Civic space deteriorates further as “foreign agent”-style NGO law is adopted and media crackdown widens Published at 25.04.2024 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction place restrictions office raid HRD detained negative court ruling public vilification torture/ill-treatment restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists remain at risk Published at 01.03.2024 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Prominent Bedoon Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour Published at 16.04.2024 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Israel's bombardment of Palestine erodes civic freedoms for Palestinians Published at 05.03.2024 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction office raid attack on HRD minority groups intimidation attack on journalist enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Protests and meetings over controversial constitutional reform banned; journalist arrested Published at 19.04.2024 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
North Korea: Thousands held in prison camps while authorities maintain control over speech and clothing Published at 07.05.2024 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth harassment torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship surveillance Read more
Interdiction de manifestations et de rassemblements contre la réforme constitutionnelle controversée et arrestation d’un journaliste Published at 22.04.2024 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained surveillance Read more
Pakistan: Activists and journalists targeted, increased controls on online expression and crackdown on protests Published at 14.05.2024 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups attack on journalist excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist violent protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Eritrea ranked worst jailer of journalists in Africa Published at 30.04.2024 Country Eritrea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained Read more
Tanzania's opposition holds country's first major protests in seven years Published at 29.03.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: protest internet restriction censorship youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained Read more
Brunei: Strict controls of the media, internet freedom and the right to peacefully assemble Published at 15.05.2024 Country Brunei Darussalam Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance restrictive law Read more
Australia: Sentencing of whistle-blower and crackdown on protests a setback for civic freedoms Published at 17.05.2024 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment excessive force torture/ill-treatment censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Concerns over new law which turns military into internal security institution Published at 29.02.2024 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification political interference restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
CSOs celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage, but concerns remain about hate speech and hate crimes Published at 16.01.2024 Country Estonia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups refugees and migrants minority groups protest land rights Read more
Violations on expression and peaceful assembly remain a concern against the backdrop of protests Published at 31.05.2024 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women religious groups intimidation harassment release of HRDs negative court ruling censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Flood coverage restrictions, women’s rights rally ban, and legal cases against activists Published at 05.06.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained refusal of registration excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship LGBTI women refugees and migrants labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted transnational repression Read more
Femicide, war on Gaza, controversial housing levy among key protest themes Published at 01.03.2024 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women attack on HRD religious groups sexual assault attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Tajikistan: On the road to total control? Published at 12.06.2024 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Dual personality cult, arbitrary travel bans and zero-tolerance approach to public criticism Published at 13.06.2024 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment release of HRDs travel ban internet restriction torture/ill-treatment censorship Read more
Beyond the Tax Bill: Nationwide protests reject rogue kakistocracy, government double-speak and executive excesses Published at 02.07.2024 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth protest disruption intimidation surveillance attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
China: Authorities jail activists, stifle memory of the Tiananmen massacre and censor online critics Published at 03.07.2024 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups harassment surveillance HRD detained internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
