Court victory for environmental group, accusations of police misconduct at anti-far right counter-protest Published at 31.05.2025 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption excessive force protest public vilification private sector access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Right to strike under threat, smear campaigns against journalists Published at 26.09.2023 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling labour rights protest public vilification political interference protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Journalists reporting on surveillance expansion convicted of disclosing state secrets Published at 15.02.2023 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling Read more
Sámi struggle for self-determination Published at 28.12.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups Read more
New Patient Safety Act threatens right to strike Published at 19.10.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Attempts to censor publications, agency hit by cyber attack Published at 01.09.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction Read more
Journalists threatened with defamation lawsuit by Finnish MP Published at 04.07.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment Read more
Environmental activists fined and taken into police custody for civil disobedience Published at 01.06.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Environmental activists charged and convicted for insubordination Published at 15.03.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment environmental rights attack on journalist protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Helsinki police detain 38 climate activists Published at 19.01.2022 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Journalists face imprisonment; environmental activists targeted by punitive measures Published at 01.12.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Hundreds of arrests during Extinction Rebellion's Autumn Uprising Published at 04.11.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Protests against deportations to Afghanistan and in solidarity with Cuba Published at 10.08.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protest Read more
Police accused of mistreatment after climate activists arrested during protest Published at 25.06.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Protests over COVID-19 measures; women politicians targeted online Published at 30.04.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest women protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Political parties' offices defaced during Holocaust Remembrance Published at 18.03.2021 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest intimidation Read more
Climate protesters dispersed with pepper spray and detained Published at 18.11.2020 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protestor(s) detained excessive force environmental rights Read more
Demonstration in Helsinki to support protestors in Belarus Published at 10.09.2020 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: environmental rights protest Read more
Ombudsperson investigates complaints of police participation in Black Lives Matter protest Published at 31.07.2020 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protest Read more
Protesters arrested for breaking lockdown rules Published at 22.05.2020 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Right-wing Finns Party attacks new grassroots movement, postal workers go on strike Published at 28.02.2020 Country Finland Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest public vilification Read more
