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Arbitrary arrests; no respite for journalists and political activists
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Burundi
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference

Police violently disrupt anti-corruption protests
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Authorities continue to ban sit-ins, meetings and protests against the new controversial Constitution
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- prevention of protest

New civil society regulations endanger fundamental freedoms
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law

Vanuatu: UN body calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws, teachers’ union holds strike
Published at
30.08.2024
Country
Vanuatu
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest

Singapore: New Prime Minister continues policy of silencing dissent by criminalising protesters and harassing critics
Published at
29.08.2024
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- harassment
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- HRD prosecuted

Liberia strives to improve civic space amid challenges
Published at
28.08.2024
Country
Liberia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- protest

El Senado aprueba un controvertido proyecto de ley que endurece el control sobre las OSC
Published at
28.08.2024
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- censorship

Papua New Guinea: Media restrictions and cybercrime law undermine freedom of expression
Published at
28.08.2024
Country
Papua New Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights

Japan: Press freedom ranking drops while new law passed to remove defamatory online posts
Published at
27.08.2024
Country
Japan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- protest

Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while journalists and civil society remain constrained
Published at
26.08.2024
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- torture/ill-treatment