Paraguay: efforts to criminalise road blockades following protests Published at 21.04.2022 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption indigenous groups political interference restrictive law censorship protest land rights Read more
Las autoridades nicaragüenses ilegalizan a la sociedad civil en la práctica Published at 11.07.2022 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women CSO closure religious groups harassment journalist detained travel ban HRD detained surveillance sexual assault torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Harsh restrictions on civic space persist in Brunei Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI restrictive law Read more
Wildfires lead to violations against journalists and free speech Published at 28.08.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained prevention of protest positive court ruling restrictive law LGBTI harassment protestor(s) detained attack on journalist excessive force bureaucratic restriction labour rights protest censorship environmental rights Read more
Manifestaciones por el alza de precios y la violencia contra defensores de los derechos humanos Published at 20.04.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment HRD killing restrictive law excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained non state actors positive court ruling protestor(s) detained women indigenous groups HRD prosecuted attack on journalist negative court ruling environmental rights protest extractive industries violent protest land rights Read more
Panama: National Assembly debates bill to modify legislation on the right of reply Published at 28.04.2022 Country Panama Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest disruption labour rights protest Read more
Kazakhstan: Civic space limited by continued fallout from January 2022 events Published at 28.04.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Civic freedoms continue to deteriorate in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Published at 28.04.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Freedom of expression at risk as cybercrime legislation used to prosecute online critics in Vanuatu Published at 14.06.2022 Country Vanuatu Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Arrests of activists, journalists continue in Myanmar as military tribunals impose harsh sentences Published at 10.05.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Media Networks and Journalists Face Brutal Repression Published at 10.05.2022 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship attack on journalist journalist detained restrictive law Read more
Proposed law threatens CSO space, opposition faces brutal repression ahead of elections Published at 11.05.2022 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation harassment labour rights protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Associations push back as Separatism law comes into effect; CSO tackling Islamophobia dissolved Published at 21.04.2022 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling CSO closure censorship intimidation public vilification surveillance positive court ruling women harassment refugees and migrants protest attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
CSOs face attack; Podcast hosts critical of government face intimidation Published at 16.11.2021 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation protest harassment protest disruption women public vilification negative court ruling restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Canada: The struggle for rights brings people to the streets Published at 01.08.2022 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women indigenous groups refugees and migrants labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights positive court ruling Read more
Qatar passes laws that exclude and discriminate against minority groups Published at 31.08.2021 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups refugees and migrants restrictive law HRD detained protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Vietnamese activists face tax evasion charges, movement restrictions and increasing censorship Published at 17.05.2022 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation HRD detained labour rights restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
USA: workers expose anti-unionisation efforts by private companies Published at 05.09.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained environmental rights protest disruption women minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights excessive force protest restrictive law private sector non state actors Read more
Uruguay: decline in freedom of expression; restrictive law maintained after referendum Published at 19.05.2022 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights restrictive law internet restriction censorship political interference Read more
CSOs providing assistance to migrants at the border face investigation Published at 04.04.2022 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest LGBTI restrictive law refugees and migrants harassment protest internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown and arrests reported by the Fact-Finding Mission Published at 14.06.2022 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protest sexual assault LGBTI women restrictive law intimidation harassment protestor(s) detained Read more
