Poland: Attempts to compromise the judiciary, a threat on media independence and attacks on LGBTQIA+ Published at 12.02.2020 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship protest disruption protest LGBTI Read more
Civil society organisations accuse Bolivian government of creating a hostile environment for HRDs Published at 25.07.2019 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption violent protest political interference censorship positive CS development protest Read more
Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns Published at 19.08.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption surveillance intimidation protest prevention of protest harassment labour rights HRD detained refusal of registration time,place restrictions LGBTI journalist detained non state actors censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force women positive court ruling criminal defamation youth Read more
Authoritarian constitutional amendments tighten Egypt’s iron grip on civic space Published at 09.05.2019 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance censorship internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI harassment protestor(s) detained Read more
Maduro government continues to strangle opposition with repression and intimidation Published at 03.06.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance excessive force protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment violent protest censorship journalist detained Read more
Civil society concerned about risks to fundamental freedoms in Kashmir as special status revoked Published at 13.08.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest minority groups time,place restrictions censorship excessive force Read more
Arrests, office raids and internet restrictions as Lebanon continue crackdown on media freedom Published at 13.08.2019 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid women religious groups harassment negative court ruling excessive force protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship non state actors Read more
Protests nationwide in Japan calling for reforms to anti-rape law Published at 14.08.2019 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship women protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
Morocco courts uphold heavy sentences for peaceful protesters and dissolve cultural CSO Published at 30.06.2019 Country Morocco Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling protest CSO closure political interference harassment censorship journalist detained Read more
Political pressure stifles NGOs and hampers investigative journalism Published at 04.08.2019 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI criminal defamation protest political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law environmental rights Read more
Improvements in media freedom treated with caution by Croatian journalists Published at 31.07.2019 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women censorship positive CS development HRD threatened criminal defamation Read more
Macedonia's civic space roundup Published at 16.05.2019 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI religious groups minority groups HRD threatened environmental rights non state actors positive CS development attack on journalist protest political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Jordan: amended laws for labour and cybercrime restrict civic space Published at 30.04.2019 Country Jordan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship internet restriction labour rights restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Sustained attack on civic freedoms in Myanmar with ongoing prosecutions and internet blackout Published at 16.08.2019 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained land rights HRD detained excessive force restrictive law criminal defamation protest HRD prosecuted censorship journalist detained internet restriction extractive industries Read more
The clampdown on Palestine civic space continues as Israel steps up smear campaign against CSOs Published at 21.08.2019 Country Palestine Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption attack on HRD harassment travel ban attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification censorship non state actors Read more
OSC acusan al gobierno boliviano de crear un entorno hostil para los DDHH Published at 15.08.2019 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption violent protest political interference censorship positive CS development protest Read more
Protests in Honduras have left at least 3 demonstrators dead and several injured Published at 19.08.2019 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups protest violent protest youth harassment restrictive law HRD killing killing of journalist killing of protestors censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors LGBTI women environmental rights land rights Read more
Prominent Hong Kong activists arrested after weeks of police violence at protests Published at 30.08.2019 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: women harassment surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained protest prevention of protest violent protest time,place restrictions censorship protestor(s) detained protest disruption Read more
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report highlights shocking violations in Venezuela Published at 20.07.2019 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women torture/ill-treatment protest Read more
Freedoms at risk in Australia with media raids, silencing of whistleblowers and arrest of protesters Published at 29.08.2019 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid harassment surveillance excessive force extractive industries restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Ethnic Clashes and Internet blackouts Continue Amid Abiy Government Reform Process Published at 28.08.2019 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: time,place restrictions censorship LGBTI youth internet restriction Read more
