Increasing restrictions on civic freedoms: excessive force, racial profiling and restrictive laws target pro-Palestine protesters Published at 18.07.2024 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD detained excessive force bureaucratic restriction censorship surveillance positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants release of HRDs positive CS development labour rights protest extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted people with disabilities protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Pakistan: Authorities continue to silence dissent with crackdown on Baloch and other activists, protesters and journalists Published at 03.10.2024 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction women minority groups attack on journalist restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Law criminalising "malicious attacks" on state authority, pro-Palestinian CSOs investigated Published at 25.03.2024 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid women religious groups intimidation labour rights excessive force protest violent protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Myanmar: Arbitrary arrests, torture of political prisoners and digital repression used to crush the anti-junta movement Published at 04.10.2024 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Latvia: Civil society faces both progress and challenges Published at 02.03.2024 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants minority groups intimidation transnational repression attack on journalist protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Aumentan los disturbios a medida que el programa del Gobierno erosiona las libertades fundamentales Published at 24.05.2024 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Allegations of surveillance raise press freedom concerns in Uruguay Published at 18.04.2024 Country Uruguay Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation protest bureaucratic restriction surveillance non state actors Read more
Protests in Santo Domingo over bill upholding total abortion ban Published at 19.09.2024 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women labour rights protest public vilification Read more
El Senado aprueba un controvertido proyecto de ley que endurece el control sobre las OSC Published at 28.08.2024 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law enabling law censorship Read more
New Zealand: Climate protesters found guilty for train blockade while arrests reported in other protests Published at 21.10.2024 Country New Zealand Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained women extractive industries protest Read more
Park rangers acquitted amid courtroom threats; protesters clash with police Published at 21.05.2024 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women CSO closure intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest extractive industries HRD acquitted censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Controversy as new government takes over public broadcaster Published at 09.04.2024 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants religious groups excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest violent protest political interference censorship protestor(s) detained people with disabilities Read more
Poland: Protests, Cybersecurity Threats, and LGBTQI+ Struggles Published at 24.07.2024 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants protest protestor(s) detained Read more
EU urged to take action on declining media freedom; Student protesters clash with police Published at 22.02.2024 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women intimidation excessive force protest violent protest Read more
Victory for civic engagement as court rules in favour of CSO Published at 29.04.2024 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women transnational repression intimidation protest Read more
Opposition activists and journalists bear the brunt of police excesses Published at 30.04.2024 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD HRD detained torture/ill-treatment journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Australia: Police use excessive force, criminalise protesters and sought to block protests through the courts Published at 29.10.2024 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women refugees and migrants excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Criminalisation of three Indigenous land defenders; detention of protesters and journalists Published at 11.03.2024 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women youth intimidation negative court ruling labour rights protest restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Solidarity; Indigenous land defender sentenced Published at 17.06.2024 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation surveillance excessive force labour rights protest public vilification restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Alarm over surge in executions and death sentences, WHRDs remain in prison Published at 30.09.2024 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment HRD detained negative court ruling torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted non state actors Read more
Threats against Indigenous environmental defenders; protest over new Machu Pichu ticketing system Published at 10.04.2024 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption indigenous groups women intimidation positive CS development attack on journalist protest public vilification extractive industries restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship surveillance HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
