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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Government uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms Published at 19.06.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction intimidation protest political interference censorship surveillance environmental rights Read more
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant Published at 19.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Progress on human rights defender’s bill in Mongolia but defamation laws put media at risk Published at 17.06.2020 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development criminal defamation Read more
Journalists face lawsuits and attacks; media outlets face possibility of closure due to pandemic Published at 17.06.2020 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights funding restriction refugees and migrants censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
At least 37 political prisoners in Nicaragua have presented COVID-19 symptoms say CSOs Published at 15.06.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship non state actors harassment intimidation Read more
Funding cuts and no economic assistance for CSOs during COVID-19 Published at 15.06.2020 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI women censorship positive CS development negative court ruling protest Read more
