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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PEN INTERNATIONAL: Unfinished Freedom: A Blueprint for the Future of Free Expression in Myanmar
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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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Azeri human rights defenders released but treason charge remains
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Detained Angola human rights activists now under house arrest
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India introduces online system for foreign contributions’ license renewals
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On Human Rights Day, CIVICUS highlights increasing threats faced by human rights defenders and civil society organisations
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CIVICUS warns that spiralling violence in Burundi needs urgent attention
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CIVICUS delivers a joint oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council special session on the worsening situation in Burundi
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BRAZIL: Condemnation after WhatsApp messaging service is shut for two days
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BAHRAIN: Human rights defender sentenced to two years in absentia
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CHINA: Prominent human rights lawyer barred from practising law
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CUBA: 330 activists detained arbitrarily in one week
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ECUADOR: 21 protestors imprisoned for ‘discrediting the police’
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Ecuador’s media say free speech is under threat
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EGYPT: Detained human rights activist sentenced to two years for taking part in protest
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ETHIOPIA: Online editor arrested, harassment of journalists continues
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Lethal force used against Oromia protestors
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GAMBIA: Journalists federation files suit in regional court against repressive media laws
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GUATEMALA: Human rights defender threatened on Twitter
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HONDURAS: Court convicts military officer for killing human rights defender
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HONG KONG: Protest for release of 21 arrested human rights defenders
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JORDAN: Professor sentenced to two years for Facebook post criticising ‘un-Islamic developments’
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JAPAN: Visit of UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression cancelled by government
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KAZAKHSTAN: Independent news website editor detained for publishing “falsehoods”
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KYRGYZSTAN: Human rights researcher banned from entering country
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MALAYSIA: Activist on trial for organising viewing of award winning documentary on the Sri Lankan civil war
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NIGERIA: Uproar over social media Bill that will limit free expression
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RUSSIA: Courts test new law on public assemblies by jailing activist for three years
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Left wing political activist sentenced to two years imprisonment for online posts in relation to Ukraine
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SAUDI ARABIA: Activist sentenced to four years imprisonment, hefty
fine, five year travel ban and 15 year writing ban after calling for
reforms on TV
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SIERRA LEONE: Journalist arrested for report on political violence
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SOMALIA: Journalist killed by bomb planted in car
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SPAIN: Journalists fight gag law in European court
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SYRIA: Al Jazeera cameraman shot and killed on duty
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CSOs appeal for release of human rights lawyer abducted two years ago
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THAILAND: Two-year sentence for activist who insulted the King’s dog on Facebook
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Jailed activist denied medical treatment
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Two-year sentence upheld against online news director
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UKRAINE: Court upholds banning of Communist Party to prevent it from contesting elections
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VIETNAM: Human rights lawyer held for “spreading propaganda against the state”
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Interview
with Civil Society Activists
CIVICUS spoke to South African
student activist Mpho Ndaba who says inequality is the biggest problem
for students at higher learning institutions
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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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