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Too many governments are blatantly getting away with enacting repressive restrictions on civil society and diminishing the freedoms of expression, assembly and association. Join Civil Society Watch to access information, report threats and take action to protect civil society - check out this video and report on threats to civil society, then get started with the How-To video and manual. Look forward to you joining us in solidarity with civil society around the world.

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Recent Threats

Farmer and his two children killed,...

Account of the Incident:

 Four people –three civilians, including two children and an NPA rebel – were killed in a massacre by...

9 March 2012
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dog menace

respected sir i wish to request you that please do something new to get relief from stray dog menace(problem).we cant drive two wheeler at night after 12pm,dogs hijack the city...

19 February 2012
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Free Alaa

The military detained Alaa Abd El Fattah on Sunday, a high-profile blogger whose arrest by Mubarak's security forces in 2006 led one of the biggest campaign to release him in...

1 November 2011
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Recent Actions

Free Activist Who Spoke Out

Anti-corruption activist Faustin Ndikumana was arrested on 7 February and charged with making "false declarations". He had alleged that some magistrates had...

10 February 2012
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Ahmad Mansour, human rights defender:...

On Friday 8 April 2011, human rights defender Mr Ahmad Mansour was arrested during a police raid on his home. Mr Ahmad Mansour is a blogger who has been active...

19 April 2011
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EIPR Urges Security Bodies to Liberate...

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) urged the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to take rapid measures to protect hospitals and doctors from the repeated...

20 March 2011
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Articles

Human Rights Council Special Reports of the 118th and 119th Sessions

Article 40 (1) of the F.D.R.E.

03/04/2012 - 11:13
Civil Society Watch
Ales Bialiatski wins Norwegian ‘Freedom of Expression’ award

The imprisoned leader of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” Ales Bialiatski has been awarded the Freedom of Expression award by the Norwegian Authors´ Union (“Den norske Forfatterforening”).

The award is to promote the activities of human rights defenders, journalists and writers who fight for freedom of expression in unfree countries. According to the Norwegian Authors´ Union, the award is recognition of Ales Bialiatski’s work and the high objectives pursued by Viasna activists.

27/03/2012 - 15:35
Civil Society Watch
Karapatan to AFP: Stop victim blaming

March 21, 2012

“The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should stop its habit of blaming the people whose rights are violated in the implementation of its counter-insurgency program, Oplan Bayanihan, especially when the victims are children,” asserted Marie Hilao-Enriquez, chairperson of Karapatan.

26/03/2012 - 12:12
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

CIVICUS is an international alliance established in 1993 to nurture the foundation, growth and protection of citizen action throughout the world, especially in areas where participatory democracy and citizens' freedom of association are threatened. For more information, click here ».

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