Groups representing ethnic minorities face legal challenges when registering Published at 16.12.2017 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants minority groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained refusal of registration protest Read more
Museveni signs controversial bill as crackdown on civic space continues Published at 23.01.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid killing of protestors women excessive force criminal defamation journalist detained protestor(s) detained prevention of protest protest disruption Read more
New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression Published at 24.01.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs positive court ruling travel ban protest disruption killing of protestors excessive force torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Burundi: President silences critics and “illegally” taxes citizens in lead up to referendum Published at 22.02.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD detained political interference HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns Published at 04.05.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction indigenous groups land rights Read more
Fundamental freedoms restricted in Honduras as socio-political crisis escalates Published at 21.12.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Citizens protest Supreme Court decision that allows Morales to run for fourth term in 2019 Published at 03.01.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights protest disruption harassment positive CS development Read more
State reportedly kept independent candidates off the ballot in municipal elections Published at 04.01.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women prevention of protest journalist detained censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained Read more
Small but determined number of protesters make noise on environmental issues Published at 11.01.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction protest disruption labour rights protest extractive industries time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Concerns over amendments to Georgia's laws on access to information and public broadcasting Published at 08.01.2018 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protestor(s) detained restrictive law LGBTI protest Read more
Government actions continue to drive people to the streets Published at 09.01.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest public vilification positive court ruling HRD acquitted protest disruption surveillance attack on journalist labour rights time,place restrictions environmental rights Read more
Deadly crackdown on anti-government protests on New Years eve Published at 10.01.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification violent protest protest disruption attack on journalist restrictive law protestor(s) detained killing of protestors excessive force journalist detained Read more
Eritrean refugees take labour rights case to Canadian court Published at 23.01.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants labour rights protest excessive force extractive industries torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
New penal code could threaten civic space in Oman Published at 02.02.2018 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling restrictive law Read more
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition Published at 02.02.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Local residents mobilised in protest over construction project in community Published at 06.02.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force private sector protestor(s) detained labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Thousands of Peruvians protest former President Fujimori's pardon Published at 16.01.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained excessive force attack on journalist protest Read more
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space Published at 26.01.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
