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: funding restriction refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest 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: harassment censorship non state actors 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
Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly Published at 15.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Dock workers adversely impacted by state of emergency during pandemic Published at 15.06.2020 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
Benin withdraws from the protocol allowing individuals and CSOs to seize the African Court Published at 15.06.2020 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption prevention of protest violent protest protestor(s) detained negative court ruling Read more
Oman: Artistic censorship and harassment of online activists continues Published at 11.06.2020 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Transitional Government Formed Amidst Ongoing Tensions and Restrictions on Freedom of Speech. Published at 11.06.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship journalist detained release of HRDs intimidation Read more
Tonga drops in press freedom rankings while authorities threaten again to curb social media Published at 11.06.2020 Country Tonga Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Medidas desproporcionadas para frenar la COVID-19 repercuten sobre las libertades fundamentales Published at 10.06.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained attack on HRD women public vilification Read more
Cuba cracking down on dissent using internet regulation and COVID-19 pretence Published at 10.06.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
