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Civic Space Developments
Legitimacy of upcoming elections questioned with crackdown on media and opposition
Published at
28.05.2018
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights
Environmental protesters in Tamil Nadu shot dead
Published at
25.05.2018
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- private sector
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
More HRDs murdered: 3 killed in 5 days as civil society calls for better protection mechanisms
Published at
25.05.2018
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- protest
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Positive civic space developments: some activists hopeful, some still wary
Published at
25.05.2018
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- protest
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- people with disabilities
- private sector
Trade unions suspend 4-month strike
Published at
25.05.2018
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- political interference
- labour rights
- protest
Media watchdog reports 17 journalists attacked in past 15 months
Published at
25.05.2018
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest
Lesotho High Court ruling: criminal defamation is unconstitutional
Published at
25.05.2018
Country
Lesotho
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
PNG journalist: "We no longer enjoy media freedom".
Published at
24.05.2018
Country
Papua New Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- sexual assault
- extractive industries
- censorship
- private sector
- land rights
Consultative process for civil society strategy welcomed but process remains ambiguous
Published at
24.05.2018
Country
Estonia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- women
- protest
Government official oversteps mandate threatening to fire reporters with state broadcaster
Published at
24.05.2018
Country
Austria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- funding restriction
- refugees and migrants
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- censorship
- environmental rights
Ecuador signs on to regional agreement to protect HRDs
Published at
23.05.2018
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- non state actors
- positive CS development
- internet restriction