Together with other human rights organisations, we've written to the F1 CEO expressing our concerns about Bahrain’s use of the F1 Grand Prix to “sportswash” the country’s dire human rights record.

To: Member States of the United Nations General Assembly CC: The United Nations Secretary-General Open Letter: The UN General Assembly must take decisive action to hold the military junta accountable for atrocities in Myanmar Your Excellencies, We – 440 Myanmar, regional, and international civil society organizations – call on Member States of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to take immediate and decisive action to hold the Myanmar military accountable under international law through all possible avenues.

King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa 8 July 2023 RE: Free Dr.

Joint Letter: Mr.

Secretary of State Antony J.

CIVICUS joins other human rights organisations in calling for an immediate end to the harassment of Bangladeshi journalist and human rights defender Rozina Islam.

CIVICUS and various civil society organisations have written a letter expressing concern over the use of the Emergency Decree to restrict human rights and silence dissent in Thailand.

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Honourable Karim A.

To: Kim Jong Yang, INTERPOL President; Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL General Secretary; the INTERPOL Executive Committee and INTERPOL Member Countries Dear INTERPOL President Kim Jong Yang, INTERPOL Vice Presidents Benyamina Abbad and Šárka Havránková,INTERPOL General Secretary Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL Executive Committee Delegates Khaled Jameel Al Materyeen, Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi, Jean-Jacques Colombi, Rogerio Galloro, Robert Guirao Bailén, Destino Pedro, Olushola Kamar Subair, Jannine Van den Berg, and Member Countries.

 한국어   Moon Jae-inPresident of the Republic of Korea1 Cheongwadae-ro, Jongno-guSeoul 03048Republic of Korea Joint open letter to President Moon Jae-in Re: Respect Net Neutrality, Oppose Bill Mandating ‘Paid Prioritization’ for Content Producers Dear Mr.

We, the undersigned 521 Myanmar, regional and international civil society organizations, call on the UN Security Council to urgently convene a meeting on the escalating attacks in Chin State, and address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in Myanmar.

To: ASEAN LeadersH.

Today, eleven undersigned organizations called on the Government of Singapore to withdraw the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Bill (‘FICA’).

عربي   Your Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, As the Expo Dubai 2020 opens for six months starting on 1 October 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the motto “Connecting Minds and Creating the Future through sustainability, mobility and opportunity”, we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities to demonstrate their commitment to these values by releasing all imprisoned human rights defenders and activists, detained in violation of their right to freedom of expression.

The Indonesian government should put an end to the judicial harassment against human rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, and uphold the right to freedom of expression, a group of human rights organisations said.

  1 September 2021 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha Royal Thai Government 1 Pitsanulok road Dusit, Bangkok  Thailand Re: Concerns regarding the right to peaceful assembly in Thailand Dear Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, We, the 13 undersigned organizations, write to express our concern regarding violence and the excessive use of force by police at recent protests in Bangkok.

🇺🇬#Uganda: A clampdown on civil society has led to the suspension of 54 NGOs, including orgs that work on:🔴Human rights🟡Environment🔵Religious issues🟢DemocracyWe have written to the @NGObureau calling for their immediate reinstatement https://t.

Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity  Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression   Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Physical and Mental Health  Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson, 52 Rue des Pâquis 1201 Geneva, Switzerland  Hungary: concerns over the erosion of the rights of LGBTQIA+ persons We are writing to you with regards to serious concerns about the rights of LGBTQIA+ persons in Hungary.

Dr Abduljalil AlSingace, an imprisoned opposition activist and human rights defender, has been on hunger strike since 8 July 2021.

We, the undersigned organisations express deep concern for the ongoing detention of lawyer and minority and civic rights activist Hejaaz Hizbullah, who has been held under Sri Lanka’s notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for 15 months.

The Government of 🇸🇿#eSwatini has waged a brutal crackdown on people protesting for democracy & economic justice.

                Hamzah ZainudinMinister of Home Affairs of MalaysiaBlock D1, D2 & D9, Complex D, Federal Government Administrative Centre 62546 Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur We are writing on behalf of five civil society organisations including CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Asia Democracy Network (ADN), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Front Line and WITNESS with regards to our concerns around police investigations into at least six activists and human rights defenders around an animated film about torture in police custody.

Regional and international civil society organisations from around the world call on United Nations Member States to address the escalating and institutionalised Israeli attacks against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line during the 30th HRC Special Session Your Excellency,  Israel’s repression against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line escalated in May 2021 in response to widespread Palestinian demonstrations against Israel’s imminent threat of eviction and displacement of eight Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.

To: United Nations Secretary General and diplomatic Missions United Nations Special Rapporteurs/Targeted Governments (to be amended based on recipient) Re: Urgent call to release Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja on his sixtieth Birthday and Tenth anniversary of his detention Your Excellencies, We the undersigned, representing civil society organisations from around the world, write to bring to your urgent attention the continued detention of human rights defender Abdul-Hadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja.

عربى We, the undersigned regional and international non-governmental organisations, write to draw your attention to the alarming and the intensified crackdown on Algerian civil society, targeting peaceful activists and journalists, including with arbitrary detention.

An open letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, UN Member States.

Joint Letter We call on Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, to join the EU in its call to the Cambodian government to take concrete action to address the human rights situation in the country.

Arabic The undersigned civil society organisations call on Egyptian authorities to immediately end their harassment of Egyptian activist and Deputy Director of HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, Mostafa Fouad.

Mr Amit ShahUnion Home Minister of IndiaMinistry of Home AffairsGovernment of India Re: Release human rights defenders at risk in the context of COVID-19 Dear Home Minister We, the undersigned organizations, write with great concern regarding the situation of student activists Safoora Zargar, who is four months pregnant, Meeran Haider, Shifa-Ur-Rehman and Sharjeel Imam, all detained under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Arabic CIVICUS, together with more than 60 organisations, calls for an open and independent investigation into the jailing and death of filmmaker hady Habash.

Freedom of expression must be upheld at all times, not only tolerated during Hay Festival Abu Dhabi Arabic As the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi opens on 25-28 February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities to demonstrate their respect for the right to freedom of expression by freeing all human rights defenders imprisoned for expressing themselves peacefully online, including academics, writers, a poet and lawyers.

To: Dr Shireen M Mazari, Federal Minister for Human Rights Ministry of Human Rights Re: Concerns regarding arrests of Pashtun activists and supporters Your Excellency, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is a global alliance of civil society organisations (CSOs) and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society around the world.

Arabic  The following letter was sent to over 30 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of States calling on UN Member States to adopt a resolution at the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council calling explicitly for the immediate and unconditional release of the detained Saudi women human rights defenders and establishing a monitoring mechanism over the human rights violations in the country.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Office of the Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office Royal Thai Government Government House 1 Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand RE: New Lawsuits Brought by Thammakaset Company Limited Against Human Rights Defenders Dear Prime Minister Prayut, The 89 undersigned organizations write to express our deep concern regarding recent spurious complaints brought by Thammakaset Company Limited against several human rights defenders in Thailand.

#China: Open letter from global civil society calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all workers and #humanrights activists who are detained or disappeared https://t.

To: All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York Your Excellencies, The undersigned national, regional and international civil society organisations urge your government to support resolution A/C.

30 civil society groups call on the #UN Human Rights Council to address the crackdown on human rights defenders and press in #Tanzania - #HRC39 https://t.

Tanzania: 65 civil society groups call on the Tanzanian Government to address rapidly deteriorating environment for media, human rights defenders and opposition party members #Tanzania: 65 rights groups urge government to end attacks on activists, journalists and members of the opposition party.

To The President of Bangladesh, H.

In response to the rise in the attacks, harassment and killings of human rights defenders and activists defending land, environmental and indigenous rights, CIVICUS and Publish What you Pay released a report on the different restrictions and attacks faced by activists.

Sayed Alawi has been detained for over nine months, with no access to a lawyer or to his family since his arrest.

A coalition of civil society organisations have written to Ms.

Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and in some cases may constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, a coalition of ten rights groups said today.

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Uganda’s draconian Anti-homosexuality Bill is currently awaiting President Yoweri Museveni’s signature.

Acting President Adly Mansour,Magles El Shaab St.

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September 27, 2011 Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateUS Department of StateHarry S.