Public sector employees vow to protest restrictive legislation in Canada Published at 03.02.2020 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law time,place restrictions environmental rights Read more
Concerns over space for opposition and dissent ahead of 2020 presidential elections Published at 12.02.2020 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained attack on journalist prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law time,place restrictions journalist detained HRD prosecuted private sector intimidation non state actors Read more
Smear campaign against green activists, anti-protest laws and media restrictions in Australia Published at 04.02.2020 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction environmental rights censorship protestor(s) detained protest public vilification Read more
Activists criminalised and continuous delegitimisation of press in Brazil Published at 07.01.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid HRD prosecuted minority groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained public vilification political interference positive court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction environmental rights Read more
Préoccupations concernant l’espace pour la contestation avant l’élection présidentielle de 2020 Published at 14.02.2020 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD prosecuted intimidation HRD detained private sector attack on journalist prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law time,place restrictions non state actors Read more
Chile: Feminist anthem goes viral and sustained protests lead to referendum on a new constitution Published at 19.02.2020 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid attack on journalist surveillance positive CS development youth women killing of journalist excessive force labour rights killing of protestors protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
News site blocked while critics and journalists arrested or attacked with impunity in Bangladesh Published at 19.02.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Laos activist Od Sayavong still missing six months on, while critics continue to be silenced Published at 21.02.2020 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance women restrictive law negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation land rights Read more
New law set to erode judicial independence and municipalities declared “LGBTI Free- Zones” Published at 16.03.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI political interference restrictive law harassment protest Read more
Civil society at risk of restrictions with proposed new NGO law in Mongolia Published at 24.03.2020 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI protest positive CS development Read more
Synagogue attack leads to protest and debate on hate speech laws Published at 07.01.2020 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: youth religious groups restrictive law environmental rights labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Farmers stage several protests at The Hague, proposed Dutch law threatens civic space Published at 14.02.2020 Country Netherlands Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups political interference restrictive law environmental rights protestor(s) detained protest Read more
NGO oversight law limits and restricts freedom of association in Guatemala Published at 09.03.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD acquitted women restrictive law land rights Read more
Ley para el control de ONG limita y restringe la libertad de asociación Published at 12.03.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law women harassment HRD acquitted land rights Read more
CSOs fault new regulations, journalists harassed despite improvement in media freedom Published at 12.03.2020 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment restrictive law criminal defamation Read more
New tax rules impact civil society in Mexico Published at 22.11.2021 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protestor(s) detained environmental rights harassment protest disruption killing of journalist private sector non state actors LGBTI women indigenous groups refugees and migrants religious groups positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Continued attacks on HRDs, journalists and activists through prosecutions Published at 19.03.2020 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance journalist detained restrictive law travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists concerned about plans for new NGO law and other restrictive legislation in Nepal Published at 23.03.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained attack on journalist protest disruption political interference restrictive law Read more
Terrorism law bulldozed through NZ parliament despite human rights concerns Published at 30.03.2020 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries restrictive law non state actors indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Calls for newly elected government to repeal the so- called ‘Gag Law' Published at 06.04.2020 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption excessive force restrictive law censorship labour rights protest Read more
Civil society disappointed by Fiji’s rejection of UN recommendations to revise repressive laws Published at 25.03.2020 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship time,place restrictions protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
