Opposition candidates face intimidation and disqualification in lead-up to election Published at 11.07.2017 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment internet restriction intimidation political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Civil society vilified for opposing electoral changes in Moldova Published at 12.07.2017 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction political interference restrictive law harassment attack on journalist protest Read more
New Russian laws to further limit internet use and curtail freedom of expression Published at 24.07.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption CSO closure HRD prosecuted Read more
Over a year on from the coup: civil society still under siege Published at 06.10.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained labour rights excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest political interference censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Lethal force used against farmers as drought drives protest Published at 23.05.2017 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest enabling law censorship women harassment excessive force protest internet restriction killing of protestors protestor(s) detained Read more
HRDs arrested and subjected to ill-treatment in UAE prisons Published at 09.06.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted internet restriction Read more
Undaunted by severe state suppression of peaceful assembly, Venezuelans protest Published at 09.06.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment protest disruption office raid censorship women intimidation harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Omani authorities restrict free expression through censorship and arrests of activists Published at 09.06.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained censorship HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Amnistía Primero campaigners appeal to government to release imprisoned activists Published at 14.06.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction indigenous groups attack on HRD harassment LGBTI censorship Read more
Chinese laws further suppress and squeeze out civil society Published at 28.06.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment surveillance excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
#IAmMyOwnGuardian activists detained and harassed for defending women's rights Published at 19.06.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship journalist detained women religious groups protestor(s) detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling internet restriction environmental rights Read more
Tajik NGOs, journalists and lawyers under pressure in a repressive state Published at 23.06.2017 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment HRD detained protest internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
Rubber bullets, tear gas and arrests as police break up pride protest Published at 03.07.2017 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption LGBTI CSO closure travel ban HRD detained excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Seven performers of a popular YouTube music video charged with terrorism Published at 31.07.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest protest Read more
Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight Published at 01.08.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups intimidation HRD detained torture/ill-treatment labour rights internet restriction restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society concerned over Court's decision on internet censorship Published at 03.08.2017 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling internet restriction protest disruption indigenous groups censorship protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Tightening the screws on dissent: harassment, coercion and censorship Published at 07.08.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship non state actors Read more
Flashy Asiada marred by human rights violations Published at 22.09.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment attack on journalist enforced disappearance internet restriction time,place restrictions censorship surveillance Read more
Singer and journalist arrested for insulting the president Published at 25.08.2017 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation censorship excessive force journalist detained protest time,place restrictions internet restriction prevention of protest protest disruption Read more
UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations Published at 19.09.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption protest criminal defamation internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Palestine’s cyber-crime law infringing on civic space Published at 07.09.2017 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained political interference restrictive law censorship attack on journalist Read more
