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COVID-19 used to curtail freedom of expression further
- Published at
- 24.06.2020
- Country
- Morocco
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- office raid
- harassment
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Civic space restrictions continue unabated in Singapore despite COVID-19 pandemic, as election looms
- Published at
- 24.06.2020
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- harassment
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
Authorities intimidate protesters and silence critics using restrictive laws in Fiji
- Published at
- 24.06.2020
- Country
- Fiji
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
Countrywide protests to end police brutality in the United States met by militarised law enforcement
- Published at
- 22.06.2020
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- attack on HRD
- minority groups
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- attack on journalist
- protest
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
COVID-19, a pretext to further suppress freedom of expression and association
- Published at
- 22.06.2020
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- harassment
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
Panama: coronavirus restrictions lifted and reimplemented
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Panama
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
- LGBTI
- protestor(s) detained
- public vilification
Decree prohibits the spread of fake news about COVID-19, raising concerns of media censorship
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- environmental rights
Media regulator suspends three media outlets, two HRDs and one journalist briefly detained
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Togo
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
Protests over Serbian Orthodox bishops’ detention; worst rating for press freedom in Western Balkans
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Montenegro
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- religious groups
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Niger
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- women
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- journalist detained
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- enforced disappearance
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance