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Increased internet censorship; mass mobilisation for regime-praising events continues
Published at
19.03.2020
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- political interference
- intimidation
- travel ban
- excessive force
- censorship
Controversial constitutional referendum goes ahead despite months of protests: several killed
Published at
31.03.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- protest
- HRD prosecuted
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- youth
- protest disruption
- censorship
- women
- release of HRDs
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
Media outlets face pressure as state innovates to silence criticism
Published at
20.04.2020
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- political interference
- self censorship
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- surveillance
- bureaucratic restriction
- attack on journalist
- censorship
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Canada : un projet de gazoduc sur le territoire Wet'suwet'en provoque des manifestations nationales
Published at
30.03.2020
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
Civil society denounces systematic criminalisation in Venezuela
Published at
30.03.2020
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- killing of protestors
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
Calls for newly elected government to repeal the so- called ‘Gag Law'
Published at
06.04.2020
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
CSOs express concern at thousands of imprisoned HRDs at risk of Corona virus infection
Published at
24.03.2020
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Civil society disappointed by Fiji’s rejection of UN recommendations to revise repressive laws
Published at
25.03.2020
Country
Fiji
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- time,place restrictions
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
‘Corona virus bill’ seeks to erode freedom of expression even further
Published at
27.03.2020
Country
Hungary
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- political interference
- restrictive law
Disputed results from parliamentary elections spark protests as authorities respond with force
Published at
30.03.2020
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protest
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
Coronavirus Act gives government unprecedented power; concerns over attempts to erode media freedom
Published at
22.04.2020
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest
World Press Freedom Day in Mexico marked by killing of journalist
Published at
20.05.2021
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- youth
- women
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- journalist detained
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- non state actors
- land rights
Pashtun activists targeted amid pandemic while press increasingly muzzled in Pakistan
Published at
12.05.2020
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- harassment
- journalist detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- political interference
- protest disruption
- women
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Honduras’ new criminal code continues to concern human rights organisations
Published at
02.04.2020
Country
Honduras
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
Journalists attacked during coverage of migrant camps; police use excessive force against migrants
Published at
02.04.2020
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- violent protest
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest
Maintient du référendum constitutionnel controversé malgré des mois des manifestations
Published at
03.04.2020
Country
Guinea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- youth
- protest disruption
- women
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Tanzania: Dissidents and critics bear heavy brunt of increasing restrictions on expression
Published at
22.04.2020
Country
Tanzania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
Eight HRDs arrested and prosecuted for protesting against corruption
Published at
06.04.2020
Country
Niger
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Concerns about media censorship in Vanuatu around the COVID-19 pandemic
Published at
03.04.2020
Country
Vanuatu
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- women
- restrictive law
Online debate on Dong Tam incident followed by pandemic silenced by Vietnam authorities
Published at
07.04.2020
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- minority groups
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- killing of protestors
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights