Spread of coronavirus and emergency safety measures put pressure on civic freedoms Published at 20.04.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions positive court ruling religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest access to info. law Read more
Further attempts to curtail freedom of expression during COVID-19 Published at 05.06.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women journalist detained surveillance excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Oman: Artistic censorship and harassment of online activists continues Published at 11.06.2020 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Progress on human rights defender’s bill in Mongolia but defamation laws put media at risk Published at 17.06.2020 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development criminal defamation Read more
Concerns over democratic decline, with transgender rights and freedom of speech under attack Published at 05.06.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI restrictive law harassment censorship labour rights protest Read more
Dock workers adversely impacted by state of emergency during pandemic Published at 15.06.2020 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’ Published at 07.01.2021 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD detained minority groups Read more
NGOs call on authorities to end persecution of activists Published at 03.12.2020 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted funding restriction censorship HRD detained excessive force protest journalist detained Read more
El Salvador’s disproportionate measures to curb COVID-19 affect fundamental freedoms Published at 04.06.2020 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist public vilification youth women HRD detained attack on HRD Read more
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated Published at 19.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women HRD detained criminal defamation journalist detained Read more
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Protest by teachers' unions dispersed, protests against presence of foreign troops Published at 27.03.2020 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained violent protest excessive force protest disruption protest Read more
Hungary: European Courts of Justice take on restrictive laws Published at 12.02.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI refugees and migrants restrictive law censorship protest Read more
Enforced disappearance during Guadalajara protest and two journalists at severe risk Published at 30.07.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics Published at 08.06.2020 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction intimidation surveillance censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Venezuela reprime las actividades de la sociedad civil y restringe su financiación Published at 07.06.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction funding restriction office raid journalist detained Read more
Funding cuts and no economic assistance for CSOs during COVID-19 Published at 15.06.2020 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI women censorship positive CS development negative court ruling protest Read more
Media regulator suspends three media outlets, two HRDs and one journalist briefly detained Published at 19.06.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained release of HRDs harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Panama: coronavirus restrictions lifted and reimplemented Published at 19.06.2020 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest LGBTI protestor(s) detained public vilification Read more
Cuban artist detained for his work and declared prisoner of conscience Published at 06.04.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Civic space restrictions continue unabated in Singapore despite COVID-19 pandemic, as election looms Published at 24.06.2020 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship harassment protest protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
