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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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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TUNISIA: Appeals court frees three European FENEM activists
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HighlightsCIVICUS
makes five UN Universal Periodic Review submissions on the threats to
civil society in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Eritrea, Vietnam and Yemen.
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CIVICUS calls for an investigation into killings of Egyptian protestors
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CIVICUS urges for an end to attacks on Civil Society and the media in Mali
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CIVICUS highlights case of imprisoned Syrian human rights defender, Mazin Darwish
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‘The Arrival of a New Political Generation” - CIVICUS speaks to Brazilian human rights advisor on the protests
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‘Spread the News About Turkey’ - CIVICUS speaks to Turkish activists on the protests
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‘Egypt’s Superwomen’ - Blog by CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer, Charlotte Allan
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‘Morsi Has Betrayed the Egyptian Revolution’ - Analysis Piece by
CIVICUS Policy and Advocacy Officer, Charlotte Allan
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BAHRAIN: Court acquits police officer accused of torturing journalist
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CAMBODIA: Housing rights activist’s conviction upheld by appeals court
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CANADA: Bill outlawing wearing of masks during protests passed
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INDIA: Activists arbitrarily arrested and judicially harassed
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INDONESIA: Parliament passes restrictive mass organisations bill to regulate CSOs
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IRAN: Media crackdown ensues prior to election
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KUWAIT: Blogger sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘insulting’ Emir and ‘inciting’ regime change
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MEXICO: Activists campaigning for peasant farmers and marginalised communities abducted and murdered
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MYANMAR: Arrest warrants issued against activists opposing activities of copper mine
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RUSSIA: Election monitoring group, Golos, becomes first victim of controversial foreign agents law
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SAUDI ARABIA: Women activists sentenced to prison for trying to ‘sabotage’ marital relations
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TUNISIA: Rapper convicted to two years imprisonment for song ‘insulting’ the police
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TURKEY: Police use excessive force to quell protests
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Civil society groups condemn mass convictions as fundamentally unfair
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UZBEKISTAN: Prominent Kyrgyz activist denied entry and deported
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VIETNAM: Human rights groups decry impending trial of prominent human rights defender and blogger
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Prior
to the military coup in Egypt, CIVICUS spoke to Hicham Ezzat, an
Egyptian activist who has been active in the protests. He speaks about
his motivation to join the protests and the future of the people’s
revolution of 2011.
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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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