Turkmenistan: The state reinforces propaganda campaigns following rumours of the president’s death Published at 03.12.2019 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship positive CS development public vilification intimidation Read more
Raid on Lawyers Collective by Indian police aimed to ‘intimidate and silence’ them Published at 13.07.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment refusal of registration HRD prosecuted Read more
New Australian law to crackdown on violent videos on social media may lead to censorship Published at 17.04.2019 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups extractive industries minority groups censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Authorities criticised for slow response to human rights violations Published at 03.05.2019 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained protest Read more
EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms Published at 15.07.2019 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Civic space in Gaza under severe restriction by both external and internal security forces Published at 22.05.2019 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained excessive force killing of journalist prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment surveillance non state actors attack on journalist protest disruption office raid negative court ruling restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
Journalists denounce lack of access to information Published at 30.04.2019 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI bureaucratic restriction Read more
New constitution voting process triggers violations to civic space Published at 21.03.2019 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
UN expert reports of ‘a near-total lack of space for freedom of expression’ in Laos Published at 06.05.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to Sudanese civil society activist about civic space restrictions and demands Published at 07.05.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Read more
Singapore parliament passes ‘Online Falsehoods Bill’ despite civil society concerns Published at 09.05.2019 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist Published at 13.05.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries torture/ill-treatment youth women attack on HRD restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force HRD threatened criminal defamation environmental rights protest enforced disappearance land rights Read more
Escalating concerns over right to privacy and freedom of expression on the net in South Korea Published at 14.05.2019 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation censorship protestor(s) detained protest protest disruption women Read more
30th April 2019: another peak in repression Published at 14.05.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups harassment protestor(s) detained attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction violent protest censorship HRD threatened Read more
EU continues support to CSOs, activists march in support of prominent Iranian WHRD Published at 14.05.2019 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
UK anti-terror legislative and judicial steps threaten civil rights and freedom Published at 16.05.2019 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling journalist detained criminal defamation protestor(s) detained protest environmental rights restrictive law non state actors Read more
Protest over voter registration took place in Belize Published at 15.03.2019 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
Anti-immigrant and homophobic rhetoric: Finnish elections spurred harmful speech Published at 01.05.2019 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification Read more
Police denies permission to protest, while election outcome sparks violence Published at 16.05.2019 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest protestor(s) detained violent protest youth women Read more
Ruling party steps up harassment to silence critical journalists and media outlets Published at 27.05.2019 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation political interference positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction protest women censorship religious groups harassment restrictive law attack on journalist public vilification non state actors Read more
Protest against neo-Nazi demonstration in German city of Kassel Published at 12.09.2019 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
