Groups representing ethnic minorities face legal challenges when registering Published at 16.12.2017 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants minority groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained refusal of registration protest Read more
Teachers strike due to pay freeze from IMF agreement Published at 24.01.2018 Country Mongolia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship attack on HRD labour rights environmental rights HRD killing protest Read more
Environmental rights defender killed as authorities label activists as ‘terrorists’ Published at 27.03.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups youth women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest political interference private sector censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Burundi: President silences critics and “illegally” taxes citizens in lead up to referendum Published at 22.02.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD detained political interference HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Watchdog reports access to information issues from "blacklisted" public institutions Published at 29.01.2018 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protest Read more
Human rights lawyers bare the brunt of clampdown Published at 05.01.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained Read more
Mali - third African country to adopt law on protection of HRDs Published at 23.01.2018 Country Mali Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development protest disruption refugees and migrants protest enabling law Read more
Outcry over jamming and hacking of radio stations and blocking of online news outlet Published at 20.12.2017 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive CS development labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Movimiento Marcha Verde continues to mobilise against corruption Published at 30.10.2017 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest Read more
More protests organised by Movimiento Marcha Verde Published at 30.01.2018 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest private sector Read more
Student activists ill-treated by security forces during protests Published at 31.01.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights attack on HRD Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Concerns over the state's "aggressive and intolerant" attitude towards media Published at 23.01.2018 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship sexual assault women protest Read more
Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns Published at 04.05.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction indigenous groups land rights Read more
Impunity for attacks on journalists draws international scrutiny Published at 20.12.2017 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD killing torture/ill-treatment labour rights protest HRD acquitted killing of journalist positive court ruling women extractive industries non state actors Read more
Supreme Court ruling strikes a blow to the right to access public information Published at 20.12.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist HRD prosecuted negative court ruling labour rights LGBTI protest Read more
Nationalistic feelings surge during large Independence Day march Published at 19.12.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law refugees and migrants violent protest negative court ruling protest Read more
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis Published at 30.01.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference censorship Read more
Catalonia: tensions remain high as Madrid asserts control Published at 21.12.2017 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling political interference protest Read more
Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy? Published at 21.12.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
