New hope for Malawi after sustained protests Published at 12.08.2020 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law political interference intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Venezuela stifles dissent with political interference in opposition parties and detentions Published at 12.08.2020 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification enforced disappearance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment women intimidation negative court ruling political interference protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Mass protests follow disputed election results Published at 20.08.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation positive court ruling surveillance restrictive law harassment protest HRD killing women political interference excessive force killing of journalist labour rights prevention of protest internet restriction LGBTI minority groups protestor(s) detained non state actors attack on journalist criminal defamation extractive industries indigenous groups public vilification Read more
Journalists attacked while covering protests Published at 03.10.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference protest disruption attack on journalist journalist detained negative court ruling excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
New government action plan reveals change in attitude towards CSOs and human rights Published at 12.03.2020 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest political interference environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest public vilification Read more
Wave of protests prompts growing pressure on activists as government continues COVID-19 denial Published at 17.09.2020 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance HRD detained protest internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship youth protest disruption intimidation protestor(s) detained Read more
Government critic pardoned, journalists assaulted, detained Published at 29.01.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD killing political interference censorship journalist detained Read more
More restrictions reported ahead of October election Published at 19.10.2020 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation Read more
Tightening restrictions on freedom of speech ahead of presidential election Published at 19.10.2020 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption youth protest political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
After disputed elections, a resilient civil society powers through relentlessly Published at 30.10.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest political interference censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Media NGOs condemn state's obstruction of journalists Published at 11.10.2020 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction political interference protest Read more
Post-election protests plunge Kyrgyzstan into crisis Published at 21.10.2020 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors violent protest political interference censorship non state actors Read more
Janša's government threatens to evict 18 CSOs and continues to attack the media Published at 16.11.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest violent protest political interference attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Closing civic space in Brazil: censorship, harassment and attacks on journalists and activists Published at 18.12.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest violent protest intimidation harassment HRD detained political interference HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance censorship HRD prosecuted non state actors women environmental rights indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling land rights Read more
#EndSARS protests: several protesters killed, journalists assaulted Published at 17.11.2020 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest youth political interference protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist restrictive law excessive force criminal defamation censorship protest killing of protestors protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Election drives people to the streets in the US Published at 07.12.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women religious groups minority groups intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Draft bill gives further impunity to security forces during protests Published at 19.11.2020 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment excessive force protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Police use excessive force on protesters Published at 02.12.2020 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protest disruption harassment protestor(s) detained attack on journalist excessive force non state actors Read more
Attacks on media freedom: a threat to accession to the European Union Published at 11.11.2020 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups political interference harassment environmental rights labour rights protest Read more
New court ruling allows implementation of restrictive NGO law in Guatemala Published at 10.06.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law women indigenous groups intimidation negative court ruling protest environmental rights Read more
