DRC: New press law and Digital Code: certain press offences remain criminalised Published at 03.05.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Journalist detained, charged with ‘interference with witnesses’ Published at 10.10.2023 Country Gambia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth positive CS development attack on journalist protest journalist detained non state actors Read more
Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists Published at 11.10.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed Published at 13.10.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
RDC : une manifestation fait une cinquantaine de morts ; arrestation et poursuites contre un journaliste de renom Published at 16.10.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Vanuatu: Citizens holds protest against political instability while civil society submits information ahead of rights review Published at 17.10.2023 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest Read more
Papua New Guinea: Attack on media workers, flags taken down while mining company forced to talk to communities Published at 17.10.2023 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest environmental rights non state actors Read more
Gabon: General elections amid civic space violations, followed by military takeover Published at 17.10.2023 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship release of HRDs internet restriction Read more
Bangladesh: Government continues targeting activists and criminalising opposition members ahead of UN human rights review Published at 23.10.2023 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment negative court ruling criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Cambodia: Criminalisation of activists and the opposition continues following sham elections and transfer of political power Published at 23.10.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption women attack on HRD harassment travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Civic space violations continue in Senegal: protesters killed, HRD and journalists judicially harassed Published at 24.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests Published at 25.10.2023 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship protest disruption women surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
German courts rule against criminalisation of solidarity with Palestine in two rulings, pressure on journalists persists Published at 28.03.2023 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction attack on journalist journalist detained Read more
Climate activists charged for throwing paint at Senate building, facing possible prison sentences Published at 21.02.2023 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights attack on journalist HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Six climate activists arrested on suspicion of sedition in lead-up to road blockade Published at 07.02.2023 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protests for and against Catalan independence, far-right party bans journalists from HQ on election night Published at 24.09.2023 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest political interference censorship Read more
Pro-EU and Pro-Choice Protests Sweep Poland Published at 07.08.2023 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women attack on journalist protest political interference journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Cuba: Government authorities crack down on activists and journalists during the G77+China Summit Published at 25.10.2023 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
CSO report reveals covert use of biometric surveillance by Czech police Published at 14.08.2023 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants minority groups surveillance protest internet restriction violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Nauru: Lack of transparency around new asylum seekers detained on island Published at 26.10.2023 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship refugees and migrants Read more
Intimidation against KISA continues amidst violent attacks against migrants and refugees. Published at 02.10.2023 Country Cyprus Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship refugees and migrants Read more
