Posts Tagged ‘NGOs’
September 12, 2013
As concerns grow in Southeast Asia over the use of national security, anti-terrorist and defamation laws to limit freedom of expression on the Internet, a coalition of international and local NGOs and activists from Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia urged governments to stop using vague legislation based on ill-defined concepts such as “national security”, “sovereignty” or “lèse-majesté” to intimidate, harass and imprison independent voices. Speaking at an event in Geneva, which coincides with the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council, FIDH, IFEX, Article 19 and PEN International united to call for the urgent revision of these laws to bring them into line with international human rights standards. Independent and dissenting voices, including bloggers and netizens, journalists, activists and human rights defenders, have increasingly been subjected to repression in Southeast Asia.
A lot more detail in Human Rights Council : Stifled Southeast Asian Voices: NGOs Unite … – FIDH.
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Tags: anti-terrorist laws, Article 19, asian voices, Cambodia, censorship, civil society organizations, criminal defamation laws, defamation laws, dissenting voices, FIDH, freedom of expression, Geneva, Human Rights Defenders, IFEX, internet, intimidation, judicial harassment, National security, NGOs, Non-governmental organization, PEN, side event, Thailand, United Nations Human Rights Council, Viet Nam
September 6, 2013
In a piece in the Huffington Post of 9 September Frank Jannuzi, dep director of Amnesty International USA gives a good overview of the the 6 most damaging laws passed in Russia since President Putin was inaugurated last year, effectively criminalizing criticism: Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: AI, Amnesty international USA, foreign funding, Frank Jannuzi, Huffington Post, illegal detention, judicial harassment, LGBT rights, NGOs, President, President of Russia, restrictive laws, Russia, Vladimir Putin
August 13, 2013
On 12 August Human Rights Watch issued a report on Ecuador and urged it to revoke a presidential decree that grants far-reaching powers to the government to oversee and dissolve nongovernmental organizations.
On June 4, 2013, President Rafael Correa adopted a decree [a similar decree in December 2010 was shelved after criticism] that creates new procedures for Ecuadorean nongovernmental organizations to obtain legal status and requires international organizations to undergo a screening process to seek permission to work in Ecuador. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: administrative rules, Bahrain, decree, Ecuador, foreign funding, freedom of association, HRW, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, NGOs, Non-governmental organization, Rafael Correa, Russia, Uganda, Venezuela
June 25, 2013
On 12 June 2013 Rachel Nicholson, on behalf of the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), delivered an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council. It started by congratulating South Sudan Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: administrative rules, Africa, Civil society, EHAHRDP, freedom of association, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, Isaiah Abraham, journalists, Juba, NGOs, oral statement, South Sudan, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations, UNMISS
June 11, 2013
On 3 June 2013, an email was sent to Colonel Julián González, Chief of Police for Sucre, Colombia, informing him of a plan to kill human rights defender Juan David Díaz Chamorro, his wife Malena Martínez, and one other person closely linked to the family. Several other human rights defenders were copied in the email. Juan David Díaz Chamorro is the leader of the Sucre branch of the Movimiento Nacional de Víctimas de Crímenes de Estado – MOVICE (National Movement of Victims of State Crimes) and the son of Eudaldo Díaz, assassinated Mayor of El Roble, Sucre. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Colombia, death threats, Frontline Defenders, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human rights defender, Juan David Díaz Chamorro, MOVICE, NGOs, paramilitary, protection, PSA, radio
June 10, 2013
During the last week, Turkish citizens, human rights defenders, trade unions and civil society organisations have come under attack by the Turkish government. What started as a peaceful demonstration has turned into a violent clash with the Turkish police and security services. In the protests, at least 3 people died and more than 2800 people were injured in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Reports indicate that about 3000 people were taken into custody and Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: EMHRN, European Parliament, European Union, FIDH, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, human rights activists, Human Rights Defenders, illtreatment, Istanbul, NGOs, OMCT, peaceful protestors, police violence, Politics of Turkey, trade unionists, Turkey, Turkish, Turkish government
June 6, 2013
In a recent post I discussed problems surrounding the new law on NGOs in Egypt. In case there was any doubt on the need for a new and IMPROVED legal regime, see here what Front Line Defenders reported yesterday, 5 June:
43 NGO staff members were condemned to prison terms
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Tags: civil society organizations, closure, Defendant, draft law, Egypt, foreign funding, freedom of association, Front Line Defenders, Germany, jail, Law, law on NGOs, legal regime, Mohamed Morsi, Mubarak era, ngo staff, NGOs, ngos in egypt, Non-governmental organization, regulation, United States
June 4, 2013
According to a statement from the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on 4 June there is an ongoing attack in Sri Lanka on Human Rights Defenders, NGOs & opposition politicians through the Independent Television Network (ITN). The statement give concrete and detailed indications to show that ITN – in spite of its name – has continued to follow the government line and started a fresh round of attacks in May this year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Asian Human Rights Commission, Criminal Investigation Department, Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions, freedom of expression, Friedrich Nauman Foundation, friedrich nauman stiftung, Human Rights Defenders, intimidation, journalists, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, media, NGOs, opposition, politics, reprisals, Sri Lanka, state media, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, United National Party
May 31, 2013
(Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi)
In the context of restrictive legislation to hinder the work of human rights defenders, the Egyptian case deserves urgent attention now. The law on NGOs is being rewritten in this important country and others in the region may follow the example. Despite recent amendments Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: AI, Arab Network for Human Rights Information, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Civil society, controversial restrictions, Egypt, empowering civil society, foreign funding, Forum of Independent Human Rights Organisations, freedom of association, funding, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Watch, Middle East, Morsi, Navanethem Pillay, NGO, NGOs, Non-governmental organization, Shura Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur
May 30, 2013
The Grupo Interdisciplinario por los Derechos Humanos GIDH (Interdisciplinary Group for Human Rights), based in Medellín, Colombia, has announced that it has been forced to close its offices based on information that threats received by the organisation in the last months would be realised within the next hours. GIDH is a not-for-profit organisation working with victims of state violence. Front Line Defenders Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: closure, Colombia, death threats, Frontline Defenders, GIDH, Human right, Human Rights and Liberties, Human Rights Defenders, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Interdisciplinary Group for Human Rights, Medellín, NGOs, persecution
