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ICCPR still not ratified; Journalist arrested due to sensitive translation
Published at
06.06.2025
Country
Comoros
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- journalist detained
- protest
- transnational repression
New restrictive laws raise concerns
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Zambia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Un polémico decreto presidencial restringe la labor de la sociedad civil; personas manifestantes por el derecho a la tierra son víctimas de amenazas
Published at
30.05.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
Adoption of Counter-Terrorism Bill by Parliament sparks concerns among press freedom advocates
Published at
27.05.2025
Country
Sierra Leone
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Nepal: Restrictive social media legislation, targeting of journalists and excessive force at protests put freedoms at risk
Published at
22.05.2025
Country
Nepal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- killing of journalist
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
President enacts controversial law restricting civil society; Land rights protesters face threats
Published at
21.05.2025
Country
Paraguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
Unprecedented police crackdown on pension protests; Environmental defenders prosecuted for opposing mining project in Mendoza
Published at
17.05.2025
Country
Argentina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- sexual assault
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Civic space at risk: Donald Trump’s first 100 days and the growing crackdown on dissent
Published at
14.05.2025
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- office raid
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- access to info. law
- surveillance
- private sector
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- religious groups
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression
Israeli forces target civilians and media crew
Published at
30.04.2025
Country
Lebanon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
Victoria Roshchyna’s body returned to Ukraine bearing signs of torture
Published at
29.04.2025
Country
Ukraine
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- public vilification
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
Protests erupt in response to ban on LGBTQI+ events, introduction of facial recognition technology
Published at
24.04.2025
Country
Hungary
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- access to info. law
- surveillance