Restrictive laws, Abductions, Detentions, Vilification and Protest dispersal characterise downward spiral of civic space Published at 01.11.2022 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest criminal defamation LGBTI protest protest disruption youth restrictive law attack on HRD public vilification journalist detained protestor(s) detained attack on journalist Read more
Peru: attacks on journalists as political polarisation remains prominent Published at 27.10.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors attack on HRD intimidation protest harassment women HRD detained HRD threatened HRD killing extractive industries indigenous groups journalist detained criminal defamation attack on journalist environmental rights restrictive law land rights protest disruption office raid Read more
Anti-monarchy protesters face repression as the right to protest remains under threat Published at 10.10.2022 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights refugees and migrants harassment HRD prosecuted censorship protest extractive industries positive court ruling Read more
El Salvador: aumentan los riesgos para las personas defensoras de los DD. HH. durante el régimen de excepción Published at 04.10.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: private sector HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted positive court ruling women indigenous groups HRD detained protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
Ecuador: two journalists killed in Manabí within a month Published at 04.10.2022 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment attack on journalist public vilification killing of journalist killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
University protests against riot police deployment continue, Predator-gate scandal raises further concerns about surveillance Published at 30.09.2022 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling youth access to info. law protestor(s) detained women intimidation Read more
El Salvador: HRDs face increased risks under the state of exception Published at 29.09.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women indigenous groups HRD detained protest public vilification private sector HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Bhutan court throws out defamation case but denies compensation Published at 28.09.2022 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law Read more
Crackdown on activists and protests persist in Indonesia while draft criminal code revisions could further curtail dissent Published at 23.09.2022 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance attack on journalist negative court ruling restrictive law protestor(s) detained protest disruption indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD prosecuted Read more
Bolivia: coca growers’ protests marked by violence and use of excessive force Published at 15.09.2022 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist excessive force violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained protest disruption harassment land rights Read more
A win for environmental rights activists; threats against journalists Published at 15.09.2022 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development excessive force protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Deteriorating press freedom trend continues Published at 08.09.2022 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries intimidation protest disruption violent protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
