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Ombudsman announces plans to create a protection mechanism for HRDs
Published at
02.03.2018
Country
Panama
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- indigenous groups
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- private sector
- protest
Continuous wave of persecution against HRDs and WHRDs
Published at
05.02.2018
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- women
- restrictive law
Latvian CSO warns of "deliberate weakening" of civil society
Published at
08.03.2018
Country
Latvia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- public vilification
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
Government declares state of emergency and detains Supreme Court judges
Published at
07.02.2018
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
Laws used to deny trade union registration and workers' right to join a union
Published at
06.02.2018
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- political interference
- restrictive law
- refusal of registration
- labour rights
- protest
Local Mexicali Resiste movement against a construction project continues
Published at
06.02.2018
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- non state actors
Anti-US base activist faces imprisonment as Okinawa protests continue
Published at
08.02.2018
Country
Japan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- land rights
Civil society alarmed over blocking of critical websites
Published at
08.02.2018
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- environmental rights
Artists and social media users impacted by Spain's legal restrictions on free expression
Published at
06.03.2018
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
Human rights groups deem trial unfair as Nabeel Rajab's appeal is rejected
Published at
18.06.2018
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- restrictive law
Worrying new law could threaten social media users' free expression
Published at
09.02.2018
Country
Kuwait
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- internet restriction
Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections
Published at
09.02.2018
Country
Cambodia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- HRD prosecuted
- women
- attack on HRD
- environmental rights
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- land rights
7th March 2018 elections: CSOs urge political parties to sign Civic Space Manifesto
Published at
07.03.2018
Country
Sierra Leone
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- restrictive law
New law censuring certain online content could restrict free expression
Published at
09.02.2018
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- protest
- attack on HRD
- attack on journalist
- internet restriction
- excessive force
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- environmental rights
- land rights
Space for trade unions and workers to organise continues to close in Egypt
Published at
09.02.2018
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- restrictive law
Prosecution of activist Jolovan Wham reinforces climate of intimidation against dissent
Published at
12.03.2018
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- harassment
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
Greek parliament tightens rules on organising strikes
Published at
12.02.2018
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- labour rights
- violent protest
- excessive force
- protest
Proposed laws could criminalise whistle-blowers and silence civil society
Published at
14.02.2018
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- refugees and migrants
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
Civil society worries over chilling effect of Holocaust Law on free speech
Published at
21.02.2018
Country
Poland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- political interference
- restrictive law
Continued concern over impact of Irish Electoral Act on civil society's advocacy activities
Published at
15.02.2018
Country
Ireland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- funding restriction
- women
- protest
- youth