Maldives: UN body raises concerns about restrictions and attacks on civic freedoms while protesters face reprisals Published at 06.09.2024 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation protest restrictive law Read more
Afghanistan: Activists and journalists face arrest, detention, torture and new morality law, three years after the Taliban takeover Published at 04.09.2024 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Thailand: Opposition party dissolved while activists criminalised and attacked Published at 02.09.2024 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
authorities clamp down on freedoms ahead of local and general elections Published at 31.08.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained political interference release of HRDs Read more
Online violence against women, intimidation of journalists foster climate of fear Published at 30.08.2024 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained censorship journalist detained surveillance non state actors Read more
New reports highlight increasing restrictions for associations, journalists & activists Published at 30.08.2024 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction non state actors Read more
Vanuatu: UN body calls for repeal of criminal defamation laws, teachers’ union holds strike Published at 30.08.2024 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
Singapore: New Prime Minister continues policy of silencing dissent by criminalising protesters and harassing critics Published at 29.08.2024 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women harassment protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Papua New Guinea: Media restrictions and cybercrime law undermine freedom of expression Published at 28.08.2024 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Japan: Press freedom ranking drops while new law passed to remove defamatory online posts Published at 27.08.2024 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth refugees and migrants protest Read more
Bhutan: Human rights groups call for release of political prisoners while journalists and civil society remain constrained Published at 26.08.2024 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship torture/ill-treatment Read more
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 Read more
