Sliding downhill: concerns remain regarding the civic space situation despite releases Published at 24.08.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling religious groups minority groups release of HRDs travel ban internet restriction restrictive law censorship Read more
Mass protests hit the country, while attacks on journalists sharply increase Published at 24.08.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants surveillance attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest killing of journalist violent protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Ahead of elections, abuse of laws crippling Maldives’ nascent democracy says rights group Published at 27.08.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference criminal defamation enforced disappearance protest restrictive law Read more
Amendments to media law could 'further restrict press in Belarus", according to the OSCE Published at 07.08.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law environmental rights protest Read more
Environmental activism targeted by illegal poachers Published at 09.08.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation environmental rights labour rights protestor(s) detained HRD threatened protest Read more
2018: a lethal year for land and environmental defenders in Guatemala Published at 16.08.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest extractive industries restrictive law non state actors environmental rights land rights Read more
Journalists attacked and threatened Published at 03.07.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
Media regulator suspends La Nouvelle Tribune newspaper Published at 04.07.2018 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Continued attacks on independent journalists Published at 06.07.2018 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions access to info. law positive court ruling women Read more
Criminalisation of free speech creating chilling effect, as elections draws near Published at 08.08.2018 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law Read more
Demands for release of political prisoners in Bhutan Published at 20.04.2020 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI restrictive law intimidation Read more
Kazakhstan: Closure of independent media and peaceful protests hampered Published at 12.07.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment women prevention of protest religious groups intimidation restrictive law internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Despite several protests opposing the project, Canada to buy Kinder Morgan pipeline Published at 13.07.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
New cybercrime law: an assault on freedom of expression Published at 17.07.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Scores of anti-war protesters prosecuted across Myanmar Published at 18.07.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
UN Special Rapporteur: anti-terror bill "falls short" of UK's rights obligations Published at 09.08.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: youth surveillance protest extractive industries restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Kenyan activist disappears ahead of protests while a new cyber crimes law is challenged in court Published at 20.07.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law enabling law harassment censorship enforced disappearance attack on HRD Read more
Slow progress on human rights reforms as new government approaches 100-day mark Published at 10.08.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation positive CS development criminal defamation restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections Published at 20.07.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling HRD killing HRD acquitted negative court ruling environmental rights criminal defamation internet restriction censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
Protests Against Law Banning Full-Face Coverings Published at 17.08.2018 Country Denmark Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law women religious groups minority groups Read more
Opposition voices muzzled, as activists are arrested Published at 06.08.2018 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation internet restriction censorship violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption labour rights protest time,place restrictions Read more
