Tanzania commences enforcement of new online blogging law as websites shut down Published at 25.07.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
Singapore Public Order Act used to restrict or criminalise expression and peaceful assembly Published at 26.07.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI prevention of protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Parliament to Vote on alarming NGO Law Published at 26.07.2018 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship funding restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Attacks on journalists continue, as new law threatens expression Published at 02.08.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Government Ends Plans to Build Pulp Mill Following Protest Published at 13.08.2018 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law environmental rights protest Read more
"Stop Soros" laws followed by restrictive new protest law Published at 01.08.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors protest public vilification refugees and migrants political interference restrictive law surveillance Read more
Protests against human rights violations mark Duterte’s two years in power Published at 31.07.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD detained torture/ill-treatment restrictive law attack on journalist protest Read more
From regulation to restriction: Tunisia's new law a threat to flourishing civil society Published at 06.09.2018 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law funding restriction women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests Published at 10.09.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
NGO workers assisting migrants regularly harassed by police Published at 13.09.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification political interference positive court ruling women refugees and migrants intimidation harassment restrictive law Read more
Two women arrested as protestors continue to oppose detention of migrant families Published at 14.09.2018 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law women protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants protest Read more
Outcry over new exorbitant media licensing and accreditation fees Published at 17.09.2018 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest restrictive law private sector excessive force protest killing of protestors land rights Read more
Civil Society Shines A Light on Embattled Civic Space Published at 17.09.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment excessive force bureaucratic restriction travel ban restrictive law HRD detained violent protest censorship journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
UN fact-finding mission finds serious crimes fuelled by the silencing of critical voices Published at 19.09.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
UN urges Somalia to ensure peaceful elections and guarantee freedom of expression Published at 19.09.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling killing of journalist restrictive law positive CS development Read more
Conviction of former General involved in disappearances of activists important step for justice Published at 21.09.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD killing labour rights criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Fake news law proposal, another tool to crackdown on critics Published at 24.09.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD threatened restrictive law LGBTI Read more
Two investigative journalists detained while investigating fraud Published at 02.10.2018 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law attack on journalist journalist detained protest Read more
Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist Published at 27.09.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
28 attacks against freedom of expression documented during the first six months of 2018 Published at 03.10.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law attack on journalist public vilification Read more
Despite commitment to reforms in Malaysia, fundamental freedoms still being restricted Published at 08.10.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups women restrictive law environmental rights youth harassment access to info. law excessive force LGBTI protest disruption protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment land rights Read more
