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Civic Space Developments
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- internet restriction
- release of HRDs
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
International community turns a blind eye as Saudi Arabia increases oppression of HRDs and civil society
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
UAE civil society fears crackdown ahead of COP28
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- release of HRDs
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja convicted on new charges
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work
Published at
30.12.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
Israeli occupation forces raid, damage and seal offices of several CSOs; Jerusalem born French-Palestinian lawyer exiled to France
Published at
27.12.2022
Country
Occupied Territory of Palestine
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- censorship
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- journalist detained
Nicaragua menosprecia los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos
Published at
20.12.2022
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos
Published at
20.12.2022
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- land rights
- harassment
- intimidation
Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor
Published at
15.12.2022
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- restrictive law
- harassment
- travel ban
- protest
- HRD threatened
Repression continues with new wave of protests
Published at
15.12.2022
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
Harassment and criminalisation of activists and journalists in Hong Kong continues unabated
Published at
13.12.2022
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted