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Civic Space Developments
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
Online activists targeted and brutal killings highlight difficulties Omani women face
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- HRD detained
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
International community turns a blind eye as Saudi Arabia increases oppression of HRDs and civil society
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
UAE civil society fears crackdown ahead of COP28
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja convicted on new charges
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
One year after the coup, civic space violations continue unabated
Published at
29.12.2022
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- women
- attack on journalist
- protest
- internet restriction
- sexual assault
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Israeli occupation forces raid, damage and seal offices of several CSOs; Jerusalem born French-Palestinian lawyer exiled to France
Published at
27.12.2022
Country
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
- journalist detained
Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos
Published at
20.12.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos
Published at
20.12.2022
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- land rights
- harassment
- intimidation
Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor
Published at
15.12.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- harassment
- travel ban
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened