Local elections marred by irregularities and marginalisation of opposition Published at 14.06.2017 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained intimidation political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
In Bangladesh: Protests undermined, opposition persecuted and HRDs harrassed Published at 13.06.2017 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of journalist prevention of protest time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Ongoing armed conflict puts activists at even greater risk Published at 12.06.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups killing of protestors attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
Justice advocates and government critics continue to feel the heat in Kazakhstan Published at 12.06.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
HRDs arrested and subjected to ill-treatment in UAE prisons Published at 09.06.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted internet restriction Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
5,000 face trial for taking part in anti-government protests Published at 09.06.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Omani authorities restrict free expression through censorship and arrests of activists Published at 09.06.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained censorship HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Victims of the conflict: journalists killed, activists arrested, HRDs disappeared Published at 08.06.2017 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist women attack on HRD journalist detained attack on journalist Read more
Canada's ranking worsens on World Press Freedom Index 2017 Published at 08.06.2017 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development surveillance labour rights restrictive law Read more
Russian social media, websites and TV blocked in Ukraine on national security grounds Published at 07.06.2017 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest internet restriction Read more
Protests and civil society advocacy efforts put restrictive law on hold Published at 07.06.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest Read more
