COVID-19 pandemic: journalists attacked and intimidated while official threatens media Published at 01.06.2020 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained 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
Oman: Artistic censorship and harassment of online activists continues Published at 11.06.2020 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Enforced disappearance during Guadalajara protest and two journalists at severe risk Published at 30.07.2020 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Government responds to COVID-19 and hurricane with denial, cover-ups and intimidation tactics Published at 08.06.2020 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction intimidation surveillance censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Cuban artist detained for his work and declared prisoner of conscience Published at 06.04.2020 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained HRD prosecuted protest 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
Transitional Government Formed Amidst Ongoing Tensions and Restrictions on Freedom of Speech. Published at 11.06.2020 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship journalist detained release of HRDs intimidation Read more
Declining health of convicted HRD concerns family members and human rights organisations Published at 29.05.2020 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment women intimidation release of HRDs HRD detained Read more
Journalists face lawsuits and attacks; media outlets face possibility of closure due to pandemic Published at 17.06.2020 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest intimidation attack on journalist labour rights funding restriction refugees and migrants censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Government uses the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to curtail civic freedoms Published at 19.06.2020 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment funding restriction intimidation protest political interference censorship surveillance environmental rights 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
Journalists continue to face physical and verbal attacks Published at 30.06.2020 Country Kosovo Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist journalist detained protest intimidation 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
Government emergency measures increase policing powers Published at 25.06.2020 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protest labour rights intimidation Read more
EU court finds that NGO foreign funding law violates EU law, independent media under threat Published at 02.07.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling political interference intimidation censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Austerity measures during COVID-19 lead to protests in Ecuador Published at 02.07.2020 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption protestor(s) detained intimidation attack on journalist protest restrictive law labour rights excessive force non state actors Read more
Protests in Nepal around COVID-19 met with excessive force while journalists face attacks Published at 03.07.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist restrictive law protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Swedes take protests online as freedom of assembly is further restricted due to pandemic Published at 07.07.2020 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protest intimidation Read more
Police watchdog raises concerns over abusive policing practices at Black Lives Matter protests Published at 13.07.2020 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation protest public vilification restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities non state actors Read more
Honduras enacts new Criminal Code enabling criminalisation of protesters and journalists Published at 13.07.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law journalist detained women indigenous groups minority groups intimidation harassment non state actors Read more
