Press freedom a grave concern during pandemic; attempts to ban gender studies in education Published at 31.07.2020 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law intimidation LGBTI positive CS development access to info. law protest Read more
Expression under threat: New law to censor social media Published at 23.07.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: women positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation labour rights excessive force internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
New laws pose a threat to NGO’s working on asylum issues and restrict the right to protest Published at 16.07.2020 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants violent protest restrictive law censorship excessive force protest Read more
Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks Published at 10.08.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Opposition candidates and supporters persecuted, detained ahead of elections Published at 11.08.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist protest political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD prosecuted Read more
Public vilification of Indigenous peoples and criminalisation of environmental defenders Published at 12.08.2020 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on journalist public vilification censorship HRD prosecuted LGBTI environmental rights Read more
Activists, journalists face smear campaigns, harassment and censorship during COVID-19 Published at 23.07.2020 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment women attack on journalist intimidation youth protest bureaucratic restriction public vilification censorship journalist detained Read more
Militantes en peligro: asesinan a dos y desaparecen cinco líderes garífunas Published at 26.08.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling protest censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted LGBTI women environmental rights Read more
Harassment and intimidation of journalists continue unabated Published at 02.09.2020 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship access to info. law public vilification intimidation Read more
Activists & women human rights defenders continue to face reprisals Published at 14.08.2020 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained LGBTI Read more
Human rights lawyer imprisoned for tweet, Nabeel Rajab conditionally released from prison Published at 14.08.2020 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Human rights group submits report on Nauru to the UN ahead of its 2021 review Published at 17.08.2020 Country Nauru Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
Honduran defenders at high risk: two defenders killed and five Garifuna leaders missing Published at 24.08.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD prosecuted environmental rights negative court ruling protest LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups censorship Read more
Facebook censors indigenous ceremony in Vanuatu for violating standards Published at 28.10.2020 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship indigenous groups non state actors Read more
Catalan independence leaders targeted by spyware; calls to revise ‘Gag Law’ on five-year anniversary Published at 18.08.2020 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest censorship positive court ruling prevention of protest harassment attack on journalist surveillance non state actors Read more
Protests over government plans to withdraw from Istanbul Convention Published at 18.08.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women positive court ruling harassment protest excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Copies of weekly confiscated, civil society activist prevented from leaving the country Published at 10.03.2020 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship travel ban Read more
Mass protests follow disputed election results Published at 20.08.2020 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest disruption intimidation release of HRDs travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Calls for political accountability after Beirut explosion: protesters, journalists face violence Published at 20.08.2020 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest prevention of protest violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Hundreds dead after protests, fears over COVID-19 restrictions’ impact on free speech Published at 20.08.2020 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest censorship journalist detained protest disruption release of HRDs surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
Las autoridades cubanas impiden las marchas prodemocracia Published at 28.12.2021 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
