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Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence
- Published at
- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Chad
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- censorship
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- violent protest
- protest
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened
- Published at
- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- restrictive law
- office raid
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD threatened
Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents
- Published at
- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- political interference
- harassment
- censorship
- excessive force
New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman
- Published at
- 02.02.2018
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition
- Published at
- 02.02.2018
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Journalists and critical voices face harsh crackdown
- Published at
- 02.02.2018
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression
- Published at
- 01.02.2018
- Country
- Philippines
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- land rights
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Fears of further crackdown in deepening Anglophone crisis
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Cameroon
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- harassment
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
Government threatens free press while December ceasefire is violated
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- South Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- intimidation
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- restrictive law
- internet restriction