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Government emergency measures increase policing powers
Published at
25.06.2020
Country
Ireland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
Attacks on the press and critics persist as UN report on the Philippines finds widespread violations
Published at
25.06.2020
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
COVID-19 used to curtail freedom of expression further
Published at
24.06.2020
Country
Morocco
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- office raid
- harassment
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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