Concerns over democratic decline, with transgender rights and freedom of speech under attack Published at 05.06.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI restrictive law harassment censorship labour rights protest Read more
NGOs call on authorities to end persecution of activists Published at 03.12.2020 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest killing of protestors restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted funding restriction censorship HRD detained excessive force protest journalist detained Read more
Judicial harassment and arrests of activists continues unabated Published at 19.06.2020 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted women HRD detained criminal defamation journalist detained Read more
Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced Published at 19.06.2020 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment enforced disappearance attack on journalist criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Hungary: European Courts of Justice take on restrictive laws Published at 12.02.2020 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI refugees and migrants restrictive law censorship protest 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
Funding cuts and no economic assistance for CSOs during COVID-19 Published at 15.06.2020 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI women censorship positive CS development negative court ruling protest Read more
Media regulator suspends three media outlets, two HRDs and one journalist briefly detained Published at 19.06.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained release of HRDs harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force Read more
Civic space restrictions continue unabated in Singapore despite COVID-19 pandemic, as election looms Published at 24.06.2020 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship harassment protest protestor(s) detained criminal defamation Read more
Concern as government punishes free expression Published at 30.06.2020 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship CSO closure criminal defamation youth 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
Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly Published at 15.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained harassment HRD killing HRD prosecuted 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
Students, youth, lead calls for democracy in Eswatini Published at 29.10.2021 Country Eswatini Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption excessive force protest censorship internet restriction political interference protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted youth 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
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant Published at 19.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
At least 16 killed, hundreds arrested in protests to demand a return to civilian rule Published at 10.06.2021 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors censorship protest disruption release of HRDs HRD detained excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
L'organisme régulateur suspend trois médias, brève détention d'un journaliste et de deux militants Published at 25.06.2020 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained release of HRDs harassment censorship attack on journalist excessive force Read more
