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Concerns rise over new NGO law
Published at
15.03.2019
Country
Kosovo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- women
- restrictive law

Weekly "1 of 5 million" protests continue across Serbia
Published at
08.03.2019
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- political interference
- non state actors

Corruption and ethnic violence undermine peace deal
Published at
08.03.2019
Country
South Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling

Prominent HRD’s lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years imprisonment
Published at
13.03.2019
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- HRD prosecuted
- release of HRDs
- censorship
- journalist detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights

Lhotshampa minority remain displaced and their electoral rights restricted
Published at
18.03.2019
Country
Bhutan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups

Attacks on Journalists and Expression continue
Published at
18.04.2019
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained

Activists concerned about counter-terror laws while impunity for past crimes persists
Published at
13.03.2019
Country
Sri Lanka
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law

State briefly suspends PNG journalist after critical reporting at APEC summit
Published at
14.03.2019
Country
Papua New Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
- political interference
- protest

Judicial harassment of Nauru 19 protesters continue
Published at
18.03.2019
Country
Nauru
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- HRD prosecuted
- protest

Civic freedoms in Cuba becoming increasingly restrained
Published at
04.07.2019
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- protest
- censorship
- non state actors

Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms
Published at
19.03.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
- killing of protestors

Civil society boycotts public broadcaster after 1,000+ lawsuits
Published at
16.04.2019
Country
Croatia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
- censorship
- protest

Student activists detained during protest against evictions in Taiwan
Published at
15.04.2019
Country
Taiwan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- women
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- land rights

West Papuan protests met with internet shutdown, arrests of activists and excessive force
Published at
11.09.2019
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest

Human rights defenders in Nicaragua subjected to criminalisation, defamation and harassment
Published at
28.11.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- harassment
- protest
- attack on journalist
- women
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors

Indigenous activists in NZ continue struggle to block development at Ihumātao
Published at
29.11.2019
Country
New Zealand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- environmental rights
- harassment
- protest disruption
- land rights

Courts uphold protections for free expression and assembly
Published at
28.11.2019
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- environmental rights
- positive court ruling
- access to info. law
- labour rights
- protest

Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand
Published at
29.11.2019
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector

April 2019 legislative elections marred by civic space violations
Published at
28.11.2019
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Political prisoners pardoned for the first time in history, critics term decision political move
Published at
02.05.2019
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- negative court ruling
- release of HRDs