Civil society: new law restricts freedoms of association and expression Published at 30.11.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment restrictive law attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Farmers prevented from protesting on Asuncion's streets Published at 14.12.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest women restrictive law time,place restrictions positive CS development censorship Read more
Pernicious threats against journalists hamper political and investigative reporting Published at 20.11.2017 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law HRD threatened environmental rights LGBTI women intimidation attack on journalist protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Authorities target land and indigenous rights activism Published at 19.12.2017 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries restrictive law private sector journalist detained environmental rights Read more
Foreign funding restrictions a "threat" to civil society in Ireland Published at 21.12.2017 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship funding restriction private sector Read more
European Commission takes Hungarian government to court over NGO law Published at 18.12.2017 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law public vilification Read more
Controversy over NetzDG law continues with tech companies beginning to censor social media accounts Published at 25.01.2018 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship internet restriction Read more
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression Published at 31.01.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened Read more
Argentinian government limits civic participation in WTO meeting Published at 20.12.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protest disruption excessive force restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Nationalistic feelings surge during large Independence Day march Published at 19.12.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law refugees and migrants violent protest negative court ruling protest Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy? Published at 21.12.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
Civil society considers proposed "Stop Soros" laws "deceitful" Published at 09.02.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction refugees and migrants political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protest public vilification Read more
Concerns over amendments to Georgia's laws on access to information and public broadcasting Published at 08.01.2018 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protestor(s) detained restrictive law LGBTI protest Read more
Civic freedoms under threat from new laws in UK Published at 08.01.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction positive CS development internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance private sector Read more
Deadly crackdown on anti-government protests on New Years eve Published at 10.01.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification violent protest protest disruption attack on journalist restrictive law protestor(s) detained killing of protestors excessive force journalist detained Read more
Draft laws cause concern over potential violations of civic freedoms Published at 10.01.2018 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman Published at 02.02.2018 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling restrictive law Read more
Activists detained and prosecuted in Vietnam Published at 15.01.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted internet restriction restrictive law release of HRDs HRD detained surveillance environmental rights Read more
Civil society demands government transparency and access to information Published at 26.02.2018 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling positive CS development political interference protest restrictive law Read more
