Police use excessive force to quell protest in Duraz - 5 killed, hundreds arrested Published at 16.06.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women sexual assault harassment HRD detained HRD threatened killing of protestors negative court ruling protestor(s) detained excessive force protest disruption censorship bureaucratic restriction attack on HRD environmental rights Read more
Violations continue unabated as 4 million South Sudanese are displaced Published at 21.06.2017 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship people with disabilities attack on HRD intimidation Read more
#IAmMyOwnGuardian activists detained and harassed for defending women's rights Published at 19.06.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship journalist detained women religious groups protestor(s) detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction environmental rights Read more
Burmese civil society fights back against restrictions on freedom of expression Published at 22.06.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained surveillance women attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained protest restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened Read more
Tajik NGOs, journalists and lawyers under pressure in a repressive state Published at 23.06.2017 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment HRD detained protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Mongolian media goes dark to protest restrictive law Published at 28.06.2017 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law intimidation Read more
LGBTI activist targeted with extortion and forced to leave home Published at 06.07.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment labour rights bureaucratic restriction censorship LGBTI attack on HRD political interference Read more
Rights violations intensify ahead of August elections Published at 06.07.2017 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Authorities block news sites and blogs for publishing "subversive" content Published at 08.08.2017 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained Read more
Smugglers offer information to North Koreans deprived of alternative media Published at 28.07.2017 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
NetzDG law enacted to combat hate speech but raises fears of censorship Published at 06.12.2017 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship restrictive law Read more
CSOs challenge unjustified restrictions on expression amid COVID-19 outbreak Published at 15.05.2020 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship protest positive CS development Read more
Civil society speaks out against new draft bills targeting NGOs Published at 31.07.2017 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Three journalists arbitrarily arrested in Somaliland and Puntland Published at 15.08.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained Read more
Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight Published at 01.08.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups intimidation HRD detained torture/ill-treatment labour rights internet restriction restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Restrictive laws revoked: the Monitor speaks with a Jordanian labour rights activist Published at 08.08.2017 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights censorship women positive CS development LGBTI Read more
Crisis escalates in Venezuela as human rights violations increase Published at 04.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society concerned over Court's decision on internet censorship Published at 03.08.2017 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction protest disruption indigenous groups censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Tightening the screws on dissent: harassment, coercion and censorship Published at 07.08.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship non state actors Read more
Concern over proposed amendments to law on religious freedom Published at 07.08.2017 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI torture/ill-treatment religious groups intimidation harassment censorship Read more
Freedom of expression undermined during general elections Published at 25.08.2017 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist negative court ruling Read more
