Government declares state of emergency and detains Supreme Court judges Published at 07.02.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist negative court ruling restrictive law Read more
Peaceful protests continue in Suriname Published at 14.10.2016 Country Suriname Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups protest Read more
Laws used to deny trade union registration and workers' right to join a union Published at 06.02.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women political interference restrictive law refusal of registration labour rights protest Read more
Local Mexicali Resiste movement against a construction project continues Published at 06.02.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Crackdown on newspapers and TV stations publicising critical views continues Published at 07.02.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Anti-US base activist faces imprisonment as Okinawa protests continue Published at 08.02.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Concerns over public vilification of civil society in Slovenia Published at 08.02.2018 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest political interference bureaucratic restriction environmental rights public vilification Read more
Civil society alarmed over blocking of critical websites Published at 08.02.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment labour rights protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship environmental rights Read more
Some public criticism of security services surfaces but open public debate remains far-off Published at 05.03.2018 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance torture/ill-treatment religious groups release of HRDs Read more
Artists and social media users impacted by Spain's legal restrictions on free expression Published at 06.03.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling censorship negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Authorities fail to investigate break-ins targeting human rights organisations Published at 08.03.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance attack on HRD torture/ill-treatment journalist detained positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Human rights groups deem trial unfair as Nabeel Rajab's appeal is rejected Published at 18.06.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Worrying new law could threaten social media users' free expression Published at 09.02.2018 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections Published at 09.02.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD prosecuted women attack on HRD environmental rights HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation land rights Read more
7th March 2018 elections: CSOs urge political parties to sign Civic Space Manifesto Published at 07.03.2018 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest attack on journalist protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
New law censuring certain online content could restrict free expression Published at 09.02.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups protest attack on HRD attack on journalist internet restriction excessive force censorship criminal defamation restrictive law environmental rights land rights Read more
Space for trade unions and workers to organise continues to close in Egypt Published at 09.02.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights restrictive law Read more
Prosecution of activist Jolovan Wham reinforces climate of intimidation against dissent Published at 12.03.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted harassment internet restriction restrictive law Read more
