Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Argentinian government limits civic participation in WTO meeting Published at 20.12.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protest disruption excessive force restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis Published at 30.01.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference censorship Read more
Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Fundamental freedoms restricted in Honduras as socio-political crisis escalates Published at 21.12.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Citizens protest Supreme Court decision that allows Morales to run for fourth term in 2019 Published at 03.01.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights protest disruption harassment positive CS development Read more
Plans to release political prisoners as ethnic tensions spark clashes and protests Published at 09.01.2018 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest minority groups positive CS development excessive force protest land rights Read more
Deadly crackdown on anti-government protests on New Years eve Published at 10.01.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest public vilification violent protest protest disruption attack on journalist restrictive law protestor(s) detained killing of protestors excessive force journalist detained Read more
Eritrean refugees take labour rights case to Canadian court Published at 23.01.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants labour rights protest excessive force extractive industries torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Lawyer threatened for advocating on behalf of indigenous communities' rights Published at 04.05.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups office raid negative court ruling excessive force protest political interference HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Arbitrary arrest of journalist on bogus charge of "pretending to be a journalist" Published at 11.01.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest journalist detained political interference excessive force protest Read more
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression Published at 01.02.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Thousands protest over social ills in Iraqi Kurdistan, facing tear gas and live ammunition Published at 02.02.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents Published at 05.02.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption political interference harassment censorship excessive force Read more
Local residents mobilised in protest over construction project in community Published at 06.02.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force private sector protestor(s) detained labour rights protest public vilification Read more
French President's visit sparks protests in Ouagadougou Published at 15.01.2018 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest excessive force protest Read more
Thousands of Peruvians protest former President Fujimori's pardon Published at 16.01.2018 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained excessive force attack on journalist protest Read more
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space Published at 26.01.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence Published at 05.02.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights violent protest protest internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society welcomes repeal of potentially restrictive Criminal Code Published at 23.02.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment positive CS development excessive force criminal defamation protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests swell as National Assembly confirms nomination of prime minister Published at 17.04.2018 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest excessive force protest Read more
