The 20th Issue of the Assembly and Association Briefing, the newsletter of Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association has been published. In this issue you can read about: the closing space for civil society in the United Kingdom, as noted by the Special Rapporteur after his official visit; restrictions on foreign funding in India contrary to international law; UN experts call to end impunity for murder of activists in Honduras and to counter smear campaign and support human rights defenders in Mexico; the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and organizations in Egypt; the new African guidelines for countering terrorism; as well as the regular world briefing – Freedom of assembly and association in the news. The newsletter is available for download here.
Source: UN Special Rapporteur on Assembly and Association
