Environmental rights defender killed as authorities label activists as ‘terrorists’ Published at 27.03.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups youth women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest political interference private sector censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Burundi: President silences critics and “illegally” taxes citizens in lead up to referendum Published at 22.02.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD detained political interference HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Human rights lawyers bare the brunt of clampdown Published at 05.01.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed Published at 29.01.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained public vilification killing of protestors land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Human rights defender arrested as International Criminal Court opens investigation Published at 21.12.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained Read more
Head of Chechen human rights NGO detained and staff threatened Published at 05.02.2018 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law office raid religious groups intimidation harassment HRD threatened 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
Protest over 2018 budget law: CSO banned and activists arrested Published at 03.01.2018 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries violent protest CSO closure HRD acquitted time,place restrictions HRD detained Read more
A new era for the Gambia as Jammeh steps down Published at 06.02.2017 Country Gambia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning Yemeni WHRD Published at 24.01.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid HRD detained release of HRDs attack on journalist Read more
Activists detained and prosecuted in Vietnam Published at 15.01.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted internet restriction restrictive law release of HRDs HRD detained surveillance environmental rights Read more
Journalists killed, injured and arrested as the Syrian conflict continues Published at 24.01.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist attack on journalist HRD detained journalist detained non state actors Read more
Health rights activist arrested for contempt of court in Nepal Published at 17.01.2018 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling HRD detained protest release of HRDs 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
Continuous wave of persecution against HRDs and WHRDs Published at 05.02.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained women restrictive law Read more
Protesters killed, WHRDs and journalists arrested as protests rock Sudan Published at 06.03.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Human rights groups deem trial unfair as Nabeel Rajab's appeal is rejected Published at 18.06.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted restrictive law Read more
Tashi Wangchuk and other activists imprisoned as President Xi tightens grip on power Published at 19.03.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD LGBTI refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Proposed laws could criminalise whistle-blowers and silence civil society Published at 14.02.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship funding restriction refugees and migrants HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
