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Paraguayan Senate passes controversial draft law to increase heavy control over CSOs
Published at
22.08.2024
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- enabling law
- censorship

Investigative media and transparency watchdog targeted by Sovereignty Protection Office
Published at
14.08.2024
Country
Hungary
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest
- public vilification
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- access to info. law
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Malaysia: Activist investigated for sedition, protesters harassed and increasing online controls
Published at
12.08.2024
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- place restrictions
- indigenous groups
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights

Nationwide blockages amid failed coup attempt and economic crisis; ADEPCOCA members face trial
Published at
09.08.2024
Country
Bolivia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- public vilification
- extractive industries
- access to info. law
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector

Media outlets face lawsuits over published articles
Published at
01.08.2024
Country
Lesotho
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- private sector

Increasing restrictions on civic freedoms: excessive force, racial profiling and restrictive laws target pro-Palestine protesters
Published at
18.07.2024
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- surveillance
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- people with disabilities
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

The alarming rise of violence against Ecuadorian journalists
Published at
13.07.2024
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- environmental rights
- non state actors

Nayib Bukele sworn in for second term as civic space conditions deteriorated
Published at
08.07.2024
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted

Mongolia: Press freedom at risk with arrest and prosecution of journalists while protesters detained
Published at
08.07.2024
Country
Mongolia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Benin: Protests against high cost of living banned, dispersed
Published at
28.06.2024
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- protest

Indonesia: Civil society forum disrupted, protests stifled and repression in Papua continues despite UN review
Published at
12.06.2024
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights