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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contributions!
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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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YEMEN: Minister goes on hunger strike for release of detained activists
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Highlights
CIVICUS makes an oral statement on the
Syrian crisis at the UN Human Rights Council
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CIVICUS urges Turkey’s government to listen to, not attack protestors
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CIVICUS highlights escalating crackdown on civil society in Saudi Arabia
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CIVICUS urges protection of imprisoned Bahraini activist, Nabeel Rajab
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CIVICUS joins joint appeal on the torture of detained human rights defenders in Bahrain
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CIVICUS joins appeal to UN Human Rights Council on the situation in Egypt
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Blog by CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer, Charlotte Allan: ‘The Human Rights Council: From Bangladesh to Geneva’
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Blog by CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Intern, Mark Nelson: ‘Civil Society
– whispers of progress though we must keep shouting to get
satisfaction’
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Analysis piece by CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Manager, Mandeep Tiwana: ‘Civil Society under attack around the world’
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BANGLADESH: Fifteen editors express concern about the closure of news channels and major newspaper
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COLOMBIA: NGO working with victims of state sponsored violence announces closure of office after repeated threats
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Human rights defenders subjected to renewed death threats
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Human rights defenders physically and sexually assaulted
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EGYPT: Concerns about hardline law dealing a ‘death blow’ to civil society
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GAUTEMALA: Concerns about rising persecution of social, economic and environmental activists
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HONDURAS: Environmental and indigenous rights activists harassed
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INDIA: Land rights activist, Abhay Sahoo arbitrarily detained
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IRAN: Five UN experts highlight discrimination against women and
restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association and assembly
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RUSSIA: UN experts term increasingly hostile environment for rights activists “unacceptable”
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SYRIA: Concerns about the health of human rights lawyer, Khalil Matouk
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UGANDA: Politically motivated intimidation of newspapers and media outlets
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Human rights defenders sentenced under cyber law as crackdown continues
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UZBEKISTAN: UN Assistant Secretary General raises concerns about civil
society freedoms and persecution of activists and journalists
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Victor
Lowilla of the South Sudan Law Society speaks to CIVICUS about the
trajectory of civil society in South Sudan since independence and
growing restrictions on the independent media and journalists.
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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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