massacre
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more
BURUNDI: Journalist seeks protection amid threats
from
officials
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BURUNDI:Verdict in
activist’s case fails to deliver justice
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Sukhrobjon Ismailov,
founder and director of the Expert
Working Group, Uzbekistan, speaks to CIVICUS about the challenges
of being a human rights defender in his country. The Expert Working
Group is a network of independent Uzbek experts and researchers
studying issues related to law and public interest, human rights and
fundamental freedoms, rule of law, democratisation and liberalisation.
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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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