Women human rights defenders subjected to ill treatment Published at 24.04.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained women killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship Read more
Nurses issue strike notice over breach of collective agreement Published at 25.04.2018 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries political interference environmental rights labour rights protest land rights youth Read more
Continued concern for free speech and the press as several attacks against journalists reported Published at 26.04.2018 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist political interference positive CS development Read more
Data breach raises concerns over confidentiality of journalists' sources Published at 26.04.2018 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women political interference harassment attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Thousands of tear gas canisters fired as police clear anti-capitalist community Published at 01.05.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force criminal defamation violent protest political interference restrictive law private sector censorship environmental rights attack on journalist negative court ruling land rights Read more
Pashtun protests continue despite pressure from authorities Published at 01.05.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship self censorship funding restriction attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation harassment surveillance protest enforced disappearance protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society decries snap presidential election as not free and fair Published at 28.05.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference protest Read more
Fidesz landslide heightens concerns for civil society and independent media Published at 29.05.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling prevention of protest CSO closure political interference protest public vilification Read more
Attacks on civic space continue with threats to dissolve opposition and jailing of judges Published at 31.05.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance political interference bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
Journalists in Belarus fined as the regime silences independent voices Published at 06.06.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling protest harassment political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Another activist silenced: Germain Rukuki sentenced to 32 years in prison Published at 13.06.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference HRD prosecuted censorship HRD detained intimidation Read more
Gag Law reform stalled as civil society calls on government to "uphold freedom of expression" Published at 19.06.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation positive court ruling censorship political interference positive CS development Read more
Coalition party moves to cut funding to "political NGOs" Published at 21.08.2018 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction public vilification political interference positive CS development Read more
Ahead of elections, abuse of laws crippling Maldives’ nascent democracy says rights group Published at 27.08.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference criminal defamation enforced disappearance protest restrictive law Read more
Trial of Rwandan government critic Diane Rwigara postponed Published at 20.06.2018 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Despite diplomatic talks civic space remains closed in North Korea Published at 12.07.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
LGBTI protest took place in Tbilisi despite threats of violence Published at 20.07.2018 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference LGBTI religious groups protest Read more
Blatant attempts to manipulate elections and assault civic freedoms, says Pakistani civil society Published at 23.07.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist harassment protestor(s) detained self censorship journalist detained surveillance political interference non state actors Read more
As pressure on civil society grows, new coalitions are formed Published at 20.07.2018 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship funding restriction protest refugees and migrants political interference public vilification Read more
Nationalist Groups Contribute to Constricted Media Freedoms Published at 24.07.2018 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants political interference minority groups harassment HRD threatened labour rights protest Read more
Singapore Public Order Act used to restrict or criminalise expression and peaceful assembly Published at 26.07.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI prevention of protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
