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 Read more
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 Read more
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 attack on HRD minority groups attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction violent protest time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
COVID-19, a pretext to further suppress freedom of expression and association Published at 22.06.2020 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Panama: coronavirus restrictions lifted and reimplemented Published at 19.06.2020 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protestor(s) detained labour rights protest 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: women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted 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 attack on journalist criminal defamation enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment 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: funding restriction intimidation harassment 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
