Iranian authorities block Iran's most widely used messaging app Published at 16.07.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women HRD killing excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Activists arrested and MP slain as Ugandans protest insecurity Published at 16.07.2018 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction censorship HRD detained LGBTI protest disruption protestor(s) detained Read more
Kenyan activist disappears ahead of protests while a new cyber crimes law is challenged in court Published at 20.07.2018 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law enabling law harassment censorship enforced disappearance attack on HRD Read more
Slow progress on human rights reforms as new government approaches 100-day mark Published at 10.08.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation positive CS development criminal defamation restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections Published at 20.07.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling HRD killing HRD acquitted negative court ruling environmental rights criminal defamation internet restriction censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
As pressure on civil society grows, new coalitions are formed Published at 20.07.2018 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship funding restriction protest refugees and migrants political interference public vilification Read more
Swaziland sees its first Pride Parade taking place Published at 24.07.2018 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship LGBTI intimidation attack on journalist labour rights excessive force non state actors Read more
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
Government of Liberia Suspends Media Licences Published at 21.08.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation positive CS development youth prevention of protest 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
Refugee protests against companies providing services on Manus Published at 22.08.2018 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship refugees and migrants protest internet restriction Read more
Tanzania commences enforcement of new online blogging law as websites shut down Published at 25.07.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
Parliament to Vote on alarming NGO Law Published at 26.07.2018 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship funding restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction 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
Attacks on journalists continue, as new law threatens expression Published at 02.08.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Human Rights Defender barred from entering Botswana Published at 01.08.2018 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship office raid travel ban 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
Excessive force used by Taiwan police against eviction protesters Published at 28.08.2018 Country Taiwan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups torture/ill-treatment censorship protest land rights 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
