LGBTI+ activists warn of discriminatory measures in response to COVID-19 Published at 29.04.2020 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI violent protest criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown Published at 06.05.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women refugees and migrants restrictive law harassment HRD detained protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Concern over crackdown on opposition and dissenters ahead of 2020 elections Published at 26.05.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained youth attack on HRD intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained criminal defamation protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space concerns reinforced by COVID-19 response Published at 27.05.2020 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment criminal defamation LGBTI bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling time,place restrictions women internet restriction censorship restrictive law positive court ruling protest disruption attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Clampdown on expression online persists as Laos slips further down the press freedom rankings Published at 29.05.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups criminal defamation censorship HRD detained labour rights protest land rights Read more
Progress on human rights defender’s bill in Mongolia but defamation laws put media at risk Published at 17.06.2020 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development criminal defamation Read more
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated Published at 19.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women HRD detained criminal defamation journalist detained Read more
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Venezuela reprime las actividades de la sociedad civil y restringe su financiación Published at 07.06.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction funding restriction office raid journalist detained Read more
Civic space restrictions continue unabated in Singapore despite COVID-19 pandemic, as election looms Published at 24.06.2020 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship harassment protest protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Concern as government punishes free expression Published at 30.06.2020 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship CSO closure criminal defamation youth Read more
Authorities intimidate protesters and silence critics using restrictive laws in Fiji Published at 24.06.2020 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption criminal defamation restrictive law intimidation harassment labour rights protest Read more
Le harcèlement judiciaire et les arrestations de militants se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 25.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Government emergency measures increase policing powers Published at 25.06.2020 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protest labour rights intimidation Read more
Court rulings against La Prensa set dangerous precedents for press freedom in Panama Published at 22.07.2020 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling censorship criminal defamation Read more
Ongoing use of repressive laws, Thai activist abducted, increased surveillance in the South Published at 22.07.2020 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted positive court ruling youth protest disruption surveillance labour rights criminal defamation Read more
Protests against impunity war crimes in eastern DRC, journalists and HRD subjected to threats Published at 30.10.2020 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation excessive force journalist detained criminal defamation protest protestor(s) detained prevention of protest HRD threatened Read more
Malaysian police ramp up persecution of Al Jazeera, journalists and activists to stifle criticism Published at 05.08.2020 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid refugees and migrants women harassment HRD detained criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Despite serious crimes probe, Myanmar continues to silence critics and block the internet Published at 17.01.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest criminal defamation internet restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Journalists bear the brunt of repression of expression in Somalia Published at 07.08.2020 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained women release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation killing of journalist restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks Published at 10.08.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
