The Assembly and Association Briefing: Former newsletter of UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai (2011-17)

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The Assembly and Association Briefing was the official newsletter of Maina Kiai during his term as UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association (2011-17). It was published from 2014-17. Below is the complete archive of past issues, covering information about the Special Rapporteur’s activities, statements, reports and news and developments regarding the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association across the globe.

The final issue of the newsletter was published on May 3, 2017.

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Issue 27 (Apr-May 2017)

Kiai completes term, hands over to Annalisa Ciampi • Launch of FOAA Online! • demonstrators killed in Venezuela • protest restrictions in United States and Russia • Kiai's mandate: by the numbers

Issue 26 (Feb-March 2017)

Kiai in Geneva for Human Rights Council • right to strike • Bangladesh enforced disappearances • 2016 annual report • our guide to advocating for better management of protests • Burundi

Issue 25 (Dec 2016-Jan 2017)

Egypt NGO law • submit info for Kiai's final report • Democratic Republic of Congo • litigation over Rwanda NGO case • Malaysia: stop targeting rights defenders • Human Rights Day 2016

Issue 24 (Oct-Nov 2016)

Kiai's farewell to the General Assembly • labor report • litigation in USA, Kazakhstan & Brazil • Special Rapporteur endorses Civic Charter • DR Congo • Ethiopia • Mauritania • Iran • Egypt

Issue 23 (Sept-Oct 2016)

General assembly report on labor • 10 Principles Checklist • Korean protester dies from water cannon injuries • DR Congo protests • 'legal death' of Ecuador association • USA • Jordan • Sudan

Issue 22 (July-Aug 2016)

Official visit to the USA • Turkey derogates from the ICCPR • Israel's new NGO law • activist Kem Ley killed in Cambodia • police impunity in Kenya • harassment of China's Guo Feixiong • Thailand • Bahrain

Issue 21 (May-June 2016)

Reports to the Human Rights Council: Fundamentalism, South Korea & Chile • NGO Committee • India foreign funding • Kenya amicus brief • Iran • Egypt • Cambodia • Kazakhstan • China

Issue 20 (April 2016)

Follow-up visit to the UK • foreign funding in India • impunity in Honduras • smear campaign against HRDs in Mexico • harassment of NGOs and activists in Egypt • new anti-terror guidelines in Africa

Issue 19 (Feb-March 2016)

Kiai & Heyns present joint report on managing assemblies • #FOAAat50 • Berta Cáceres killed in Honduras; Gustavo Castro Soto at risk • Western Australia protest bill

Issue 18 (Jan 2016)

Official visit to South Korea • call for input on the UNSR's report on fundamentalism • 2015 annual report released • UK surveillance bill • Ethiopia's crackdown on protesters • France anti-terrorism concerns

Issue 17 (Nov-Dec 2015)

Brazil anti-terror law • Azerbaijan case before European Court • Bangladesh foreign funding for NGOs • Chile identity check bill • civil society needs 'new tactics' to combat shrinking space

Issue 16 (Oct 2015)

Official visit to Chile • Kiai presents 'sectoral equity' report to General Assembly • NGO law in Kazakhstan • Angola 14 • a 'trend-setting' agreement on environmental matters from ECLAC

Issue 15 (Sep 2015)

UN releases Kiai's 'sectoral equity' report • Mexico amicus brief • HRD stories from Kazakhstan, Burundi & Azerbaijan • Ecuador moves to shut down Fundamedios • the 'erosion of democracy'

Issue 14 (July-Aug 2015)

Reprisals in Venezuela • Cambodian NGO bill • call for Security Council action in Burundi • Nabeel Rajab released in Bahrain • China lawyers arrested • Uganda NGO bill

Issue 13 (June 2015)

UNSR presents latest reports to Human Rights Council • Cambodian NGO bill • Kiai speaks out on youth LGBT rights • Azerbaijan • Bolivia amicus brief • Special Rapporteur going to Chile

Issue 12 (April-May 2015)

Experts in Chile to shape recommendations on peaceful protests • Ethiopia Zone 9 bloggers • Latin America and the right to funding • Burundi • call to contribute to the UNSR’s Oct. 2015 report

Issue 11 (Feb-March 2015)

HRC28 & launch of ‘landmark’ freedom of association guidelines • legal reform in Spain • mass death sentences in Egypt • Bahrain • Australia • call to submit cases in the UNSR’s litigation project

Issue 10 (Jan 2015)

The Special Rapporteur visits Kazakhstan • Oman: Said Jadad imprisoned • Lao: Sombath Somphone two years later • Bahrain • UNSR releases first-ever annual report

Issue 9 (Dec 2014)

Tackling civil society restrictions • LGBT rights in Botswana & Kyrgyzstan • UNSR releases factsheet series • USA: Michael Brown & Eric Garner cases • UNSR's next report on natural resource exploitation

Issue 8 (Oct-Nov 2014)

Special Rapporteur presents to UN General Assembly • Kiai talks to OSCE states on extremism & FoAA rights • Malaysia Sedition Act • litigation project launch • Ethiopia

Issue 7 (Sep 2014)

Official visit to Oman • Maryam Al-Khawaja arrested • Iran arrests civil society actors • Tasmania protest bill • Azerbaijan • UNSR makes follow-up visit to Rwanda

Issue 6 (July-Aug 2014)

Special Rapporteur to tackle multilateral institutions in next report • Kiai Comments website feature launched • at-risk groups • Egypt death sentences • UNSR in Burundi • Kiai blasts UN-Kenya

Issue 5 (June 2014)

Kiai presents at-risk report to Human Rights Council • Syria • general principles on protecting right to access resources • international day against homophobia • Thailand

Issue 4 (May 2014)

UN Releases Special Rapporteur Kiai’s latest report on groups ‘most at risk’ • Azerbaijan HRD charges • ‘political will’ as an obstacle to FoAA rights • video: narrowing space in Canada

Issue 3 (April 2014)

UN experts condemn mass death sentences in Egypt • concern over Turkey Twitter & YouTube ban • China: death of Cao Shunli • Venezuela • Myanmar: UN expert raises alarm on Rakhine State

Issue 2 (Feb-March 2014)

Special Rapporteur makes official visit to Rwanda • unofficial visit to Cambodia • Community of Democracies & UNSR launch project on right to access funding • Kiai on the UK lobbying bill

Issue 1 (Jan 2014)

Kiai readies report on groups most at risk • new website launch • Kenya: repressive amendments to NGO law defeated • Kiai to visit Rwanda • South Sudan • Cambodia bans public gatherings