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Palestinian activists face lawsuit and ban; climate activists threatened with SLAPPs
Published at
22.11.2022
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- minority groups
- environmental rights

Women’s rights NGOs call for more funding; Rule of law & anti-corruption referendum launched
Published at
15.10.2021
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors

Excessive force at protest, government reluctant to involve CSOs in COVID-19 recovery plan
Published at
25.05.2021
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- non state actors

Increased police powers to crackdown on protests, attempts to limit media freedom
Published at
12.04.2021
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- non state actors

Austria civic space rating upgraded to open
Published at
15.09.2020
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protest

CSOs included in governments COVID-19 emergency fund
Published at
25.06.2020
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protestor(s) detained
- protest

New government action plan reveals change in attitude towards CSOs and human rights
Published at
12.03.2020
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- political interference
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- public vilification

Civil society space narrowing in Austria as CSOs face smear campaign and restrictions
Published at
25.04.2019
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- public vilification

Austria's civic space rating downgraded from open to narrowed
Published at
19.11.2018
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments

As pressure on civil society grows, new coalitions are formed
Published at
20.07.2018
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- funding restriction
- protest
- refugees and migrants
- political interference
- public vilification

Government official oversteps mandate threatening to fire reporters with state broadcaster
Published at
24.05.2018
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- public vilification
- political interference
- funding restriction
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- censorship
- environmental rights