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Turkish authorities suspend 370 CSOs as efforts to eradicate dissent escalate
Published at
17.11.2016
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- labour rights
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
Government mismanagement of natural resources prompts violent protest in Senegal
Published at
18.11.2016
Country
Senegal
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- protest disruption
- excessive force
Free expression on Twitter carries a heavy penalty in Bahrain
Published at
21.11.2016
Country
Bahrain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
Protest restrictions outside abortion clinics raise free speech concerns
Published at
03.11.2016
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- time,place restrictions
- access to info. law
- protest
Activist speaks to CIVICUS about conditions for citizen action in the Philippines
Published at
22.11.2016
Country
Philippines
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- prevention of protest
- excessive force
New protest law continues the erosion of civic space in Poland
Published at
15.12.2016
Country
Poland
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- bureaucratic restriction
- protest
Tougher laws choke civil society independence in Bangladesh
Published at
15.12.2016
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- harassment
- HRD detained
- bureaucratic restriction
- indigenous groups
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- attack on journalist
- protest
Political deal hangs in the balance as activists languish in DRC jails
Published at
01.02.2017
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- access to info. law
Belarusian authorities face criticism for continued curtailment of civic rights
Published at
18.01.2017
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- surveillance
One by one, Turkish authorities close off avenues for dissent
Published at
20.01.2017
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- CSO closure
- access to info. law
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- surveillance
- excessive force
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
As Turkmenistan votes, authorities crush dissent with an iron fist
Published at
08.02.2017
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- access to info. law
Two part special on Kyrgyzstan: Association and Peaceful Assembly
Published at
24.02.2017
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- prevention of protest
- bureaucratic restriction
- protest disruption
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- time,place restrictions
In 2016, respect for civic space declined dramatically in Tajikistan
Published at
28.02.2017
Country
Tajikistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- time,place restrictions
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- surveillance
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- bureaucratic restriction
International alarm over the persecution of Rohingya Muslims
Published at
13.03.2017
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- access to info. law
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- torture/ill-treatment
- attack on HRD
- travel ban
- HRD killing
- bureaucratic restriction
- surveillance
- censorship
- private sector
- religious groups
- minority groups
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
SPECIAL SERIES ON THREATS TO CIVIC SPACE IN KAZAKHSTAN - PART 3: PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY
Published at
22.02.2017
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- labour rights
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
Croatian journalists continue to face threats and vilification
Published at
22.02.2017
Country
Croatia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- criminal defamation
- bureaucratic restriction
- time,place restrictions
- access to info. law
Two radio reporters murdered live on air
Published at
22.02.2017
Country
Dominican Republic
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- time,place restrictions
- killing of journalist
- protest
The purge continues: protests turn violent, websites blocked and 4,000 civil servants dismissed
Published at
02.05.2017
Country
Turkey
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- CSO closure
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- violent protest
- time,place restrictions
- protestor(s) detained
Prosecution and intimidation of independent journalists persists
Published at
25.04.2017
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- labour rights
- censorship
- protest
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- time,place restrictions
- access to info. law
- surveillance
LGBTI activists continue to face harassment in El Salvador
Published at
01.05.2017
Country
El Salvador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- prevention of protest
- harassment
- time,place restrictions
- attack on journalist
- protest