Journalists, human rights defenders and artists persecuted and harassed in Cuba Published at 16.02.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation journalist detained harassment travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest enforced disappearance prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained Read more
Lawyers outside Bar Association of Azerbaijan hindered from practicing profession Published at 20.02.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Morocco shuns international recommendations on civic space Published at 20.02.2018 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment women Read more
Black feminist activist and politician assassinated in Rio de Janeiro Published at 06.04.2018 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing labour rights women excessive force censorship protest Read more
State continues to restrict and threaten civic space Published at 14.03.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women religious groups political interference protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Online or in the streets - Canadians are vocal for change Published at 16.03.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained LGBTI women indigenous groups refugees and migrants religious groups labour rights protest internet restriction extractive industries restrictive law private sector environmental rights Read more
Special Rapporteur highlights increasing restrictions on access to information Published at 20.03.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women surveillance torture/ill-treatment travel ban Read more
Protests against toxic spill continue despite persecution of environmental activists Published at 22.03.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups minority groups attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained HRD threatened prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted surveillance women environmental rights Read more
Social unrest in response to new law inhibiting certain public sectors' right to strike Published at 22.03.2018 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist labour rights protest prevention of protest time,place restrictions youth protest disruption women protestor(s) detained Read more
Consultative process for civil society strategy welcomed but process remains ambiguous Published at 24.05.2018 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development women protest Read more
Increased restrictions as Egyptians go to the polls: A growing gulf between rhetoric and reality Published at 27.03.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained funding restriction women CSO closure restrictive law public vilification Read more
Civil society reports staggering number of attacks against activists in 2017, with 53 HRDs killed Published at 29.03.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist women political interference restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship Read more
Kazakhstan: State vilifies opposition movement and its alleged supporters as “extremists” Published at 03.04.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest extractive industries political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted private sector Read more
Journalists denied access to police courts Published at 10.05.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women HRD prosecuted censorship attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Montenegro's 2018 civic space roundup Published at 05.10.2018 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship LGBTI women access to info. law religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest public vilification political interference bureaucratic restriction non state actors Read more
Hundreds of NGOs demand an end to the state's repression of the right to peaceful assembly Published at 22.05.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD threatened women attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment non state actors Read more
Positive civic space developments: some activists hopeful, some still wary Published at 25.05.2018 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women positive CS development negative court ruling protest prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest people with disabilities private sector Read more
Journalist receives death threats Published at 27.08.2018 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest intimidation time,place restrictions HRD killing protest land rights Read more
About one in five people in the U.S. have attended a protest or political rally since 2016 Published at 01.05.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained youth women refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained Read more
Multiple reports of threats made by government officials and police against journalists Published at 05.04.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation protest killing of journalist violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors women intimidation harassment Read more
Protest actions surge ahead of July 2018 general elections Published at 14.06.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth women indigenous groups refugees and migrants intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist protest killing of journalist restrictive law land rights Read more
