States call on Timor-Leste government at UN to ensure laws do not restrict freedoms Published at 31.03.2022 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Chile: same-sex marriage legalised; Gabriel Boric sworn in as President Published at 30.03.2022 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants positive CS development protest LGBTI violent protest restrictive law enabling law environmental rights surveillance private sector Read more
Mexico: governing party introduces bill restricting civil society work Published at 01.04.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained funding restriction youth intimidation harassment public vilification killing of journalist private sector Read more
Se aprueba el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo y Gabriel Boric toma posesión como presidente Published at 11.04.2022 Country Chile Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants positive CS development protest violent protest restrictive law enabling law environmental rights surveillance private sector Read more
Peru: protests over price rises and violence against human rights defenders Published at 12.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest time,place restrictions environmental rights non state actors restrictive law positive court ruling women journalist detained indigenous groups attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest disruption negative court ruling harassment protest HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation HRD prosecuted killing of protestors extractive industries land rights Read more
Tragic death of long-term political prisoner, systematic violations of fundamental freedoms Published at 09.12.2021 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted release of HRDs travel ban labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law Read more
Venezuela: la draconiana ley de ONG amenaza a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil Published at 21.02.2023 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest restrictive law intimidation censorship labour rights protest Read more
Crackdown on dissent continues Published at 28.01.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation HRD detained LGBTI women protest Read more
Despite UN review, Thai government continues to silence dissent, push restrictive NGO bill Published at 04.04.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment women labour rights restrictive law public vilification protestor(s) detained environmental rights positive court ruling protest disruption Read more
Several protests around Nagorno Karabakh issues held, court criticised for restrictive judgment Published at 10.01.2022 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained protest restrictive law negative court ruling HRD threatened Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore continues to restrict fundamental freedoms, despite downgrade in civic space rating Published at 12.04.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship negative court ruling HRD prosecuted LGBTI Read more
New laws impose stiffer restrictions on CSOs & media, journalist killed Published at 12.04.2022 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment protest killing of journalist restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained Read more
El Salvador: freedom of expression under threat amid rising gang violence Published at 19.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
USA: Amazon workers vote for unionisation; courts hold police liable for excessive force Published at 19.04.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest women refugees and migrants restrictive law environmental rights youth protest disruption killing of protestors bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions negative court ruling private sector non state actors labour rights Read more
Morena presenta un proyecto de ley que restringe la labor de la sociedad civil Published at 12.04.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment labour rights public vilification indigenous groups killing of journalist private sector protest refugees and migrants non state actors positive CS development restrictive law protestor(s) detained funding restriction youth Read more
“A dark day for democracy’: Policing Bill becomes law; protesters at Sarah Everard vigil prosecuted Published at 03.06.2022 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI extractive industries restrictive law harassment protestor(s) detained protest public vilification environmental rights Read more
Cuba: prosecutions against protesters continue; more restrictions are proposed in Penal Code reform Published at 20.04.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment funding restriction protest women torture/ill-treatment negative court ruling restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Brazil: shocking violence on HRDs and journalists continues Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD intimidation enabling law harassment HRD killing killing of journalist censorship environmental rights access to info. law private sector non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law land rights Read more
Cuba: continúan los juicios de manifestantes; la reforma del código penal proponen más restricciones Published at 03.05.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women youth harassment negative court ruling protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
El Salvador: Libertad de expresión amenazada en medio de la violencia de las pandillas Published at 26.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
