Venezuela: intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders Published at 04.10.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction censorship women intimidation harassment travel ban protestor(s) detained HRD threatened attack on journalist labour rights HRD prosecuted Read more
Prosecutors file indictment against women’s rights activists as government continues to target WHRDs Published at 04.11.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants intimidation harassment protest public vilification restrictive law positive court ruling LGBTI women censorship non state actors Read more
International Cooperation bill threatens to further reduce civic space in Venezuela Published at 28.06.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women censorship intimidation criminal defamation internet restriction political interference restrictive law HRD prosecuted Read more
El Proyecto de Ley de Cooperación Internacional amenaza con reducir aún más el espacio cívico Published at 30.06.2022 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation restrictive law criminal defamation internet restriction censorship HRD prosecuted political interference funding restriction women Read more
Reforms on so-called “Gag law’ stall, concerns over secrecy law Published at 19.10.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Protests demand release of activists detained over bank heist, journalists face rape threats and death threats Published at 10.11.2022 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
Decision n° 811 of 2022 further hampers media freedom Published at 10.11.2022 Country Libya Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship attack on journalist protest Read more
Concerns about free expression in South Korea with security law, restrictions on press freedom and anti-North activism Published at 01.12.2022 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship office raid religious groups protest Read more
Economic crisis & teachers’ conditions spark mass protests as FIDESZ government continues its battle for EU funds Published at 11.11.2022 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women harassment labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest censorship non state actors Read more
La reforma de la ley mordaza se estanca y la ley de secretos oficiales suscita preocupación Published at 14.11.2022 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist protest restrictive law censorship Read more
Protesters face judicial harassment while restrictions to freedom of expression persist in Malaysia Published at 17.11.2022 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption harassment labour rights protest criminal defamation restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Palestinian activists face lawsuit and ban; climate activists threatened with SLAPPs Published at 22.11.2022 Country Austria Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment negative court ruling protest bureaucratic restriction censorship minority groups environmental rights Read more
North Korean authorities have used the pandemic to increase border security and further repress citizens Published at 08.12.2022 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance Read more
The Singapore authorities continues its use of restrictive laws to harass critics and activists and stifle protests Published at 20.12.2022 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship protest disruption women Read more
Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos Published at 20.12.2022 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship land rights harassment intimidation Read more
L'espace civique encore plus restreint après un second coup d'État militaire Published at 21.12.2022 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest intimidation harassment censorship HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Bangladeshi government brutally cracks down on opposition rallies as well as journalists and dissidents Published at 22.12.2022 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Brazil: anti-democratic demonstrations following presidential election Published at 21.12.2022 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction harassment HRD killing public vilification violent protest censorship non state actors political interference women indigenous groups environmental rights religious groups attack on journalist youth protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation negative court ruling protest land rights Read more
Argentina: economic crisis leads to recurrent protests Published at 30.12.2022 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protest disruption intimidation attack on journalist harassment HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained public vilification negative court ruling censorship surveillance labour rights non state actors positive court ruling environmental rights women indigenous groups protest land rights Read more
Restrictive laws, Abductions, Detentions, Vilification and Protest dispersal characterise downward spiral of civic space Published at 01.11.2022 Country Malawi Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest criminal defamation LGBTI protest protest disruption youth restrictive law attack on HRD public vilification journalist detained protestor(s) detained attack on journalist Read more
Youth climate protesters detained; massive cyber security attack on media outlets Published at 28.11.2022 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference harassment protest internet restriction access to info. law censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
