The undersigned civil society organizations express their serious concern for the health and well-being of imprisoned Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja.

By Danny Sriskandarajah There is a new weapon of choice for governments that want to undermine bits of civil society that irritate them - restricting funding from foreign sources.

Geneva, Switzerland – The government of Syria should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said today.

CIVICUS is supporting a new campaign  to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis in Syria.