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On January 7, human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza was assaulted and arrested in court by military personnel while protesting against soldiers who physically blocked him from entering the section reserved for defendants’ lawyers in a military court hearing for his client, opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Kiiza was then placed in the dock of the General …
Call for the immediate release of Ugandan human right lawyer Eron KiizaRead more
A statement originally published by Friends of the Earth International. Friends of the Earth International reiterates its condemnation of the crimes perpetrated by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank. Over the past year, Gaza has witnessed relentless and indiscriminate brutalities, massacres and destruction. Along with the devastating impact on human life, agriculture, water, and …
Internationalist solidarity with Palestine. The international community demands justiceRead more
Civil society spaces are shrinking. Environmental and human rights defenders face more and more criminalisation. We stand in solidarity with people facing injustice and cooperate across borders to create more sustainable, caring, democratic and equal global society.
Civil society in Armenia is being silenced by Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuits (SLAPP), abusive legal cases used to intimidate journalists or activists who exercise their freedom of expression and information on matters of public interest. Since 2018, activists and protesters in Armenia have been issued with an alarming 30 SLAPP suits by mining …
Declaration on the abusive use of legal proceedings to silence activists in ArmeniaRead more
Friends of the Earth Europe deeply condemns a proposed bill in Georgia that will suppress NGO’s and independent media organisations in the country. The Georgian ruling party intends to go ahead with the adoption of the ‘foreign agent’ bill. A piece of legislation that will classify almost any type of civil society organisation as “bearing …
Statement: Threat to Georgian civil society – foreign agent law proposalRead more
Sun?ica Kova?evi? and Sara Tuševljak, two law students from Bosnia & Herzegovina, are being sued by the Belgian-based company Green Invest for fighting against the construction of a toxic hydropower plant and defending the Kasindolska river, East Sarajevo. Members of the Friends of the Earth network, gathered in Banja Luka for a five-day meeting on …
Bosnia & Herzegovina: solidarity with Kasindolska river activistsRead more
