BBC Radio to broadcast in heavily-censored media space Published at 06.03.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Some public criticism of security services surfaces but open public debate remains far-off Published at 05.03.2018 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance torture/ill-treatment religious groups release of HRDs Read more
Opposition boycotts elections raising questions about its legitimacy Published at 27.02.2018 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference Read more
Lawyers outside Bar Association of Azerbaijan hindered from practicing profession Published at 20.02.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Journalists, human rights defenders and artists persecuted and harassed in Cuba Published at 16.02.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation journalist detained harassment travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
Attempts to circumvent state censorship and surveillance to access news from South Korea Published at 12.02.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance internet restriction Read more
Space for trade unions and workers to organise continues to close in Egypt Published at 09.02.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights restrictive law Read more
Civil society alarmed over blocking of critical websites Published at 08.02.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment labour rights protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship environmental rights Read more
Continuous wave of persecution against HRDs and WHRDs Published at 05.02.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained women restrictive law Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened Read more
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition Published at 02.02.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Media report numbers of protesters declining by end of 2017 Published at 29.01.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest Read more
