Rise in anti-migrant sentiment poses a threat to civic space Published at 17.11.2017 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption refugees and migrants minority groups positive CS development attack on journalist protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights 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
Farmers prevented from protesting on Asuncion's streets Published at 14.12.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest women restrictive law time,place restrictions positive CS development censorship Read more
Increasing censorship while 1.25 million South Sudanese face starvation Published at 01.12.2017 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
International civil society puts pressure on Sudanese authorities to respect human rights Published at 05.12.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship bureaucratic restriction political interference release of HRDs censorship HRD detained Read more
Foreign funding restrictions a "threat" to civil society in Ireland Published at 21.12.2017 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship funding restriction private sector Read more
Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis Published at 18.01.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
New findings in Berta Caceres' murder investigation Published at 15.12.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors protest disruption women Read more
New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression Published at 24.01.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs positive court ruling travel ban protest disruption killing of protestors excessive force torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Controversy over NetzDG law continues with tech companies beginning to censor social media accounts Published at 25.01.2018 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship internet restriction 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
Court rules on University's free expression violation with cancellation of book event Published at 19.12.2017 Country Costa Rica Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Outcry over jamming and hacking of radio stations and blocking of online news outlet Published at 20.12.2017 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive CS development labour rights protest 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
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression Published at 31.01.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Concerns over the state's "aggressive and intolerant" attitude towards media Published at 23.01.2018 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship sexual assault women protest Read more
Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns Published at 04.05.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction indigenous groups land rights 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
