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Civic Space Developments
Reports and monitoring missions document extreme repression and violence against activists
Published at
18.08.2022
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- positive CS development
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Ongoing attacks on freedom of expression spark international concern
Published at
17.08.2022
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Cuba: todavía se sienten las repercusiones de las manifestaciones multitudinarias de julio de 2021
Published at
16.08.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
Cuba: Repercussions of July 2021 mass protests still felt
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities
Continued repression under new President
Published at
27.07.2022
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Arrests, jailing of activists and silencing of dissent in Hong Kong persists despite UN review
Published at
26.07.2022
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
‘Closed’ civic space shows Laos not taking annual human rights dialogues seriously
Published at
18.07.2022
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- minority groups
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
North Korea cracks down on anti-socialist behaviour, detains critics of its COVID-19 policies
Published at
12.07.2022
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
Las autoridades nicaragüenses ilegalizan a la sociedad civil en la práctica
Published at
11.07.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- religious groups
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
UN report raises concern over new laws restricting civic space
Published at
06.07.2022
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law