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
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning Yemeni WHRD Published at 24.01.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid HRD detained release of HRDs attack on journalist Read more
First ever lesbian festival organised by civil society in Namibia Published at 25.01.2018 Country Namibia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women extractive industries private sector labour rights protest Read more
Nicaraguan government interferes with citizen activism and closes space for opposition Published at 25.01.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference intimidation harassment women censorship Read more
Investigative journalists face threats, harassment and smear campaigns Published at 22.02.2018 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest political interference Read more
Civil society welcomes repeal of potentially restrictive Criminal Code Published at 23.02.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment positive CS development excessive force criminal defamation protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Serious freedom of expression concerns remain under new president Published at 26.02.2018 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women political interference time,place restrictions censorship negative court ruling protest Read more
Protests over Congress' inaction on immigration, racial justice and gun control Published at 27.02.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment public vilification private sector restrictive law positive court ruling women refugees and migrants enabling law attack on journalist labour rights protestor(s) detained protest sexual assault extractive industries violent protest environmental rights Read more
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 Read more
Women-lead commemorative protest blocked by police Published at 06.03.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment excessive force prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Protesters killed, WHRDs and journalists arrested as protests rock Sudan Published at 06.03.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Alarming wave of attacks against human rights defenders and journalists Published at 09.03.2018 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
Women's rights - focal point of recent protest actions resulting in arrests Published at 12.03.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
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 Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Some public criticism of security services surfaces but open public debate remains far-off Published at 05.03.2018 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women surveillance torture/ill-treatment religious groups release of HRDs Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Me Too movement in South Korea sparks calls for review of defamation laws Published at 23.05.2018 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference women labour rights protest Read more
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 Read more
Public official insults female journalists on social media Published at 05.03.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation harassment labour rights protest violent protest political interference journalist detained Read more
