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Civic Space Developments
Various bills related to freedom of expression await adoption
Published at
27.07.2026
Country
Monaco
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Court upholds conviction of Wet’suwet’en land defender; New legislation raises concerns over civic freedoms
Published at
21.07.2026
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- CSO closure
- environmental rights
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- labour rights
- negative court ruling
- positive CS development
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- women
Taiwan: Committee makes recommendations to improve civic space while civil society protest efforts to deport Myanmar asylum seekers
Published at
16.07.2026
Country
Taiwan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
- labour rights
- protest
- refugees and migrants
Kiribati: Civil society holds consultation on ocean governance as trade unions participate in training
Published at
13.07.2026
Country
Kiribati
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- labour rights
New law expanding wartime censorship criticised by media association, Supreme Court upholds church law amendments targeting foreign influence
Published at
15.06.2026
Country
Estonia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- protest
- religious groups
- restrictive law
The Bahamas: Freedom of Information Act still awaiting implementation
Published at
10.06.2026
Country
Bahamas
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- labour rights
- protest
Palau: Key international human rights instruments remain unratified
Published at
29.05.2026
Country
Palau
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
Japan: Concerns around proposed security laws that could restrict civic freedoms
Published at
13.05.2026
Country
Japan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
New Zealand: Ongoing criminalisation of climate activists and concerns about restrictive bill
Published at
16.04.2026
Country
New Zealand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
- women
Use of legal powers against journalists sparks concerns; Strikes and mass mobilisations signal growing pressure on public services and workers' rights
Published at
08.04.2026
Country
Uruguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- intimidation
- labour rights
- positive CS development
- protest
- women
Land defenders arrested following protests against logging in British Columbia; Coalition calls for accountability over targeting of Muslim-led organisations
Published at
01.04.2026
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- bureaucratic restriction
- environmental rights
- labour rights
- LGBTI
- positive CS development
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law