Nepal attempts to tighten its grip on journalists and social media with new bills Published at 30.05.2019 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained restrictive law intimidation harassment censorship Read more
Tunisia civic space under threat by emergency bill and attempts to undermine transitional justice Published at 05.06.2019 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force CSO closure harassment criminal defamation prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment self censorship protest disruption office raid positive court ruling censorship LGBTI positive CS development negative court ruling protest sexual assault restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Political interference and intimidation of the press in Timor-Leste Published at 12.06.2019 Country Timor-Leste Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship labour rights political interference intimidation harassment protest Read more
Growing protection concerns as journalists in Greece targeted by violent actors Published at 18.06.2019 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants minority groups harassment positive CS development attack on journalist criminal defamation protest violent protest non state actors Read more
Despite progress on HRD bill, attacks against activists and media persist in the Philippines Published at 14.06.2019 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction women attack on HRD harassment HRD killing public vilification bureaucratic restriction journalist detained Read more
Bangladesh authorities suppressing critics and restricting freedoms in refugee camps Published at 18.09.2019 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained indigenous groups refugees and migrants harassment HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Fiji authorities suppress workers and attempt to silence activist Published at 18.06.2019 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: protest prevention of protest restrictive law intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights censorship Read more
Attacks and threats against human rights defenders persist in Papua New Guinea Published at 01.07.2019 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation LGBTI women public vilification harassment indigenous groups sexual assault protest extractive industries censorship HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
Environmental activists face harassment and attacks Published at 15.05.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries journalist detained protestor(s) detained youth harassment HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation killing of journalist HRD threatened prevention of protest killing of protestors HRD prosecuted non state actors women environmental rights indigenous groups protest sexual assault land rights Read more
Sudan death toll raises to 100 as security forces launched violent crackdown on peaceful protesters Published at 06.06.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship protest disruption harassment excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors journalist detained Read more
Protests in Sudan continue amid crackdown and internet blackout Published at 03.07.2019 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors censorship excessive force journalist detained prevention of protest sexual assault protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption protest office raid women internet restriction harassment Read more
Lack of accountability for Pashtun rights protesters killed and injured in North Waziristan Published at 04.07.2019 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment surveillance excessive force enforced disappearance killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Government intensifies crackdown following January 2019 protests Published at 03.07.2019 Country Zimbabwe Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained HRD threatened positive court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Excessive police force against "Yellow Vest" protesters threatens freedom of assembly Published at 21.02.2019 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained positive court ruling youth intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force protest violent protest restrictive law non state actors Read more
Media Independence threatened as 80% Politically Affiliated Published at 31.01.2019 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force protest violent protest political interference censorship journalist detained office raid refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist Read more
Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns Published at 19.08.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption surveillance intimidation protest prevention of protest harassment labour rights HRD detained refusal of registration time,place restrictions LGBTI journalist detained non state actors censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force women positive court ruling criminal defamation youth Read more
Authoritarian constitutional amendments tighten Egypt’s iron grip on civic space Published at 09.05.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance censorship internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI harassment protestor(s) detained Read more
Arrests, office raids and internet restrictions as Lebanon continue crackdown on media freedom Published at 13.08.2019 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid women religious groups harassment negative court ruling excessive force protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship non state actors Read more
Morocco courts uphold heavy sentences for peaceful protesters and dissolve cultural CSO Published at 30.06.2019 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest CSO closure political interference harassment censorship journalist detained Read more
Social media remains blocked in Chad Published at 18.07.2016 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained harassment excessive force killing of protestors Read more
The clampdown on Palestine civic space continues as Israel steps up smear campaign against CSOs Published at 21.08.2019 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption attack on HRD harassment travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification censorship non state actors Read more
