Argentinian government limits civic participation in WTO meeting Published at 20.12.2017 Country Argentina Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law protest disruption excessive force restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Civil society considers proposed "Stop Soros" laws "deceitful" Published at 09.02.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction refugees and migrants political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protest public vilification Read more
Civic freedoms under threat from new laws in UK Published at 08.01.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction positive CS development internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance private sector Read more
Draft laws cause concern over potential violations of civic freedoms Published at 10.01.2018 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Attempt to shut down Rappler news site part of efforts to muzzle free expression Published at 01.02.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption indigenous groups attack on HRD HRD killing excessive force protest bureaucratic restriction land rights Read more
Local rights group concerned over restrictions on assembly rights Published at 06.02.2018 Country Belgium Category Latest Developments Tags: protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Opposition rallies ahead of early presidential election Published at 28.03.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance religious groups protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Government plans to assess media sustainability welcomed by some, criticised by others Published at 22.02.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
Women-lead commemorative protest blocked by police Published at 06.03.2018 Country Nicaragua Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women harassment excessive force prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Latvian CSO warns of "deliberate weakening" of civil society Published at 08.03.2018 Country Latvia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction public vilification political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Concerns over public vilification of civil society in Slovenia Published at 08.02.2018 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship protest political interference bureaucratic restriction environmental rights public vilification Read more
Proposed laws could criminalise whistle-blowers and silence civil society Published at 14.02.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship funding restriction refugees and migrants HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Justice prevails in the case of murdered journalist Pablo Medina Published at 14.02.2018 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling bureaucratic restriction public vilification Read more
Killing of student prompts united civil society response to closing space Published at 20.03.2018 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation enforced disappearance bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD detained excessive force public vilification Read more
Lawyers outside Bar Association of Azerbaijan hindered from practicing profession Published at 20.02.2018 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law LGBTI women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
State proposes further restrictions on NGOs in latest amendment to NGO Law Published at 13.03.2018 Country Romania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protest Read more
Orban continues to target CSOs and opponents ahead of April 8th elections Published at 04.04.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption public vilification restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Kazakhstan: State vilifies opposition movement and its alleged supporters as “extremists” Published at 03.04.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest extractive industries political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted private sector Read more
Several journalists killed and more than 1,600 protesters injured in Gaza Published at 08.05.2018 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of protestors restrictive law self censorship protest disruption attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force killing of journalist bureaucratic restriction Read more
Activists report: "Repression is getting worse and worse" in Mauritania Published at 09.05.2018 Country Mauritania Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD detained minority groups bureaucratic restriction Read more
Montenegro's 2018 civic space roundup Published at 05.10.2018 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship LGBTI women access to info. law religious groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist protest public vilification political interference bureaucratic restriction non state actors Read more
