civil society

Ukraine has stepped up to establish a troop of Muslims, leader of Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Abdülcemil K?r?mo?lu, said on Aug. 3.

The troops will be deployed in the Kherson region on the Crimean border and would monitor transportation of goods and people between Ukraine and the peninsula, he said speaking at a congress. 

Turkey's prime minister vowed his government will continue to preserve the balance of security and freedom in the ongoing fight against separatist terrorism amid concerns that the anti-terror struggle also targets the democratically elected Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its leaders. 

Russian prosecutors on July 28 declared the US Congress-funded National Endowment for Democracy the first "undesirable" foreign group under a controversial new law to ban overseas organisations deemed a threat.

After one postponed meeting and one unofficial get-together, Macedonia's inter-party working group tasked with implementing reforms that should lead the country out of its political crisis is expected to start work properly on Monday.

"Have you ever wished to have a place to publish your complaint or your vision for your city? Have you ever found yourself having a good idea for your neighborhood but no one to address it to?" asks Istanbul's new urban initiative, Nextistanbul, on its website, while offering to "give you the possibility to get active."

A bouquet of flowers sent to the co-chair of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) alarmed security staff at the HDP?s party headquarters, amid concerns following the deadly July 20 attack in the Suruç town of southeastern ?anl?urfa province.

With strictly different reasons, both the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples?

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on July 20 pressed Burundian authorities to pull out all the stops to see that elections are carried out peacefully.

The Center for Democracy, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and the Initiative for Local Development in Kraljevo have launched a joint campaign, "Stop the political employment", aimed at monitoring the Strategy for Combating Corruption in employment at national and local level.

Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say. 

Citing the need to buttress national security and stability, President Xi Jinping's administration has tightened government control over almost every aspect of civil society since 2012.