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Press freedom violations surge: journalists assaulted, detained, prosecuted
Published at
22.04.2022
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- HRD detained
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
La crisis política socava las libertades del espacio cívico
Published at
01.04.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
Concerns about freedom of expression in Nigeria: journalists arrested, protests repressed
Published at
19.11.2019
Country
Nigeria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- protest
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
- killing of journalist
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- killing of protestors
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- private sector
- non state actors
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- HRD prosecuted
Two leaders of Nicaraguan protests sentenced to more than 200 years in prison
Published at
22.02.2019
Country
Nicaragua
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
Published at
10.09.2019
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- land rights
Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms
Published at
19.03.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
- killing of protestors
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
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
Tunisia civic space under threat by emergency bill and attempts to undermine transitional justice
Published at
05.06.2019
Country
Tunisia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- CSO closure
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- office raid
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- LGBTI
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- protest
- sexual assault
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Important reform of “gag law” that impedes freedom of expression stalled due to early elections
Published at
16.04.2019
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- office raid
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protest
- non state actors
Protests in Sudan continue amid crackdown and internet blackout
Published at
03.07.2019
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
- sexual assault
- protestor(s) detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- protest
- office raid
- women
- internet restriction
- harassment
Media Independence threatened as 80% Politically Affiliated
Published at
31.01.2019
Country
Lebanon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest
- violent protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- office raid
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
Arrests, office raids and internet restrictions as Lebanon continue crackdown on media freedom
Published at
13.08.2019
Country
Lebanon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- office raid
- women
- religious groups
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- non state actors
Freedoms at risk in Australia with media raids, silencing of whistleblowers and arrest of protesters
Published at
29.08.2019
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- harassment
- surveillance
- excessive force
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Journalists face attacks, arrests and murder in line of duty
Published at
30.09.2019
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- attack on journalist
- protest
- killing of journalist
- internet restriction
- censorship
- journalist detained
Journalists attacked, CSO event raided by authorities
Published at
09.10.2019
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- office raid
- harassment
- time,place restrictions
- attack on journalist
- surveillance
- criminal defamation
HRD detained without charge and journalist arrested for disobedience as Cuba increases repression
Published at
04.11.2019
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- women
- office raid
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
Attacks and harassment of independent media continues unabated
Published at
08.08.2018
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- LGBTI
- women
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Environmental Rights Activist Killed
Published at
14.04.2016
Country
South Africa
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD killing
- office raid
Pre-election violence damages basic rights in Zambia
Published at
14.07.2016
Country
Zambia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- HRD detained
- office raid