Insults, threats and physical attacks against journalists remain a serious concern Published at 17.07.2017 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Court upholds sentencing of 11 campesinos for defending their land rights Published at 24.07.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force LGBTI public vilification Read more
Environmental and land rights defenders threatened and sued Published at 01.08.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women excessive force protest environmental rights censorship HRD prosecuted private sector land rights Read more
Lebanese authorities backslide on commitments to civic freedoms Published at 17.07.2017 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption excessive force protest Read more
North Korea crowned worst in the world for freedom of expression Published at 06.06.2017 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
Protests and civil society advocacy efforts put restrictive law on hold Published at 07.06.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest Read more
Violence, arrests and killings as President Kabila clings to power Published at 20.07.2017 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest disruption harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest killing of journalist prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Harassment and intimidation of journalists as political instability continues Published at 26.01.2018 Country Lesotho Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest Read more
Ongoing armed conflict puts activists at even greater risk Published at 12.06.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups killing of protestors attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest Read more
Proposed ban on face veils undermines Norway's free speech ranking Published at 20.07.2017 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI women refugees and migrants religious groups intimidation non state actors Read more
Blurred lines between freedom of expression and divisive rhetoric Published at 21.07.2017 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption prevention of protest minority groups labour rights protest Read more
Rights violations abound ahead of the Asiada Games Published at 21.07.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions torture/ill-treatment political interference Read more
New Russian laws to further limit internet use and curtail freedom of expression Published at 24.07.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption CSO closure HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists held unlawfully for anti-Shell protest Published at 24.07.2017 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: women extractive industries intimidation protestor(s) detained positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Pipeline protestors met with force by Italian police Published at 24.07.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: protest surveillance protest disruption intimidation censorship attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation access to info. law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Trade Unions mobilise 400,000 in Seoul to demand fair wages Published at 24.07.2017 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
Poland protests in defence of democracy and an independent judiciary Published at 25.07.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference protest Read more
Police disperse pro and anti-immigrant protesters encamped in downtown Helsinki Published at 26.07.2017 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants time,place restrictions prevention of protest protest protestor(s) detained political interference Read more
Authorities hinder civil society's monitoring and human rights activities in Rakhine Published at 26.07.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship self censorship religious groups minority groups travel ban Read more
Protesters taking to the streets face excessive force from police Published at 28.07.2017 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation protest disruption excessive force harassment protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Over a year on from the coup: civil society still under siege Published at 06.10.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
