Restrictions on foreign funding used to limit civic space in Jordan Published at 01.11.2017 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship labour rights public vilification Read more
Continued persecution of civil society under the "foreign agents" law Published at 03.11.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions prevention of protest protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Romanian lawmakers seek to increase bureaucratic burden on NGOs Published at 21.11.2017 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law funding restriction political interference protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Chilling attacks on freedom of expression ahead of APEC Published at 03.11.2017 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law intimidation censorship HRD detained women torture/ill-treatment Read more
Tajikistan: Fundamental freedoms continue to be restricted Published at 21.03.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction surveillance political interference restrictive law Read more
New family law a blow to gender equality in Lithuania Published at 08.11.2017 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law LGBTI Read more
Civil Society calls for investigation into death of popular musician and activist Published at 17.04.2020 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Concerns over draft NGO law and restrictions on social gatherings Published at 20.10.2017 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions censorship attack on journalist Read more
Changes to criminal code restrict citizens' right to peaceful assembly Published at 20.10.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained killing of journalist extractive industries restrictive law environmental rights Read more
New NGO law welcomed as challenges to civic space remain Published at 04.04.2018 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development positive court ruling funding restriction political interference restrictive law enabling law Read more
Crackdown on activists, critical media, dissident voices intensifies in Tanzania Published at 23.10.2017 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI CSO closure intimidation HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction restrictive law censorship surveillance non state actors Read more
Creation of new centre hailed as a boost to press freedom Published at 13.12.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
Hungary facing EU court action because of restrictive NGO law Published at 08.11.2017 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction restrictive law public vilification Read more
Central Yangon bans protests while critics are criminalised Published at 19.01.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained prevention of protest land rights restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Group of human rights CSOs take the fight against the NGO Regulation Bill to court Published at 10.11.2017 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law attack on journalist indigenous groups protest Read more
Mass protests continue over weakening of anti-corruption laws Published at 17.01.2018 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law political interference protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Freedoms of Expression and Assembly Narrow in Troubling Ways Published at 13.10.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women journalist detained restrictive law attack on journalist protest Read more
Committee on human rights reports on an increasingly dangerous environment for HRDs Published at 15.11.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups minority groups excessive force protest political interference restrictive law censorship Read more
Kazakhstan: Problematic draft laws and politically-motivated imprisonments Published at 27.11.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption religious groups release of HRDs negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law time,place restrictions Read more
No end to repression after the Asian Games Published at 27.11.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups intimidation censorship harassment refusal of registration protest internet restriction restrictive law surveillance Read more
New anti-terror law used to restrict activities of HRDs, academics and journalists Published at 28.11.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
