Criminalisation of free speech creating chilling effect, as elections draws near Published at 08.08.2018 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law Read more
Repression of protests killed 15 people in 2018 Published at 07.08.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of protestors censorship Read more
Amendments to media law could 'further restrict press in Belarus", according to the OSCE Published at 07.08.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law environmental rights protest Read more
Activists threatened and attacked while families of the disappeared protest hearings Published at 07.08.2018 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment HRD threatened Read more
Journalist detained after complaint of the Minister of Justice Published at 06.08.2018 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption prevention of protest violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Opposition voices muzzled, as activists are arrested Published at 06.08.2018 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption labour rights protest criminal defamation internet restriction violent protest restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Attacks on journalists continue, as new law threatens expression Published at 02.08.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Student wing of ruling party attacking activists, academics and journalists with impunity Published at 02.08.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist public vilification enforced disappearance prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Regulator settles dispute with Amnesty Ireland over foreign funding Published at 02.08.2018 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling positive CS development private sector Read more
UN urges Bahrain to end restrictions on civic space Published at 02.08.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure harassment excessive force enforced disappearance journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Human rights defenders at risk as war continues in Yemen Published at 01.08.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment journalist detained intimidation attack on journalist Read more
"Stop Soros" laws followed by restrictive new protest law Published at 01.08.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants political interference restrictive law surveillance non state actors protest public vilification Read more
