Catalonia: tensions remain high as Madrid asserts control Published at 21.12.2017 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling political interference protest Read more
Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Fundamental freedoms restricted in Honduras as socio-political crisis escalates Published at 21.12.2017 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid harassment attack on journalist excessive force killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
State reportedly kept independent candidates off the ballot in municipal elections Published at 04.01.2018 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women prevention of protest journalist detained censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained Read more
2017 - "a bad year for journalists" in Lebanon and 2018 already cause for concern Published at 21.02.2018 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
A new era for the Gambia as Jammeh steps down Published at 06.02.2017 Country Gambia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained Read more
Tajikistan: LGBT CSO forced to close and state restricts online communications Published at 09.01.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI censorship internet restriction torture/ill-treatment CSO closure journalist detained Read more
Journalists protest Ukrainian postal service's refusal to distribute newspaper Published at 29.01.2018 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD killing protest Read more
Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents Published at 05.02.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption political interference harassment censorship excessive force Read more
Nicaraguan government interferes with citizen activism and closes space for opposition Published at 25.01.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference intimidation harassment women censorship Read more
Swaziland: State's heavy-handed suppression of civic space Published at 26.01.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship excessive force protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence Published at 05.02.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights violent protest protest internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Serious freedom of expression concerns remain under new president Published at 26.02.2018 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women political interference time,place restrictions censorship negative court ruling protest Read more
BBC Radio to broadcast in heavily-censored media space Published at 06.03.2018 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship Read more
Protesters killed, WHRDs and journalists arrested as protests rock Sudan Published at 06.03.2018 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Zeman's reelection marked by media freedom concerns Published at 07.03.2018 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist Read more
ECHR rules in favour of Lithuanian NGO's case on free expression Published at 08.03.2018 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling censorship LGBTI Read more
SLAPP Lawsuits threaten critical voices in France Published at 09.03.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling private sector protest environmental rights censorship land rights Read more
Crackdown on newspapers and TV stations publicising critical views continues Published at 07.02.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship HRD acquitted HRD prosecuted Read more
Concerns over public vilification of civil society in Slovenia Published at 08.02.2018 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest political interference bureaucratic restriction environmental rights public vilification Read more
Civil society alarmed over blocking of critical websites Published at 08.02.2018 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment labour rights protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship environmental rights Read more
