NGO report highlights different challenges faced by urban and rural HRDs and CSOs Published at 28.05.2018 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing attack on HRD censorship non state actors Read more
Civil society decries snap presidential election as not free and fair Published at 28.05.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship political interference protest Read more
Police detain and beat protestors demonstrating against new laws Published at 11.06.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Access to social media restricted for the second time in 2018 Published at 13.06.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest labour rights internet restriction Read more
Concerns over free expression rights and censorship emerge during abortion referendum Published at 15.06.2018 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women people with disabilities Read more
Opposition figure detained at airport and forcibly deported again Published at 14.06.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Authorities force unregistered blogs and online platforms to shut down Published at 12.06.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Another activist silenced: Germain Rukuki sentenced to 32 years in prison Published at 13.06.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference HRD prosecuted censorship HRD detained intimidation Read more
Gag Law reform stalled as civil society calls on government to "uphold freedom of expression" Published at 19.06.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation positive court ruling censorship political interference positive CS development Read more
13 dead, hundreds injured and detained in widespread protests Published at 22.08.2018 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
UN Human Rights Committee slams Laos record on civil and political rights Published at 23.08.2018 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Sliding downhill: concerns remain regarding the civic space situation despite releases Published at 24.08.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling religious groups minority groups release of HRDs travel ban internet restriction restrictive law censorship Read more
Mass protests hit the country, while attacks on journalists sharply increase Published at 24.08.2018 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants surveillance attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest killing of journalist violent protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Human rights defenders harrassed and arbitrarily detained Published at 19.06.2018 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained time,place restrictions LGBTI attack on HRD refugees and migrants intimidation harassment censorship Read more
Repression of protests killed 15 people in 2018 Published at 07.08.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest youth harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist negative court ruling killing of protestors excessive force labour rights censorship Read more
Trade union leader arrested for insulting royals on social media Published at 13.08.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction censorship positive CS development labour rights criminal defamation Read more
Media regulator suspends La Nouvelle Tribune newspaper Published at 04.07.2018 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Activists continue to face persecution as thousands mark Tiananmen anniversary in Hong Kong Published at 05.07.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction LGBTI protest disruption torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted women travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling protest Read more
Kazakhstan: Closure of independent media and peaceful protests hampered Published at 12.07.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment women prevention of protest religious groups intimidation restrictive law internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Despite diplomatic talks civic space remains closed in North Korea Published at 12.07.2018 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Australian media outlet barred from Pacific regional forum Published at 13.07.2018 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
