Elections to go ahead during Coronavirus pandemic; campaign warns voters ‘elections can kill’ Published at 14.04.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment political interference labour rights restrictive law Read more
Opposition members face increasing restrictions ahead of 2021 elections Published at 28.04.2020 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest political interference Read more
Multiplication des restrictions contre les membres de l'opposition avant les élections de 2021 Published at 29.04.2020 Country Djibouti Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest political interference 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
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue Published at 20.05.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest excessive force protestor(s) detained prevention of protest political interference censorship HRD threatened women restrictive law protest disruption office raid intimidation minority groups journalist detained release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
HRD arrested, three-year prison sentence for journalist overturned on appeal Published at 01.06.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD detained political interference censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Détention d'un défenseur des droits de l'homme et acquittement en appel d'un journaliste condamné Published at 03.06.2020 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD detained political interference censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Denialism of COVID-19 pandemic and continuous threats to freedom of expression Published at 09.06.2020 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained funding restriction intimidation harassment negative court ruling internet restriction non state actors Read more
Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly Published at 15.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained harassment HRD killing HRD prosecuted Read more
Students, youth, lead calls for democracy in Eswatini Published at 29.10.2021 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force protest censorship internet restriction political interference protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth Read more
Government uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms Published at 19.06.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction intimidation protest political interference censorship surveillance environmental rights Read more
Decree prohibits the spread of fake news about COVID-19, raising concerns of media censorship Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest political interference restrictive law censorship environmental rights Read more
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant Published at 19.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
EU court finds that NGO foreign funding law violates EU law, independent media under threat Published at 02.07.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling political interference intimidation censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Critics detained for COVID-19 related remarks Published at 07.07.2020 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption journalist detained CSO closure release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Military forced to admit that journalist Samuel Wazizi died in custody, 10 months after his death Published at 06.07.2020 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest public vilification killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
Journalists under assault in Brazil with judicial harassment, smear campaigns and vilification Published at 28.03.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption political interference women intimidation harassment journalist detained attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained land rights protest public vilification killing of journalist positive court ruling Read more
Civil society platform's accreditation to observe the 22nd February presidential elections withdrawn Published at 16.03.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption prevention of protest political interference time,place restrictions excessive force Read more
Bolivian Ombudsperson accused of political bias by government Published at 30.07.2020 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Draft law seeks to reduce funding to CSOs; PM attacks CSOs during pandemic Published at 11.08.2020 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction political interference protest restrictive law Read more
Opposition candidates and supporters persecuted, detained ahead of elections Published at 11.08.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist protest political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD prosecuted Read more
