Protesters continue to face prosecution and excessive force while activists criminalised for royal defamation in Thailand Published at 15.12.2022 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions harassment surveillance attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment LGBTI protest disruption women youth restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
Las autoridades cubanas acosan a periodistas y militantes para obligarlos a abandonar su labor Published at 15.12.2022 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: public vilification internet restriction self censorship LGBTI restrictive law harassment travel ban protest HRD threatened Read more
Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents Published at 22.12.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Canada: workers push back against restricting legislation Published at 05.01.2023 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction restrictive law labour rights protest positive court ruling non state actors Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained public vilification negative court ruling censorship surveillance labour rights non state actors positive court ruling environmental rights women indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Scrutiny by civil society on forthcoming legislation Published at 21.11.2022 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on journalist surveillance women restrictive law Read more
Parliament passes controversial Media Practitioners’ Association Bill Published at 01.11.2022 Country Botswana Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Restrictive laws, Abductions, Detentions, Vilification and Protest dispersal characterise downward spiral of civic space Published at 01.11.2022 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest criminal defamation LGBTI protest protest disruption youth restrictive law attack on HRD public vilification journalist detained protestor(s) detained attack on journalist Read more
Protesters criminalised in Timor-Leste while journalists continue to face harassment Published at 31.12.2022 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment youth protest disruption protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
LGBTIQ+ organisation suspended as protests rise over inflation Published at 31.10.2022 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women journalist detained refugees and migrants release of HRDs refusal of registration protest prevention of protest restrictive law access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities in Pakistan continue harassment of journalists, persecution of activists and stifling of protests Published at 31.12.2022 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption minority groups harassment excessive force criminal defamation protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Argentina: protestas recurrentes por la crisis económica Published at 11.01.2023 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment indigenous groups HRD detained protest excessive force environmental rights public vilification attack on journalist censorship restrictive law surveillance negative court ruling non state actors positive court ruling protest disruption labour rights intimidation women protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Journalists and activists continue to be given long jail sentences on fabricated charges nearly two years on from the illegal coup Published at 31.12.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained LGBTI women surveillance protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Increasing internet censorship and ongoing persecution of dissenting voices, despite some releases Published at 30.12.2022 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction release of HRDs attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained restrictive law HRD threatened Read more
International community decry injustice as HRD Osman Kavala sentenced to life in prison Published at 03.06.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Escalating attacks on women journalists, the new bill criminalises misinformation further stifling free speech Published at 02.08.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction youth office raid intimidation restrictive law harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest journalist detained censorship positive court ruling protestor(s) detained LGBTI women refugees and migrants attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
Protest violations on the rise: excessive use of force, killing and arrest of protesters Published at 19.07.2022 Country Mozambique Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid intimidation excessive force restrictive law prevention of protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions journalist detained censorship women protestor(s) detained protest extractive industries violent protest HRD threatened Read more
USA: civil liberties endangered and defended in the courts Published at 18.01.2023 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI minority groups positive CS development labour rights protest internet restriction enabling law restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors Read more
New Law on Foreign Agents could undermine civil society work Published at 30.12.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law Read more
Repression intensifies as Hirak protests resume Published at 15.12.2021 Country Algeria Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law intimidation HRD detained protestor(s) detained excessive force Read more
Draconian draft anti-LGBTQI+ law blocked from being considered in National Assembly Published at 01.03.2022 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions positive CS development protest Read more
