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Civic Space Developments
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence
Published at
05.02.2018
Country
Chad
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- censorship
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- labour rights
- violent protest
- protest
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman
Published at
02.02.2018
Country
Oman
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
Journalists and critical voices face harsh crackdown
Published at
02.02.2018
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression
Published at
01.02.2018
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- land rights
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
Published at
31.01.2018
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Fears of further crackdown in deepening Anglophone crisis
Published at
31.01.2018
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- harassment
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
Government threatens free press while December ceasefire is violated
Published at
31.01.2018
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- intimidation
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis
Published at
30.01.2018
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- HRD killing
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of protestors
- political interference
- censorship
Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed
Published at
29.01.2018
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- killing of protestors
- land rights
- private sector
- non state actors
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space
Published at
26.01.2018
Country
Eswatini
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- excessive force
- protest
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- violent protest
- protestor(s) detained
Anniversary of Jasmine Revolution marred by detention of hundreds of protesters
Published at
25.01.2018
Country
Tunisia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- violent protest
- protest