Jair Bolsonaro’s first 100 days in office demonstrate Brazilian president’s disregard for pluralism Published at 13.05.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups restrictive law intimidation positive CS development access to info. law protest Read more
Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist Published at 13.05.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance extractive industries torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Authoritarian constitutional amendments tighten Egypt’s iron grip on civic space Published at 09.05.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI harassment surveillance internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Deplorable Taliban attack on aid NGO reflects CSOs fears of losing civil rights in the peace process Published at 09.05.2019 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD killing attack on HRD non state actors Read more
Singapore parliament passes ‘Online Falsehoods Bill’ despite civil society concerns Published at 09.05.2019 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Websites blocked, journalists arrested and protests dispersed using excessive force Published at 08.05.2019 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Abelino Chub Caal released amid increasing attacks against HRDs Published at 07.05.2019 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD killing HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to Sudanese civil society activist about civic space restrictions and demands Published at 07.05.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Read more
UN expert reports of ‘a near-total lack of space for freedom of expression’ in Laos Published at 06.05.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Authorities criticised for slow response to human rights violations Published at 03.05.2019 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained protest Read more
Anti-corruption protests force removal of Mongolian politician while judicial independence at risk Published at 03.05.2019 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI political interference minority groups Read more
Political prisoners pardoned for the first time in history, critics term decision political move Published at 02.05.2019 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest negative court ruling release of HRDs Read more
