Jair Bolsonaro’s first 100 days in office demonstrate Brazilian president’s disregard for pluralism Published at 13.05.2019 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups restrictive law intimidation positive CS development access to info. law protest Read more
New concerns over discriminatory COVID-19 restrictions Published at 01.12.2021 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained intimidation protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Worrying number of attacks on the press by Querdenker demonstrators Published at 21.01.2022 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest prevention of protest intimidation harassment environmental rights Read more
Authorities harass and squeeze funding of NGOs while activists, journalists targeted in India Published at 28.02.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption restrictive law office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained excessive force criminal defamation protestor(s) detained surveillance non state actors women minority groups protest land rights Read more
Brazil’s civic space in dispute amid democratic backsliding Published at 19.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: protest women indigenous groups enabling law release of HRDs positive CS development protest disruption HRD prosecuted intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force attack on journalist criminal defamation negative court ruling censorship positive court ruling environmental rights Read more
Brasil: espaço cívico em disputa em meio ao retrocesso democrático Published at 23.08.2021 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enabling law censorship attack on journalist positive court ruling HRD prosecuted women negative court ruling indigenous groups protest disruption intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained protest excessive force positive CS development environmental rights Read more
Crackdown on civic activists and media workers on the rise Published at 28.01.2022 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction prevention of protest office raid CSO closure intimidation journalist detained Read more
CSOs working on refugee rights face attacks & restrictions; Fake news law a concern Published at 23.12.2021 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist refusal of registration labour rights refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation attack on HRD harassment excessive force protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Several concerning attacks on journalists during protests Published at 29.10.2021 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest journalist detained intimidation attack on journalist protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Authorities arresting protesters and failing to address reprisals against activists in the Maldives Published at 18.02.2022 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Despite sanctions, abuses against activists, journalists and protesters persist in Bangladesh Published at 02.03.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Pakistani journalists, activists remain at risk while new restrictions against online dissent passed Published at 03.03.2022 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests staged against COVID-19 measures, attacks on journalists Published at 14.01.2022 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment youth attack on journalist protest intimidation Read more
Venezuela: stigmatisation and censorship of media in early 2022 Published at 18.03.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist non state actors protest intimidation Read more
Uruguay: repression of labour protests based on Law of Urgent Consideration Published at 22.03.2022 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women intimidation labour rights excessive force protest internet restriction Read more
On the Watchlist: Widespread violations reported during ‘’Bloody January’’ Published at 10.03.2022 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained attack on HRD intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest HRD prosecuted Read more
USA: bills restrict freedom of expression in the classroom; massive protests in Puerto Rico Published at 10.03.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups intimidation surveillance labour rights protest political interference restrictive law enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Indignación por el asesinato de cinco periodistas a principios de 2022 Published at 15.03.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest killing of journalist non state actors Read more
Colombia: surveillance of civil society and detention of protest leaders Published at 02.03.2022 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing criminal defamation surveillance non state actors women indigenous groups release of HRDs positive CS development attack on journalist labour rights protest enabling law protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights self censorship youth Read more
Venezuela: estigmatización y censura de los medios de comunicación a principios de 2022 Published at 24.03.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship attack on journalist non state actors protest intimidation Read more
Assault on civic freedoms continue in Sri Lanka as an economic crisis hits the country Published at 29.03.2022 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force positive court ruling time,place restrictions protest disruption prevention of protest women minority groups intimidation torture/ill-treatment harassment attack on journalist restrictive law Read more
