International community concerned over human rights situation Published at 10.10.2017 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment protestor(s) detained negative court ruling refusal of registration protest Read more
Lèse-majesté laws used to silence dissidents Published at 31.10.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Restrictions on foreign funding used to limit civic space in Jordan Published at 01.11.2017 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship labour rights public vilification Read more
Madagascar: "Almost if not all environmentalists are under threat" Published at 13.10.2017 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries political interference protest disruption release of HRDs HRD acquitted harassment HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Report: "Rising cost of dissent in Chad" Published at 16.10.2017 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption violent protest harassment protestor(s) detained prevention of protest Read more
NGOs against draft law regulating magistrates' associations Published at 17.10.2017 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups minority groups protest political interference harassment labour rights non state actors Read more
Journalists face grave danger, threats and assault reporting in Colombia Published at 18.10.2017 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force labour rights killing of journalist extractive industries killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
New NGO law welcomed as challenges to civic space remain Published at 04.04.2018 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development positive court ruling funding restriction political interference restrictive law enabling law Read more
Journalists targeted in PNG amid the COVID-19 pandemic while nurses strike over lack of protection Published at 14.05.2020 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: protest intimidation harassment refugees and migrants Read more
Post-election crackdown on opposition: arrests, threats and harassment Published at 26.10.2017 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to Egyptian activist banned from traveling Published at 07.11.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban bureaucratic restriction harassment funding restriction Read more
Incidents of state surveillance of journalists reported in media Published at 07.02.2018 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment prevention of protest surveillance women intimidation Read more
Opposing voices and views on presidential age limit removal not tolerated Published at 07.11.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment attack on journalist environmental rights non state actors excessive force criminal defamation extractive industries killing of protestors private sector journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption HRD prosecuted Read more
Economic crisis triggers social protest and freedom of expression constantly undermined Published at 21.03.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest journalist detained Read more
No end to repression after the Asian Games Published at 27.11.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups intimidation censorship harassment refusal of registration protest internet restriction restrictive law surveillance Read more
Investigative journalism under attack: CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning journalist Published at 17.08.2017 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD threatened self censorship women Read more
Unrest continues in aftermath of controversial election rerun Published at 01.12.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors excessive force protest disruption CSO closure harassment violent protest prevention of protest time,place restrictions Read more
Civil society groups condemn malicious slander against prominent WHRD in Nepal Published at 21.11.2017 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women public vilification Read more
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
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
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
