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June 2013
Issue: 82



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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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:  Annual Report 2013
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FREEDOM HOUSE: Freedom of the Press 2013
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PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL: Public Policies for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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SOLIDAR: Guaranteeing the Cornerstones of Democratic Systems
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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.


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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