Continued pattern of repression against activists and journalists Published at 06.07.2017 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Croatian journalists face intimidation, harassment and death threats Published at 16.08.2017 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation political interference harassment release of HRDs protestor(s) detained attack on journalist LGBTI minority groups labour rights protest HRD threatened Read more
Saudi authorities execute four men for participating in protests Published at 10.08.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment release of HRDs Read more
Several activists released but human rights situation remains worrisome Published at 16.08.2017 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted positive court ruling HRD prosecuted protest release of HRDs Read more
HRD Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli released after being imprisoned for peaceful protest Published at 22.08.2017 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups restrictive law release of HRDs Read more
Intimidation, prosecution and detention: closing spaces for dissent in Thailand Published at 29.09.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights intimidation release of HRDs criminal defamation HRD detained private sector extractive industries protest enforced disappearance censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Closure of Cambodia Daily signals an escalating crackdown on dissent Published at 06.09.2017 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women CSO closure release of HRDs harassment protest disruption travel ban protest political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD threatened land rights Read more
Madagascar: "Almost if not all environmentalists are under threat" Published at 13.10.2017 Country Madagascar Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries political interference protest disruption release of HRDs HRD acquitted harassment HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Independent newspaper shut down permanently by Omani Supreme Court Published at 14.11.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling labour rights release of HRDs Read more
Surge in protests as public frustration over lack of reforms grows Published at 16.11.2017 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: protest violent protest minority groups release of HRDs Read more
International spotlight on continuous abuse and intimidation of human rights defenders Published at 17.11.2017 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants release of HRDs journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest non state actors Read more
Kazakhstan: Problematic draft laws and politically-motivated imprisonments Published at 27.11.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption religious groups release of HRDs negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law time,place restrictions Read more
Protesters in Slamet Mountain brutally attacked and dispersed by police Published at 01.12.2017 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption release of HRDs environmental rights attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force protest Read more
International civil society puts pressure on Sudanese authorities to respect human rights Published at 05.12.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship bureaucratic restriction political interference release of HRDs censorship HRD detained Read more
Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis Published at 18.01.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
New Year starts with criminalisation of protests and continued repression Published at 24.01.2018 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: women release of HRDs positive court ruling travel ban protest disruption killing of protestors excessive force torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Indigenous rights community attacked and defenders harassed Published at 29.01.2018 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups release of HRDs travel ban HRD detained public vilification killing of protestors land rights private sector non state actors Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
HRD Obaid Al-Zaabi found innocent and finally released after four years in prison Published at 16.01.2018 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs Read more
Civil society reports decrease in freedom of expression violations in 2017 Published at 10.01.2018 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development indigenous groups release of HRDs intimidation Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning Yemeni WHRD Published at 24.01.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid HRD detained release of HRDs attack on journalist Read more
