A surge in travel bans leaves activists and journalists unable to speak out overseas Published at 13.04.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban HRD acquitted HRD detained censorship excessive force labour rights journalist detained protestor(s) detained LGBTI women youth protest release of HRDs Read more
Newly-elected President George Weah promises to protect freedom of expression Published at 10.04.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest labour rights protest youth public vilification Read more
Call for solidarity in approach to addressing attacks against media in the Pacific region Published at 12.04.2018 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development access to info. law labour rights Read more
Slow progress on reforms by new leadership ahead of elections Published at 19.04.2018 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption attack on HRD attack on journalist labour rights excessive force internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Thousands of activists, indigenous groups and others rally around environmental concerns Published at 23.05.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth indigenous groups refugees and migrants negative court ruling labour rights excessive force protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
PNG journalist: "We no longer enjoy media freedom". Published at 24.05.2018 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest sexual assault extractive industries censorship private sector land rights Read more
Authorities deny permit for union march once again Published at 23.04.2018 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest labour rights restrictive law Read more
Nurses issue strike notice over breach of collective agreement Published at 25.04.2018 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries political interference environmental rights labour rights protest land rights youth Read more
Vanuatu Teachers Union calls off strike after demands met by government Published at 06.06.2018 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law labour rights Read more
President accuses civil society of conspiring to destabilise the country Published at 08.06.2018 Country Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women violent protest labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Access to social media restricted for the second time in 2018 Published at 13.06.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest labour rights internet restriction Read more
Continued concern over the state of independent media in Bulgaria Published at 06.06.2018 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
President Weah submits bill to repeal certain limitations on free expression Published at 14.06.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: women enabling law criminal defamation harassment labour rights protest land rights Read more
Harsh sentences for 18 opposition protesters Published at 21.06.2018 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption attack on journalist intimidation labour rights harassment excessive force negative court ruling prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Mass protests hit the country, while attacks on journalists sharply increase Published at 24.08.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants surveillance attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest killing of journalist violent protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Pressure increases on Russia as Oleg Sentsov's hunger strike passes 100 days Published at 27.08.2018 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest Read more
Repression of protests killed 15 people in 2018 Published at 07.08.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest youth harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist negative court ruling killing of protestors excessive force labour rights censorship Read more
Workers protest over unpaid wages Published at 09.08.2018 Country Belize Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest Read more
Environmental activism targeted by illegal poachers Published at 09.08.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation environmental rights labour rights protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest Read more
Repression and arbitrary detentions during protests continue in Honduras Published at 10.08.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest excessive force youth non state actors positive CS development negative court ruling extractive industries torture/ill-treatment journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Government immigration policies drive people to the streets Published at 04.07.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest private sector protestor(s) detained positive court ruling environmental rights Read more
