New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation Published at 06.04.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid religious groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction Read more
Repression of civic freedoms in Azerbaijan only worsens Published at 07.04.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment violent protest Read more
Civil society organisation in Cochabamba harassed and forced to relocate Published at 05.05.2017 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation Read more
Nicaraguan activists intimidated and threatened for civic and human rights efforts Published at 27.03.2017 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force protest public vilification prevention of protest Read more
19 activists have been murdered in Colombia since January 2017 Published at 03.04.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing extractive industries torture/ill-treatment non state actors Read more
Women human rights defenders face intimidation, harassment and persecution Published at 28.03.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest Read more
Egyptian authorities continue their brazen curtailment of civic space Published at 28.03.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained HRD killing labour rights torture/ill-treatment Read more
Human rights situation still appalling in post-election Turkmenistan Published at 29.03.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs harassment intimidation HRD detained HRD killing enforced disappearance public vilification torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance Read more
Security forces fire on protesters in Baghdad and journalist killed in Mosul Published at 30.03.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors killing of journalist time,place restrictions access to info. law Read more
Syrian civil society and independent media under constant threat in the midst of civil war Published at 03.04.2017 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment killing of journalist HRD detained intimidation non state actors Read more
Foundation Open Society Macedonia: "Civil Society Under Unprecedented Attack" Published at 05.04.2017 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest public vilification bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
New bill to regulate citizen participation under review in Ecuador Published at 07.04.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest extractive industries violent protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Inauguration Day attacks on journalists signal decline in media freedom Published at 07.07.2017 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest intimidation Read more
Latvian civil society's concerns grow over closing space Published at 10.04.2018 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants political interference intimidation environmental rights public vilification Read more
Swedish journalists vilified and threatened by rising anti-democratic extremists Published at 04.05.2017 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification refugees and migrants protest intimidation Read more
Despite the severe crackdown, protests endure, marking 100 days on the streets Published at 11.07.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Harassment, detentions and mass surveillance restrict Uzbek citizens' civil and political rights Published at 05.05.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs harassment intimidation attack on journalist travel ban time,place restrictions journalist detained surveillance Read more
Despite de-escalation agreement, civic space under severe threat in Syria Published at 27.07.2017 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist protest disruption journalist detained intimidation attack on journalist non state actors Read more
Repression and criminalisation of protests continue in Venezuela Published at 19.05.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force public vilification internet restriction killing of protestors journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Hostile conditions for Kenyan journalists ahead of August elections Published at 15.06.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist prevention of protest political interference censorship surveillance Read more
Freedom of expression under threat in the UAE Published at 02.08.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained intimidation Read more
