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Détention de journalists; suspension d’un groupe de médias jusqu’à nouvel ordre pour sa couverture du coup d’état militaire au Niger
Published at
20.11.2023
Country
Benin
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- censorship
- journalist detained
- prevention of protest
26 opposition protesters arrested, sentenced to prison for ‘disturbing public order’
Published at
22.11.2023
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- protest
- extractive industries
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Venezuela continues to crack down on civic space freedoms
Published at
20.10.2023
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Press freedom violations in the run-up to elections
Published at
27.11.2023
Country
Liberia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- non state actors
- intimidation
Malaysia: Bookstores raided, news portal blocked, activists criminalised and sedition law used to stifle dissent
Published at
28.11.2023
Country
Malaysia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights
Singapore: Authorities ban expression on Israel-Palestine conflict and use POFMA law to harass critics, block site
Published at
30.11.2023
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Internet disruptions, deportations of Turkey-based activists and bread protests
Published at
04.12.2023
Country
Turkmenistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- protest
- internet restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Civic space under siege amid escalating Israeli attacks
Published at
13.12.2023
Country
Palestine
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- office raid
- CSO closure
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- killing of journalist
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- non state actors
Teachers’ protest continues despite government promises
Published at
13.10.2023
Country
Suriname
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
Crackdown on the opposition, fight against “false” information and publication of “foreign agent” list
Published at
20.12.2023
Country
Kazakhstan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- refusal of registration
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Israel-Palestine conflict triggers widespread debate over free speech; Half a million public sector workers strike in Quebec
Published at
09.01.2024
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- youth
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Australia: Pro-Palestinian and climate protests met with restrictions, excessive force and arrests
Published at
12.01.2024
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Elections marred by escalating organised crime violence, surge in attacks on journalists and media workers
Published at
27.11.2023
Country
Ecuador
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- protest
- extractive industries
- violent protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
- environmental rights
- land rights
Pakistan: Crackdown on the opposition, Baloch protesters and other civic freedoms ahead of elections
Published at
22.01.2024
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- hrd
Organised crime a growing threat to journalists; new media bill worries civil society
Published at
22.01.2024
Country
Uruguay
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
Mali: Activism and free speech under siege as military authorities penalise critics
Published at
30.01.2024
Country
Mali
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- non state actors
Thousands take to the streets in support of striking teachers
Published at
08.08.2023
Country
Romania
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- protest
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- access to info. law
LE CONFLIT ISRAÉLO-PALESTINIEN SUSCITE UN VASTE DÉBAT SUR LA LIBERTÉ D'EXPRESSION; UN DEMI-MILLION DE TRAVAILLEURS DU SECTEUR PUBLIC FONT GRÈVE AU QUÉBEC
Published at
08.02.2024
Country
Canada
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest disruption
- indigenous groups
- youth
- religious groups
- minority groups
- intimidation
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Journalists and HRDs continue to face relentless onlsaught
Published at
29.01.2024
Country
Yemen
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
Alarm raised over increasing government censorship online, court frees detained journalist
Published at
29.01.2024
Country
Somalia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- intimidation
- killing of journalist
- internet restriction
- HRD acquitted
- censorship