Iraqi Kurdistan: Ongoing retaliation against anyone who criticises the governing authorities Published at 08.03.2022 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protestor(s) detained torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Migrant border crisis sparks concerns for civic freedoms, LGBTQI+ rights in the spotlight Published at 06.01.2022 Country Lithuania Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment excessive force protest restrictive law censorship LGBTI refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained Read more
North Korean citizens punished severely for using mobile phones and watching foreign films Published at 07.03.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
On the Watchlist: Concerns over moves to undermine judicial independence and attempts to muzzle CSOs Published at 10.03.2022 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted 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
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
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
Venezuela: la draconiana ley de ONG amenaza a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil Published at 21.02.2023 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest restrictive law intimidation censorship labour rights protest Read more
Activists and journalists in China face persecution during and after Winter Olympics Published at 11.04.2022 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained criminal defamation enforced disappearance restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance women HRD prosecuted Read more
Singapore continues to restrict fundamental freedoms, despite downgrade in civic space rating Published at 12.04.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship negative court ruling HRD prosecuted LGBTI Read more
El Salvador: freedom of expression under threat amid rising gang violence Published at 19.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Brazil: shocking violence on HRDs and journalists continues Published at 26.04.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: youth attack on HRD intimidation enabling law harassment HRD killing killing of journalist censorship environmental rights access to info. law private sector non state actors women indigenous groups refugees and migrants attack on journalist protest extractive industries restrictive law land rights Read more
El Salvador: Libertad de expresión amenazada en medio de la violencia de las pandillas Published at 26.04.2022 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained protest public vilification restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Tough times for press freedom: Death threats, physical attacks & harassment of journalists Published at 26.11.2021 Country Italy Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship attack on journalist women intimidation Read more
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
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
Mass anti-war protests, censorship, as population denounces Ukraine invasion Published at 02.03.2022 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained self censorship protest disruption CSO closure intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling 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
Venezuela: censorship of independent media online and detention of elderly woman for satirical video Published at 28.04.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation self censorship internet restriction private sector youth protest women indigenous groups intimidation enforced disappearance negative court ruling labour rights censorship Read more
Mexico: vicious attacks against women, journalists and HRDs continue Published at 10.05.2022 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation attack on journalist indigenous groups killing of journalist harassment censorship refugees and migrants public vilification travel ban protest protestor(s) detained HRD threatened environmental rights Read more
