Authorities arrest HRDs, target family members and sentence journalists to lashings & imprisonment Published at 08.10.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Despite commitment to reforms in Malaysia, fundamental freedoms still being restricted Published at 08.10.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups women restrictive law environmental rights youth harassment access to info. law excessive force LGBTI protest disruption protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
Despite release of activists, suppression continues after ‘sham’ elections Published at 11.10.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law positive court ruling women HRD prosecuted land rights release of HRDs travel ban criminal defamation Read more
Press freedom at risk with new Criminal Code restrictions Published at 16.10.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on journalist protest criminal defamation sexual assault violent protest restrictive law journalist detained land rights Read more
Civil society says shutting down of international NGOs an ‘attack on civic freedoms’ Published at 17.10.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women CSO closure minority groups travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation killing of journalist censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Kazakhstan: Rapid shrinking of civic space and freedoms Published at 17.10.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained positive court ruling attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD detained non state actors Read more
Repressive climate for civil society silences criticism of dam projects Published at 23.10.2018 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship criminal defamation Read more
Kazakhstan: A tightening grip on civil society: ongoing persecution of activists across the country Published at 23.12.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: refusal of registration criminal defamation protest prevention of protest HRD acquitted censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption women release of HRDs harassment surveillance HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Report on freedom of expression highlights criminal defamation Published at 13.01.2020 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: protest access to info. law protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
More anti-COVID-19 restrictions’ protests reported, journalists to pay damages for defamation Published at 28.01.2022 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI office raid criminal defamation negative court ruling protest non state actors Read more
Demands for accountability and transparency over measles outbreak in Samoa Published at 31.01.2020 Country Samoa Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law negative court ruling criminal defamation public vilification Read more
News site blocked while critics and journalists arrested or attacked with impunity in Bangladesh Published at 19.02.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Laos activist Od Sayavong still missing six months on, while critics continue to be silenced Published at 21.02.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women restrictive law negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation land rights Read more
A bleak winter for freedom of expression Published at 28.02.2020 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption labour rights protest criminal defamation killing of journalist censorship youth HRD threatened Read more
CSOs fault new regulations, journalists harassed despite improvement in media freedom Published at 12.03.2020 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
Changes ahead or status quo? Presidential promises amidst ongoing prosecution of political activists Published at 24.03.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained criminal defamation HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption protest Read more
Reforms at risk in Malaysia while repressive laws continue to be deployed around the pandemic Published at 27.03.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development restrictive law criminal defamation protest Read more
Massive protests after suspension of municipal elections in Dominican Republic Published at 03.04.2020 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest criminal defamation Read more
Online debate on Dong Tam incident followed by pandemic silenced by Vietnam authorities Published at 07.04.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained minority groups excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Manifestaciones multitudinarias tras la suspensión de las elecciones municipales Published at 07.04.2020 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest criminal defamation Read more
Myanmar authorities prosecuting activists and critics despite the COVID-19 pandemic Published at 28.04.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment non state actors women minority groups attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
