State continues relentless targeting of opposition leaders Published at 19.12.2017 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling political interference Read more
Mali - third African country to adopt law on protection of HRDs Published at 23.01.2018 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest disruption refugees and migrants protest enabling law Read more
Court rules on University's free expression violation with cancellation of book event Published at 19.12.2017 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed Published at 29.01.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained public vilification killing of protestors land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Outcry over jamming and hacking of radio stations and blocking of online news outlet Published at 20.12.2017 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive CS development labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Movimiento Marcha Verde continues to mobilise against corruption Published at 30.10.2017 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
More protests organised by Movimiento Marcha Verde Published at 30.01.2018 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest private sector Read more
Human rights defender arrested as International Criminal Court opens investigation Published at 21.12.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression Published at 31.01.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened Read more
Argentinian government limits civic participation in WTO meeting Published at 20.12.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protest disruption excessive force restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Concerns over the state's "aggressive and intolerant" attitude towards media Published at 23.01.2018 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship sexual assault women protest Read more
Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns Published at 04.05.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction indigenous groups land rights Read more
Impunity for attacks on journalists draws international scrutiny Published at 20.12.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing torture/ill-treatment labour rights protest HRD acquitted killing of journalist positive court ruling women extractive industries non state actors Read more
Supreme Court ruling strikes a blow to the right to access public information Published at 20.12.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD prosecuted negative court ruling labour rights LGBTI protest Read more
Nationalistic feelings surge during large Independence Day march Published at 19.12.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law refugees and migrants violent protest negative court ruling protest Read more
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis Published at 30.01.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference censorship Read more
Catalonia: tensions remain high as Madrid asserts control Published at 21.12.2017 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling political interference protest Read more
