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Maldives: Critical websites blocked while journalists, civil society continue to face challenges
Published at
08.04.2024
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- restrictive law
- censorship
Venezuela: Continúan las restricciones al espacio cívico con serias limitaciones a las OSC
Published at
06.02.2024
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- office raid
- intimidation
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Bangladesh: Criminalisation of activists and crackdown on protests continue following one-sided elections
Published at
12.04.2024
Country
Bangladesh
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- labour rights
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Myanmar: Political prisoners tortured and killed with impunity while journalists and social media activists remain at risk
Published at
20.04.2024
Country
Myanmar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- transnational repression
- harassment
- HRD killing
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens
Published at
25.04.2024
Country
Kyrgyzstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- place restrictions
- office raid
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
Protests and meetings over controversial constitutional reform banned; journalist arrested
Published at
19.04.2024
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing
Published at
07.05.2024
Country
North Korea
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
Interdiction de manifestations et de rassemblements contre la réforme constitutionnelle controversée et arrestation d’un journaliste
Published at
22.04.2024
Country
Togo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
Pakistan: Activists and journalists targeted, increased controls on online expression and crackdown on protests
Published at
14.05.2024
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Brunei: Strict controls of the media, internet freedom and the right to peacefully assemble
Published at
15.05.2024
Country
Brunei Darussalam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- surveillance
- restrictive law
Concerns over new law which turns military into internal security institution
Published at
29.02.2024
Country
Egypt
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- public vilification
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
CSOs celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage, but concerns remain about hate speech and hate crimes
Published at
16.01.2024
Country
Estonia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- minority groups
- protest
- land rights
Ghana’s Parliament passes draconian anti-LGBTQI+ Bill; journalists assaulted
Published at
27.05.2024
Country
Ghana
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
India: Crackdown on the opposition, divisive rhetoric and targeting of activists and critics persists around the elections
Published at
29.05.2024
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
Flood coverage restrictions, women’s rights rally ban, and legal cases against activists
Published at
05.06.2024
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- refusal of registration
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- transnational repression
Indonesia: Civil society forum disrupted, protests stifled and repression in Papua continues despite UN review
Published at
12.06.2024
Country
Indonesia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights
Thailand: Activists face increasing risk with death in custody, ongoing use of royal defamation law and transnational repression
Published at
20.06.2024
Country
Thailand
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- women
- refugees and migrants
- transnational repression
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
Protests erupt over amnesty law, two journalists arbitrarily detained
Published at
15.01.2024
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- youth
- labour rights
- protest
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Concerning terrorism probe into Catalan independence activists continues
Published at
01.06.2024
Country
Spain
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- surveillance
- excessive force
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
China: Authorities jail activists, stifle memory of the Tiananmen massacre and censor online critics
Published at
03.07.2024
Country
China
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- minority groups
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted