Civil society warns of chilling effect due to protest restrictions Published at 31.10.2024 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protestor(s) detained protest intimidation Read more
Record sentences for climate activists, raids on journalists under Terrorism Act Published at 29.10.2024 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid intimidation HRD detained journalist detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Development agency ends agreements with CSO partners Published at 16.10.2024 Country Sweden Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Parliament votes not to decriminalise assisted abortion; Activists acquitted for 2020 protests over abortion ban Published at 16.11.2024 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants intimidation positive CS development labour rights protest HRD acquitted surveillance Read more
Nepal: Activists and online critics arrested to stifle dissent as journalists remain at risk Published at 18.11.2024 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women intimidation positive CS development HRD detained excessive force restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Crackdown on Palestine solidarity encampments Published at 12.07.2024 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD intimidation HRD detained excessive force public vilification censorship surveillance positive court ruling attack on journalist negative court ruling labour rights protest violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Arbitrary detention of HRD as crackdown intensifies ahead of presidential elections Published at 25.07.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption journalist detained intimidation HRD detained attack on journalist protest public vilification restrictive law censorship access to info. law Read more
Guarani Kaiowá leader killed; a judge sentences ex-cops over Marielle Franco killing Published at 15.11.2024 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification censorship land rights Read more
Killing of environmental defender highlights ongoing violence against HRD Published at 20.10.2024 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing labour rights killing of journalist restrictive law HRD threatened environmental rights land rights Read more
"Agents of influence" bill reintroduced; protests repressed, press freedom under attack Published at 01.11.2024 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid CSO closure intimidation travel ban excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship LGBTI women refugees and migrants minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Growing threats to civic freedoms in the USA Published at 04.11.2024 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation surveillance attack on journalist labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained private sector Read more
Civic freedoms under threat amid disputed presidential elections Published at 09.11.2024 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: youth journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained excessive force enforced disappearance internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained Read more
Turkmenistan: Economic hardship, repression, and targeting of critics at home and abroad Published at 19.11.2024 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation release of HRDs transnational repression travel ban internet restriction censorship Read more
India: Death of human rights defender and continued repression of dissent highlights risks facing activists Published at 20.11.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
The alarming rise of violence against Ecuadorian journalists Published at 13.07.2024 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation attack on journalist excessive force protest environmental rights non state actors Read more
Killing of activist amidst wave of violence in Chiapas Published at 18.11.2024 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD sexual assault intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force enforced disappearance killing of journalist violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Violence targets journalists and human rights defenders without end Published at 22.11.2024 Country Colombia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship attack on HRD intimidation HRD killing protest public vilification internet restriction killing of journalist enabling law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Protests erupt following railway station collapse Published at 07.11.2024 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling intimidation attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification internet restriction political interference protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Crackdown on dissent over nuclear power plant, controversial media accreditation rules, and anti-‘’LGBTQI+ propaganda’’ measures Published at 19.12.2024 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction LGBTI protest disruption journalist detained intimidation transnational repression travel ban HRD detained refusal of registration criminal defamation protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law censorship access to info. law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
South Korea: Short-lived martial law decree signal of civic space regression under President Yoon Published at 20.12.2024 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation excessive force protest protestor(s) detained Read more
