DRC: New press law and Digital Code: certain press offences remain criminalised Published at 03.05.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Philippines: Activists face judicial harassment, abductions and being designated as terrorists Published at 11.10.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD killing labour rights protest public vilification enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD acquitted HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed Published at 13.10.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
RDC : une manifestation fait une cinquantaine de morts ; arrestation et poursuites contre un journaliste de renom Published at 16.10.2023 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civic space violations continue in Senegal: protesters killed, HRD and journalists judicially harassed Published at 24.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Protests for and against Catalan independence, far-right party bans journalists from HQ on election night Published at 24.09.2023 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest political interference censorship Read more
Cuba: Government authorities crack down on activists and journalists during the G77+China Summit Published at 25.10.2023 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Journalists faced intimidation at press conference Published at 01.05.2023 Country Guyana Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation labour rights protest public vilification non state actors Read more
Activist detained, charged, denied bail Published at 09.05.2023 Country St Vincent and the Grenadines Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained non state actors intimidation Read more
Journalists face difficult civic space environment Published at 13.10.2023 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive CS development HRD threatened intimidation Read more
HRD killed, CSOs villified, protests documented Published at 20.10.2023 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption refugees and migrants intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors censorship environmental rights land rights Read more
Government officials and police officers continue to threaten journalists with impunity Published at 18.09.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants intimidation attack on journalist labour rights protest non state actors Read more
Prominent historian has been the victim of cell phone spyware Published at 29.06.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation labour rights protest surveillance Read more
Les violations de l’espace civique se poursuivent: des manifestants tués, des journalistes et des défenseurs des droits de l’homme harcelés par la justice Published at 29.10.2023 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced Published at 30.10.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Ukraine: New UN report details violations of civil liberties in Russian-occupied territories Published at 21.03.2023 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups intimidation attack on journalist criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance killing of journalist restrictive law Read more
SLAPP lawsuits contribute to growing trend of pressure on critical voices Published at 23.03.2023 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation protest political interference HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Censorship takes front seat as authorities target government critics Published at 02.10.2023 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Chad: No accountability one year after deadly ‘Black Thursday’ protests; news site temporarily suspended Published at 31.10.2023 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation positive CS development prevention of protest restrictive law censorship Read more
New clashes against police and environmental activists in Šodroš Published at 27.05.2023 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest public vilification political interference private sector protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Increase in threats to journalists Published at 27.10.2023 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women indigenous groups intimidation harassment HRD killing protest censorship non state actors Read more
