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<div style="clear:both;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="#English" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">English</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> |</span><span style="color:#0000FF"> </span><a href="#French" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Français</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> | </span><a href="#Espanol" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Español</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#000000"><a id="English" name="English" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"></a>Over 3 billion people living in countries where civic freedoms are violated – New CIVICUS Monitor tool</span></strong><br><br><span style="color:#000000">More than three billion people live in countries where the rights to protest, organize and speak out are currently being violated according to the </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=682d7b2c83&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">CIVICUS Monitor</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, the first-ever online tool to track and compare civic freedoms on a global scale.<br><br><strong>What is the #CIVICUSMonitor?</strong></span><br><span style="color:#000000">The </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=9dba46dd88&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">CIVICUS Monitor</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> provides near real-time updates on human rights violations and the status of civic space for every country in the world based on how well they uphold the three fundamental rights that enable people to act collectively and make change: freedom of association, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of expression.<br><br><strong>What are the findings?</strong></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#0000FF"><img align="left" height="154" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc/images/65672784-490e-462f-8eb6-0318bf3c6287.jpg" style="width: 250px;height: 154px;margin: 5px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="250"></span><span style="color:#000000">We are seeing violations of civic freedoms in every region of the world, but these are more concentrated in Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. Of the 104 countries rated, 16 are closed, 32 repressed, 21 obstructed, 26 narrowed and 9 are open, equating to more than 3billion people whose civic freedoms are being violated in one form or another around the world. </span></div><br><span style="color:#000000">The CIVICUS Monitor also documents attacks on civil society with updates every weekday. Analysis of more than 200 updates to the CIVICUS Monitor over the past four months has found:<br>
• Detention of activists (68 cases), use of excessive force against protesters (62 cases) and attacks on journalists (37 cases) were the three most common violations of civic freedoms.<br>
• Activists were most likely to be detained over criticism of authorities (37%), human rights monitoring (29%) or political divisions or conflict (16%).<br>
• Excessive force was most likely to be used against protesters who criticise government decisions or corruption (29%), call for action on human rights abuses (20%) or call for basic social or economic freedoms (20%).<br>
• Journalists were most likely to be attacked covering protests (26%) or conflicts (19%), or because of their ethnicity, religious or political affiliation (14%).<br>
• In the vast majority of cases, the state is the perpetrator of violations. <br><br>
CIVICUS hopes the #CIVICUSMonitor will be an invaluable tool allowing activists, journalists, civil society organisations, academic institutions and the general public to assess how well their governments are enabling civic freedoms, as enshrined in national constitutions and guaranteed in international law, as well as through intergovernmental commitments such as the </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=abcad9bdb0&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Sustainable Development Goals</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=22489b1799&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Open Government Partnership</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> and the</span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=094e813c55&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF"> Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation</span></a><span style="color:#000000">.<br><br>
Visit the </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=20010280fc&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">site</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> to find your country rating, search the database by violations or rights and send us your feedback through the <strong>Have Your Say</strong> button on each country page. <br><br>
Also see our </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=c6ff22b01c&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">#CIVICUSMonitor Media and Social Media Toolkit</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> for resources that include social media messages, graphics, official press materials and summary of the findings to help you spread the word in your networks.<br><br>
For more information please contact </span><a href="mailto:monitor@civicus.org" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">monitor@civicus.org</span></a><span style="color:#000000">. <br><br>
In Solidarity, <br>
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<hr><br><span style="color:#000000"><strong><a id="French" name="French" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"></a>Plus de trois milliards de personnes dans le monde vivent dans des pays où les libertés civiques sont violées – Nouvel outil de mesure, le CIVICUS Monitor</strong><br><br>
Plus de trois milliards de personnes vivent dans des pays où les libertés fondamentales de réunion, d'association et d'expression sont actuellement violées selon le </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=3b3dbd2476&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">CIVICUS Monitor</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, le premier outil de recherche en ligne qui suit et compare les droits civiques à l’échelle mondiale.<br><br><strong>Qu’est-ce que le #CIVICUSMonitor ?</strong><br>
Le </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=ca36c26ac9&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">CIVICUS Monitor (<em>présentation en français</em>)</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> vous permettra d'avoir accès à des mises à jour quotidiennes sur les violations des droits de l’Homme et du statut de l'espace civique dans chaque pays du monde. Il se base sur une évaluation de comment les trois libertés fondamentales d'association, de réunion pacifique et d'expression qui permettent à tout peuple d’agir collectivement et de faire changer les choses sont respectées ou non.<br><br><strong>Quels en sont les résultats initiaux ?</strong></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#0000FF"><img align="left" height="154" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc/images/65672784-490e-462f-8eb6-0318bf3c6287.jpg" style="width: 250px;height: 154px;margin: 5px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="250"></span><span style="color:#000000">Nous constatons qu’il y a de sévères violations des libertés civiques dans tous les continents, mais que celles-ci se concentrent surtout en Afrique, au Moyen-Orient et dans les Amériques. Sur les 104 pays actuellement évalués, 16 pays ont un espace civique fermé, 32 pays réprimé, 21 obstrué, 26 réduit, et 9 ouvert, ce qui signifie que plus de 3,2 milliards de personnes vivent dans des pays où l’une des 3 libertés civiques est violée d’une façon ou d’une autre.</span></div><br><span style="color:#000000">Le CIVICUS Monitor documente également les attaques contre la société civile en fournissant des mises à jour chaque jour ouvré. L'analyse de plus de 200 mises à jour pour le CIVICUS Monitor au cours des quatre derniers mois révèle que :<br>
• La détention d'activistes (68 cas), le recours à la force excessive contre des manifestants (62 cas) et les attaques contre des journalistes (37 cas) sont les violations des libertés civiques les plus fréquentes.<br>
• Les activistes sont le plus souvent détenus pour avoir critiqué les autorités (37 %), suivi le respect des droits de l'Homme dans leur pays (29 %) ou pour des raisons de divisions ou de conflits politiques (16 %).<br>
• Une force excessive a été le plus souvent exercée contre des manifestations qui critiquaient les décisions ou la corruption du gouvernement (29 %), pour des appels à l'action contre les violations des droits de l'Homme (20 %) ou pour avoir lancé un appel en faveur des libertés sociales ou économiques fondamentales (20 %).<br>
• Les journalistes ont été le plus souvent attaqué(e)s lorsqu'ils couvraient des manifestations (26 %) ou des conflits (19 %) ou en raison de leur appartenance ethnique, religieuse ou pour des raisons d'affiliation politique (14 %).<br>
• Dans la grande majorité des cas, l'État est l'auteur de ces violations.<br><br>
CIVICUS espère que le #CIVICUSMonitor sera un outil précieux permettant aux activistes, aux journalistes, aux organisations de la société civile, aux institutions académiques et au grand public d'évaluer dans quelle mesure leur gouvernement favorise et respecte les libertés civiques ou non, tel que cela est inscrit dans les constitutions nationales de par le monde et garanti par le droit international, ainsi que par le biais d’engagements intergouvernementaux tels que les </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=2c53585348&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Objectifs de développement durable</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, le </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=3c5bcc39f9&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Partenariat pour un gouvernement transparent</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> et le </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=79b9eca024&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Partenariat de Busan pour une coopération efficace au développement</span></a><span style="color:#000000">.<br><br>
Visitez le</span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=a48ce31c65&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF"> site internet</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> pour connaitre le classement de votre pays, cherchez la base de données par violations ou par libertés, et dites-nous ce que vous en pensez via le bouton ‘<strong>Have Your Say</strong>’ sur chaque page de pays. <br><br>
Vous pouvez aussi consulter notre </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=93219ad4c9&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">boite à outil pour la presse et réseaux sociaux</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> pour diffuser les résultats, graphiques et autres documents du CIVICUS Monitor. <br><br>
Pour plus d’information, contactez-nous à </span><a href="mailto:monitor@civicus.org" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">monitor@civicus.org</span></a><span style="color:#000000">. <br><br>
En solidarité,<br>
L’équipe du #CIVICUSMonitor </span><br>
<hr><br><span style="color:#000000"><strong><a id="Espanol" name="Espanol" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"></a>Más de tres mil millones de personas viven en países donde se violan las libertades cívicas – Nueva herramienta de monitoreo, el CIVICUS Monitor</strong><br><br>
Más de tres mil millones de personas viven en países en los que los derechos a protestar, a organizarse y a expresarse son actualmente violados, según lo comprueba el</span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=47efa60974&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF"> CIVICUS Monitor</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, la primera herramienta de investigación online en su género para monitorear y comparar las libertades cívicas a escala global.<br><br><strong>¿Qué es el #CIVICUSMonitor?</strong></span><br><span style="color:#000000">El </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=5afaa24170&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">CIVICUS Monitor (<em>presentación en español</em>)</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> es una herramienta de investigación construida por la sociedad civil para compartir datos confiables y actualizados sobre el espacio cívico en todos los países. Esta nueva plataforma le permitirá acceder a actualizaciones en vivo de y sobre la sociedad civil alrededor del mundo, rastrear amenazas al espacio cívico y aprender sobre las maneras en las que las libertades fundamentales de asociación, asamblea pacífica y expresión están siendo ejercidas o amenazadas.<br><br><strong>¿Cuáles son los resultados iniciales? </strong></span><br><br><span style="color:#0000FF"><img align="left" height="154" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc/images/65672784-490e-462f-8eb6-0318bf3c6287.jpg" style="width: 250px;height: 154px;margin: 5px;border: 0;line-height: 100%;outline: none;text-decoration: none;" width="250"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#000000">Constatamos que hay violaciones de las libertades cívicas en todos los continentes, pero que se concentran sobretodo en Africa, Medio-Oriente y en las Américas. De los 104 países que han sido clasificados ahora, se ha encontrado que el espacio cívico en 16 países está cerrado, en 32 países está represivo, en 21 obstruido, en 26 estrecho y en 9 países está abierto, lo cual significa que más de 3 mil millones de personas en el mundo viven en países donde el espacio cívico está cerrado o es represivo.</span></div><br><span style="color:#000000">El CIVICUS Monitor también documenta ataques a la sociedad civil con actualizaciones cada día de la semana. El análisis de las más de 200 actualizaciones recibidas para el CIVICUS Monitor en los últimos cuatro meses muestran que:<br>
• La detención de activistas (68 casos), el uso excesivo de la fuerza contra manifestantes (62 casos) y ataques a periodistas (37 casos) fueron las tres violaciones más frecuentas a las libertades civiles.<br>
• La/os activistas tuvieron altas probabilidades de ser detenida/os debido a sus críticas a las autoridades (37%), por su defensa de los derechos humanos (29%) o por divisiones políticas o conflictos (16%).<br>
• El uso de la fuerza excesiva fue una probabilidad alta contra manifestantes que criticaron decisiones gubernamentales o corrupción (29%), que llamaron a la acción por violaciones contra los derechos humanos (20%) o que hicieron un llamado por las libertades sociales y económicas básicas (20%).<br>
• Las y los periodistas estuvieron altamente expuesta/os a ser atacada/os mientras cubrían protestas (26%) o conflictos (19%), o por a su origen étnico, religión o afiliación política (14%).<br>
• En la gran mayoría de los casos, el Estado es el autor de las dichas violaciones.<br><br>
CIVICUS espera que el CIVICUS Monitor se convierta en una valiosa herramienta que permita a activistas, periodistas, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, instituciones académicas y el público en general evaluar si sus gobiernos están permitiendo o reprimiendo las libertades civiles, consagradas en las constituciones nacionales en todo el mundo y también garantizadas en el derecho internacional y a través de compromisos intergubernamentales tales como los </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=675eefcdea&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, la </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=5f2422a34a&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Alianza para el Gobierno Abierto</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> y la </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=ea7b8f9809&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Alianza de Busán para la Cooperación Eficaz al Desarrollo</span></a><span style="color:#000000">.<br><br>
Visite </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=e2efc599ce&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">el sitio web</span></a><span style="color:#000000">, y descubra la clasificación de sus país, busque en la base de datos violaciones y derechos, y háganos saber lo que piensa vía el botón ‘<strong>Have Your Say</strong>’ en cada página de país.<br><br>
También puede consultar nuestra </span><a href="http://civicus.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9283ff78aa53cccd2800739dc&id=756c2cebb9&e=b4767c1de4" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">caja de herramientas para la prensa y las redes sociales</span></a><span style="color:#000000"> difundir los resultados, gráficos y otros documentos del CIVICUS Monitor. <br><br>
Para mas información, contacte-nos en </span><a href="mailto:monitor@civicus.org" target="_blank" style="color: #0e1b64;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">monitor@civicus.org</span></a><span style="color:#0000FF">.</span><span style="color:#000000"> <br><br>
En solidaridad,<br>
El equipo del #CIVICUSMonitor </span><br>
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