
Explore
Civic Space Developments


Defamation lawsuit against Palau newspaper
Published at
07.03.2025
Country
Palau
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation

Escalating violent conflict in eastern DRC: journalists and HRDs targeted; censorship and internet cuts
Published at
07.03.2025
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- attack on HRD
- sexual assault
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- censorship
- non state actors

Right to protest under threat as Senate considers security bill
Published at
07.03.2025
Country
Italy
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- protestor(s) detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- time,place restrictions
- surveillance
- environmental rights

Deadly crackdown follows 2024 mass protests, surge in femicides sparks more protests
Published at
06.03.2025
Country
Kenya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- surveillance
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- self censorship
- youth
- transnational repression

Call to investigate spyware company; Repercussions of Caritas scandal and USAID freeze
Published at
05.03.2025
Country
Luxembourg
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- negative court ruling
- protest
- LGBTI

Laos: UN raises concerns on civic space restrictions for ethnic cultural groups and women activists
Published at
03.03.2025
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- surveillance
- minority groups
- bureaucratic restriction

Tonga: Defamation judgment against journalists overturned
Published at
03.03.2025
Country
Tonga
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- positive court ruling

Vanuatu: Government to develop policy to ban LGBTQIA+ advocacy as teachers strike continues
Published at
03.03.2025
Country
Vanuatu
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- labour rights
- bureaucratic restriction

Bangladesh: UN report highlights repression by former government as journalists targeted and draft cybersecurity ordinance raises concerns
Published at
03.03.2025
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained

India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted
Published at
01.03.2025
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- extractive industries
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights

Teachers protest over unpaid wages as the country approaches general elections
Published at
28.02.2025
Country
Belize
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest