Appeals Court orders retrial in foreign funding case Published at 15.06.2018 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling funding restriction HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
UN Human Rights Committee slams Laos record on civil and political rights Published at 23.08.2018 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
UN urges Bahrain to end restrictions on civic space Published at 02.08.2018 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure harassment excessive force enforced disappearance journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Activists continue to face persecution as thousands mark Tiananmen anniversary in Hong Kong Published at 05.07.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction LGBTI protest disruption torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted women travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling protest Read more
Saudi authorities detain women human rights defenders in latest crackdown Published at 29.08.2018 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained protestor(s) detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Blogger Naïm Touré sentenced to two months in prison Published at 17.07.2018 Country Burkina Faso Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Scores of anti-war protesters prosecuted across Myanmar Published at 18.07.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption women minority groups HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Hun Sen increases restrictions on media and online expression in Cambodia ahead of elections Published at 20.07.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law HRD prosecuted bureaucratic restriction positive court ruling HRD killing HRD acquitted negative court ruling environmental rights criminal defamation internet restriction censorship journalist detained land rights Read more
Singapore Public Order Act used to restrict or criminalise expression and peaceful assembly Published at 26.07.2018 Country Singapore Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI prevention of protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
HRDs given three-month suspended prison sentences Published at 26.07.2018 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest Read more
CIVICUS Monitor Speaks to Lebanese Center for Human Rights Published at 30.07.2018 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted protest bureaucratic restriction Read more
An ever-closing space for dissent: India cracks down on human rights defenders Published at 31.08.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD intimidation protest disruption release of HRDs women harassment HRD detained HRD killing censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor sentenced to ten years imprisonment Published at 05.09.2018 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
UN and rights group findings show systematic repression of Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur region Published at 14.09.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation journalist detained harassment HRD detained labour rights surveillance enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
UN fact-finding mission finds serious crimes fuelled by the silencing of critical voices Published at 19.09.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Conviction of former General involved in disappearances of activists important step for justice Published at 21.09.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption HRD killing labour rights criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Routine Repression of Civil Society Published at 25.09.2018 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained youth attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD threatened HRD detained criminal defamation HRD prosecuted protest public vilification political interference non state actors Read more
Kabila not running for another term, but human rights concerns persist Published at 27.09.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained public vilification prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship release of HRDs attack on journalist negative court ruling protest restrictive law HRD acquitted protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Humanitarian NGO volunteers arrested, facing up to 20 years in jail Published at 02.10.2018 Country Greece Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained refugees and migrants HRD prosecuted Read more
Authorities arrest HRDs, target family members and sentence journalists to lashings & imprisonment Published at 08.10.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Despite release of activists, suppression continues after ‘sham’ elections Published at 11.10.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law positive court ruling women HRD prosecuted land rights release of HRDs travel ban criminal defamation Read more
