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Persecution of activists continue while abuses against Uighurs remain in the spotlight
Published at
07.03.2019
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- internet restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

#OdupriSe builds unity against government corruption
Published at
09.04.2019
Country
Montenegro
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- women
- political interference
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- public vilification

Freedoms under attack with legislation restricting protests and hostility toward journalists
Published at
25.11.2019
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- public vilification
- youth
- restrictive law
- refugees and migrants
- minority groups
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- time,place restrictions
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- labour rights
- protest
- environmental rights

Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
Published at
10.09.2019
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- land rights

Women on front line of peaceful protests bear the brunt of violent crackdown amid state of emergency
Published at
20.03.2019
Country
Sudan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- sexual assault
- violent protest
- youth
- protest disruption
- time,place restrictions
- torture/ill-treatment
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- attack on HRD
- killing of protestors
- excessive force
- intimidation
- harassment
- women
- prevention of protest
- HRD detained
- censorship
- HRD killing
- political interference
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted

Media censored, activists silenced and opposition weakened ahead of Thai elections
Published at
21.03.2019
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption

Des journalistes détenus et plus de cent arrestations lors de manifestations de l'opposition
Published at
08.03.2019
Country
Cameroon
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Civic freedoms in Cuba becoming increasingly restrained
Published at
04.07.2019
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- LGBTI
- women
- minority groups
- intimidation
- protest
- censorship
- non state actors

Political crisis undermines civic space freedoms
Published at
19.03.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- office raid
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- journalist detained
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- HRD threatened
- non state actors
- killing of protestors

Student activists detained during protest against evictions in Taiwan
Published at
15.04.2019
Country
Taiwan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- women
- labour rights
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- land rights

West Papuan protests met with internet shutdown, arrests of activists and excessive force
Published at
11.09.2019
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest

April 2019 legislative elections marred by civic space violations
Published at
28.11.2019
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Whistleblower reveals government monitoring journalists and activists due to their work
Published at
29.04.2019
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- intimidation
- surveillance
- environmental rights

Some positive civic space developments, but more to be done to keep promises
Published at
01.05.2019
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- people with disabilities
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

New Australian law to crackdown on violent videos on social media may lead to censorship
Published at
17.04.2019
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- indigenous groups
- extractive industries
- minority groups
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms
Published at
15.07.2019
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

New constitution voting process triggers violations to civic space
Published at
21.03.2019
Country
Cuba
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest

Escalating concerns over right to privacy and freedom of expression on the net in South Korea
Published at
14.05.2019
Country
South Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- protest disruption
- women

30th April 2019: another peak in repression
Published at
14.05.2019
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- violent protest
- censorship
- HRD threatened

UK anti-terror legislative and judicial steps threaten civil rights and freedom
Published at
16.05.2019
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- non state actors