HRDs given three-month suspended prison sentences Published at 26.07.2018 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Singapore Public Order Act used to restrict or criminalise expression and peaceful assembly Published at 26.07.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI prevention of protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
President Kiir seeks to extend term limit, while aid workers are killed and abducted Published at 25.07.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing attack on HRD Read more
Tanzania commences enforcement of new online blogging law as websites shut down Published at 25.07.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Somaliland authorities continue attack on free expression Published at 24.07.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling CSO closure release of HRDs censorship protestor(s) detained negative court ruling Read more
CSOs documented over 130 attacks against the press in the context of elections Published at 23.07.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force killing of journalist private sector positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants release of HRDs attack on journalist labour rights protest journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society Published at 23.07.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women attack on HRD intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Kenyan activist disappears ahead of protests while a new cyber crimes law is challenged in court Published at 20.07.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance attack on HRD restrictive law enabling law harassment censorship Read more
LGBTI protest took place in Tbilisi despite threats of violence Published at 20.07.2018 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI religious groups political interference protest Read more
Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections Published at 20.07.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Blogger Naïm Touré sentenced to two months in prison Published at 17.07.2018 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists arrested and MP slain as Ugandans protest insecurity Published at 16.07.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption internet restriction censorship HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
