Civic space concerns reinforced by COVID-19 response Published at 27.05.2020 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment criminal defamation LGBTI bureaucratic restriction negative court ruling time,place restrictions women internet restriction censorship restrictive law positive court ruling protest disruption attack on journalist protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Legislation proposed by Uruguay’s new government could be a setback for human rights Published at 29.05.2020 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law Read more
Legislación propuesta por el nuevo gobierno podría suponer un revés para los DD. HH. Published at 05.06.2020 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law Read more
Covid-19: restricción excesiva de la libertad de expresión y abuso de los poderes de emergencia Published at 05.06.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment positive CS development HRD detained HRD killing excessive force restrictive law Read more
Police brutality a continuing crisis in Kenya Published at 04.06.2020 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption killing of protestors restrictive law censorship negative court ruling labour rights protest Read more
Spread of coronavirus and emergency safety measures put pressure on civic freedoms Published at 20.04.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions positive court ruling religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest access to info. law Read more
Further attempts to curtail freedom of expression during COVID-19 Published at 05.06.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women journalist detained surveillance excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Concerns over democratic decline, with transgender rights and freedom of speech under attack Published at 05.06.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI restrictive law harassment censorship labour rights protest Read more
Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’ Published at 07.01.2021 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD detained minority groups Read more
NGOs call on authorities to end persecution of activists Published at 03.12.2020 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted funding restriction censorship HRD detained excessive force protest journalist detained Read more
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated Published at 19.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women HRD detained criminal defamation journalist detained Read more
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Hungary: European Courts of Justice take on restrictive laws Published at 12.02.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI refugees and migrants restrictive law censorship protest Read more
Venezuela reprime las actividades de la sociedad civil y restringe su financiación Published at 07.06.2021 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction funding restriction office raid journalist detained Read more
Civic space restrictions continue unabated in Singapore despite COVID-19 pandemic, as election looms Published at 24.06.2020 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship harassment protest protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Denialism of COVID-19 pandemic and continuous threats to freedom of expression Published at 09.06.2020 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained funding restriction intimidation harassment negative court ruling internet restriction non state actors Read more
Cuba cracking down on dissent using internet regulation and COVID-19 pretence Published at 10.06.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained HRD threatened harassment positive CS development HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Decree prohibits the spread of fake news about COVID-19, raising concerns of media censorship Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest political interference restrictive law censorship environmental rights Read more
Authorities intimidate protesters and silence critics using restrictive laws in Fiji Published at 24.06.2020 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption criminal defamation restrictive law intimidation harassment labour rights protest Read more
Le harcèlement judiciaire et les arrestations de militants se poursuivent sans relâche Published at 25.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
COVID-19 used to curtail freedom of expression further Published at 24.06.2020 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI office raid harassment protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
