Protests organised by activists banned ahead of 23rd August elections Published at 18.08.2017 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest time,place restrictions positive court ruling protest disruption intimidation non state actors Read more
Environmental concerns among civil society and citizens continue to cause tension Published at 03.10.2017 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: private sector intimidation environmental rights attack on journalist protest non state actors Read more
Civil society reports poor implementation of protection mechanism for HRDs Published at 18.08.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation positive court ruling harassment attack on journalist surveillance protest Read more
Flashy Asiada marred by human rights violations Published at 22.09.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist enforced disappearance internet restriction time,place restrictions censorship surveillance Read more
Protest and expression rights infringed upon as tensions over Catalonia remain high Published at 30.10.2017 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab sentenced to two years in prison Published at 28.08.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist women HRD detained religious groups HRD prosecuted Read more
UN interviews find widespread use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests Published at 23.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment excessive force protest sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Debate over draft law's potential impact on the right to freedom of expression Published at 24.08.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist women attack on HRD restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Pressure on critical voices mounts ahead of October presidential election Published at 24.08.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment restrictive law surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship prevention of protest political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Singer and journalist arrested for insulting the president Published at 25.08.2017 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation censorship excessive force journalist detained protest time,place restrictions internet restriction prevention of protest protest disruption Read more
"Sound the alarm; take an interest in Poland" says NGO after raid Published at 17.10.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation funding restriction women office raid restrictive law protest Read more
Local elections marred by irregularities and marginalisation of opposition Published at 14.06.2017 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD detained intimidation political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Touche pas à ma Constitution campaign a success: plans to revise constitution suspended Published at 28.08.2017 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest Read more
Prior police permission needed for joggers on Sierra Leone's streets Published at 30.08.2017 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society concerned over proposed Informatics Crimes Law Published at 14.09.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law protest harassment intimidation Read more
NGO bill under consideration poses "grave danger to democracy" Published at 14.09.2017 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest protestor(s) detained indigenous groups office raid religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
UN rapporteur sounds alarm over worsening environment for civil society Published at 01.09.2017 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance negative court ruling intimidation Read more
Twenty Italian journalists under state protection due to threats Published at 05.09.2017 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protest extractive industries environmental rights intimidation Read more
Civil society mounts backlash against rampant attacks on journalists Published at 22.11.2017 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification attack on journalist violent protest labour rights non state actors self censorship funding restriction LGBTI women protest intimidation harassment Read more
Intimidation, prosecution and detention: closing spaces for dissent in Thailand Published at 29.09.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights intimidation release of HRDs criminal defamation HRD detained private sector extractive industries protest enforced disappearance censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Future of democracy hangs in the balance as Kenya prepares for election rerun Published at 02.10.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors political interference positive court ruling journalist detained Read more
