Media rights CSOs warn of growing legal pressure on independent journalists in Poland Published at 25.02.2019 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest censorship environmental rights criminal defamation harassment time,place restrictions protest Read more
Ongoing harassment and attacks on Cambodian opposition, while peaceful marches restricted Published at 23.05.2019 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest harassment censorship labour rights criminal defamation Read more
People take to the streets ahead of EU elections Published at 24.05.2019 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship restrictive law Read more
Indonesian civil society finds human rights violations during deadly post-election protests Published at 28.05.2019 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation protestor(s) detained killing of protestors HRD prosecuted torture/ill-treatment LGBTI women harassment attack on journalist violent protest HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force censorship non state actors Read more
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
Anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism funding measures may overburden CSOs Published at 27.06.2019 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth censorship LGBTI funding restriction bureaucratic restriction 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
Access to social media blocked on day of anti-government protest Published at 13.06.2019 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth intimidation attack on journalist protest internet restriction violent protest bureaucratic restriction censorship non state actors 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
New huge pro-government media conglomerate in Hungary threatens freedom of speech Published at 17.02.2019 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest political interference censorship positive court ruling protest disruption protestor(s) detained labour rights excessive force protest public vilification private sector 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
Ten students arrested during protest Published at 28.03.2019 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption excessive force protest censorship non state actors Read more
CSOs in Hungary win lawsuits against smear campaigns Published at 01.07.2019 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling censorship public vilification non state actors 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
Important reform of “gag law” that impedes freedom of expression stalled due to early elections Published at 16.04.2019 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid restrictive law censorship protest non state actors Read more
Misuse of ICCPR Act and judicial system to stifle freedom of expression in Sri Lanka Published at 05.07.2019 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction refugees and migrants religious groups minority groups censorship journalist detained criminal defamation 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
New Restrictions on White House press correspondents Published at 24.05.2019 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants restrictive law intimidation censorship labour rights protest 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
