US Magnitsky Act used to target human rights violators: On Human Rights Day 2021 following extensive CSO advocacy, the US Government uses Magnitsky act to place sanctions on 12 human rights abusers including in BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA and CHINA
INDONESIA UN Special Rapporteurs call for immediate stop to threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defender Veronica Koman and her family READ MORE
NEW CALEDONIA FLNKS and others decided not to participate in 3rd self-determination referendum READ WHY The MSG Secretariat supports call by pro-independence parties for the UN to declare the results of the Referendum null and void due to the non-participation of the Indigenous people of Kanaky READ THE STATEMENT
INDONESIA: FORUM-ASIA and the Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation are proud to present Going Nowhere: Fact-finding Mission Report on Indigenous Communities, Fisherfolk: Harassment, Poverty and Climate Change in Indonesia READ MORE
New CIVICUS report on how governments and businesses silence activists, disrupt and prevent climate actions and repress environmental, land and Indigenous rights defenders READ MORE
The European Union considers a law banning products tied to legal and illegal deforestation READ MORE
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