7 more CSOs refused FCRA licenses in India Published at 16.12.2016 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation release of HRDs harassment bureaucratic restriction travel ban HRD detained protest censorship Read more
Civil society calls upon President Sisi to reject restrictive NGO law in Egypt Published at 02.12.2016 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban funding restriction Read more
State increases pressure on civil society organisations in Kenya Published at 23.12.2016 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD detained public vilification excessive force bureaucratic restriction Read more
Conditions worsen for Tunisian civil society Published at 06.03.2017 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment harassment travel ban HRD detained Read more
Court cancels two prison sentences as authorities still target HRDs Published at 07.02.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling travel ban harassment intimidation Read more
Repeated confiscation of newspapers prompts protests from journalists in Sudan Published at 17.01.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained travel ban Read more
Outrage at Aliyev's EU visit as activists continue to be persecuted at home Published at 15.02.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist LGBTI HRD detained torture/ill-treatment harassment travel ban criminal defamation Read more
Human righs lawyer banned from travel outside the country Published at 23.02.2017 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban attack on HRD Read more
Uzbek journalist Muhammad Bekjanov freed after 18 years in prison Published at 24.02.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs Read more
Human rights defenders jailed and banned from travelling Published at 17.02.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban women HRD detained Read more
Upcoming referendum could further curtail civic freedoms Published at 15.03.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption CSO closure travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force internet restriction violent protest censorship Read more
Despite releases, conditions remain dire for HRDs in Uzbekistan Published at 07.03.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban labour rights protest excessive force killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction religious groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist Read more
International alarm over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims Published at 13.03.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law prevention of protest time,place restrictions torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD travel ban HRD killing bureaucratic restriction surveillance censorship private sector religious groups minority groups protest extractive industries violent protest Read more
Continued persecution of activists and journalists in Cuba Published at 13.03.2017 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban women HRD detained labour rights intimidation Read more
Security forces employ excessive force against protesters in Kashmir Published at 21.04.2017 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD detained positive court ruling excessive force protest disruption prevention of protest HRD killing killing of protestors violent protest torture/ill-treatment Read more
Crackdown against human rights defenders ahead of Bahrain's UPR Published at 09.05.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Iranian authorities censor media ahead of presidential elections Published at 12.05.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women prevention of protest travel ban HRD detained protestor(s) detained censorship Read more
Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts Published at 03.07.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened environmental rights protest disruption harassment travel ban excessive force criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest censorship surveillance minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
No improvement on civic space: Myanmar shuns international scrutiny Published at 05.05.2017 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups travel ban excessive force protest prevention of protest extractive industries violent protest protestor(s) detained land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Egyptian authorities continue their brazen curtailment of civic space Published at 28.03.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD killing labour rights CSO closure intimidation harassment travel ban torture/ill-treatment Read more
Harassment, detentions and mass surveillance restrict Uzbek citizens' civil and political rights Published at 05.05.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist travel ban time,place restrictions protest disruption release of HRDs journalist detained harassment surveillance Read more
