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: office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law 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
Save the Children staff killed in terror attack Published at 26.01.2018 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors attack on HRD restrictive law attack on journalist protest non state actors Read more
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space Published at 26.01.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Nicaraguan government interferes with citizen activism and closes space for opposition Published at 25.01.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest political interference intimidation harassment censorship Read more
New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression Published at 24.01.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women release of HRDs travel ban excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists killed, injured and arrested as the Syrian conflict continues Published at 24.01.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist HRD detained journalist detained non state actors Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning Yemeni WHRD Published at 24.01.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid HRD detained release of HRDs attack on journalist Read more
Eritrean refugees take labour rights case to Canadian court Published at 23.01.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants labour rights protest excessive force extractive industries torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Palestinian youth persecuted and imprisoned for dissent against Israeli occupation Published at 22.01.2018 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained violent protest travel ban attack on journalist HRD prosecuted Read more
