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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

Pakistan NGOs Forum strongly condemns...

 Wednesday, January 02, 2013Six women among seven NGO workers gunned down in SWABI: Unidentified gunmen shot dead six women and a male medical technician working for a non...

4 January 2013
Pakistan
Security in Sudan attacks Civil Society...

Al-Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment is a non-overnmental organization reigestered and working in Sudan. Today, December 31, 2012, security forces and officials from the...

31 December 2012
ARM
Security in Sudan attacks Civil Society...

Al-Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment is a non-overnmental organization reigestered and working in Sudan. Today, December 31, 2012, security forces and officials from the...

31 December 2012
ARM

Recent Actions

funding for Terrorist Group

Lot of so called Muslims are funding and supporting terrorist groups and feel that they are doing good cause.We do protest against them and appeal to officials that they must...

29 November 2012
Dr M NADEEM IQBAL
CIVICUS calls for fair and transparent...

Global civil society network CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is deeply saddened at the killing of over 30 protesting miners by police on 16 August in Marikana...

20 August 2012
Natasha
Drop all charges against Nabeel Rajab...

Nabeel was sentenced to three months imprisonment after he was accused of libel and using social networking site twitter to "insult the citizens of Muharraq." These...

14 August 2012
Natasha

Articles

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
Lerato
The Tor Project: Anonymity Online Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.

Tor is a free software of "second-generation onion routing" that enabling its users to communicate anonymously on the Internet. With Tor you can surf, email, IM, and publish websites annonimoiusy. 

26/03/2012 - 12:10
Lerato
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Welcome to CIVICUS

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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