UN calls on Mongolia to protect human rights defenders, journalists and revise draft NGO law Published at 09.11.2020 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Le régulateur national des médias suspend douze journaux et menace de sanctions trois autres Published at 06.11.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction Read more
Free speech under assault in Malaysia as government targets students, online critics and journalists Published at 27.11.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth restrictive law bureaucratic restriction harassment positive court ruling censorship Read more
Censoring critical voices: Social media giants fined; journalists, women HRDs behind bars Published at 15.01.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship HRD prosecuted women bureaucratic restriction HRD detained protest journalist detained internet restriction positive court ruling Read more
Journalist killed covering crime scene and several others threatened in Mexico Published at 01.02.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction self censorship women attack on HRD refugees and migrants harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest killing of journalist journalist detained Read more
Journalists and human rights defenders in Guatemala face attacks and smear campaigns Published at 15.04.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid indigenous groups bureaucratic restriction intimidation HRD killing HRD threatened Read more
UN Human Rights Council calls on Nauru to remove barriers for foreign journalists and NGOs Published at 11.02.2021 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction Read more
Escalada de ataques contra medios independientes y organizaciones de la sociedad civil Published at 11.02.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance women office raid HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Australia commits to press freedom reforms, better whistle-blower protection around UN review Published at 10.02.2021 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted positive court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Russia: Thousands arrested, fined, charged in nationwide pro-opposition protests Published at 10.02.2021 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction bureaucratic restriction protest disruption HRD detained public vilification intimidation torture/ill-treatment excessive force censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Kizito Mihigo named as the first artist to receive prestigious human rights award posthumously Published at 10.02.2021 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Online harassment via Telegram sparks protest Published at 11.03.2021 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained LGBTI women youth intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights environmental rights Read more
Belize: police officers prevent Love News from covering a protest and arrest reporter Published at 17.06.2021 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption bureaucratic restriction positive CS development journalist detained protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
Fiji’s UN rights role marred by continued civic space concerns in the country Published at 11.03.2021 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment labour rights restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
New coalition government urged to commit to media freedom Published at 20.01.2021 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups protest environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
Government expropriates civil society and media facilities Published at 17.03.2021 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women sexual assault bureaucratic restriction CSO closure intimidation positive CS development Read more
Government silences free speech at universities, further restricts media freedom & ups surveillance Published at 19.03.2021 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance attack on journalist bureaucratic restriction excessive force journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest political interference youth harassment restrictive law Read more
Canada: Police restricts press access to environmental protests Published at 28.06.2021 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption minority groups intimidation negative court ruling labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
HRDs targeted for work on migrants; women protest over medical abortion access Published at 23.03.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest public vilification bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling LGBTI women office raid HRD prosecuted Read more
Presidential elections amid internet blackout; civil society activist and publisher arrested Published at 01.04.2021 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction journalist detained bureaucratic restriction HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Orbán’s government targets LGBTI rights amid the pandemic and bans protests Published at 06.04.2021 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction protest public vilification restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors Read more
