Somaliland authorities continue attack on free expression Published at 24.07.2018 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling CSO closure release of HRDs censorship protestor(s) detained negative court ruling Read more
New security laws will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression, says civil society Published at 13.08.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance censorship protestor(s) detained women refugees and migrants protest Read more
Iranian authorities target human rights lawyers, while activists remain in detention Published at 17.08.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women killing of protestors HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
Civil society uses OGP summit to call for more transparent partnership with government Published at 20.08.2018 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest disruption protestor(s) detained negative court ruling protest Read more
Opposition voices muzzled, as activists are arrested Published at 06.08.2018 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation internet restriction censorship violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption labour rights protest time,place restrictions Read more
Civil society in Solomon Islands concerned about limitations in Anti-Corruption Bill Published at 25.07.2018 Country Solomon Islands Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights environmental rights women protestor(s) detained enabling law Read more
Journalists arrested while covering asylum protest Published at 26.07.2018 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants journalist detained censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest Read more
"You are warned": police threaten the public on discussing governance issues in the media and online Published at 27.07.2018 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained prevention of protest killing of protestors excessive force intimidation Read more
Student wing of ruling party attacking activists, academics and journalists with impunity Published at 02.08.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist public vilification enforced disappearance non state actors Read more
Largely peaceful protests prove effective for activists on environmental and social justice issues Published at 29.08.2018 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protest time,place restrictions censorship LGBTI protest disruption women attack on journalist protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
An ever-closing space for dissent: India cracks down on human rights defenders Published at 31.08.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation protest disruption release of HRDs women harassment HRD detained HRD killing censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Thousands participate in the Women's march, while LGBTIQ group loses observer status with the ACHPR Published at 04.09.2018 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD threatened LGBTI protest disruption women intimidation surveillance labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests Published at 10.09.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society welcomes Supreme Court ruling over same-sex marriage Published at 11.09.2018 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants violent protest protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Two women arrested as protestors continue to oppose detention of migrant families Published at 14.09.2018 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law women protestor(s) detained refugees and migrants protest Read more
UN fact-finding mission finds serious crimes fuelled by the silencing of critical voices Published at 19.09.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Conviction of former General involved in disappearances of activists important step for justice Published at 21.09.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD killing labour rights criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Teacher strikes met with police violence Published at 20.09.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force violent protest protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
Crackdown on independent media continues in Belarus Published at 25.09.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI office raid intimidation journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling HRD threatened Read more
Civic Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018 Published at 02.10.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest self censorship positive CS development funding restriction protest disruption minority groups HRD detained LGBTI bureaucratic restriction excessive force women release of HRDs time,place restrictions criminal defamation attack on journalist public vilification labour rights refugees and migrants protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist Published at 27.09.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
