Spread of coronavirus and emergency safety measures put pressure on civic freedoms Published at 20.04.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions positive court ruling religious groups minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest access to info. law Read more
Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’ Published at 07.01.2021 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups enforced disappearance restrictive law HRD detained minority groups Read more
Honduras enacts new Criminal Code enabling criminalisation of protesters and journalists Published at 13.07.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing internet restriction killing of journalist restrictive law journalist detained women indigenous groups minority groups intimidation harassment non state actors Read more
Militarised police continue to use excessive force against protesters Published at 13.07.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protest disruption protestor(s) detained minority groups surveillance positive CS development attack on journalist excessive force protest killing of protestors violent protest non state actors Read more
Group protests against ‘false pandemic’ and 5G, while other protests are called off Published at 16.07.2020 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest positive CS development protestor(s) detained minority groups Read more
Dominican Republic: elections and arbitrary detention of anti-racism demonstrators Published at 04.08.2020 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: protest protest disruption minority groups intimidation protestor(s) detained HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Hate crimes on the rise Published at 05.06.2020 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups Read more
Photojournalist Christoff Griffith killed while covering a crime in Barbados Published at 06.08.2020 Country Barbados Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of journalist protest disruption minority groups positive CS development Read more
Disinformation and fake news on the rise during COVID-19 Published at 07.08.2020 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI refugees and migrants protest prevention of protest minority groups harassment attack on journalist labour rights Read more
Papuan activists prosecuted while critics face judicial harassment and digital attacks Published at 10.08.2020 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights land rights Read more
Myanmar activists protesting internet ban criminalised while attacks against Rohingya continue Published at 13.08.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained minority groups intimidation harassment non state actors Read more
Militantes en peligro: asesinan a dos y desaparecen cinco líderes garífunas Published at 26.08.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups harassment attack on journalist HRD killing negative court ruling protest censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted LGBTI women environmental rights Read more
Honduran defenders at high risk: two defenders killed and five Garifuna leaders missing Published at 24.08.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened harassment attack on journalist HRD killing HRD prosecuted environmental rights negative court ruling protest LGBTI women indigenous groups attack on HRD minority groups censorship Read more
International watchdog rates Bhutan’s status as ‘partly free’ Published at 29.10.2020 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship minority groups Read more
Pandemic in Brazil aggravates democratic backslide Published at 25.08.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption intimidation positive court ruling surveillance restrictive law harassment protest HRD killing women political interference excessive force killing of journalist labour rights prevention of protest internet restriction LGBTI minority groups protestor(s) detained non state actors attack on journalist criminal defamation extractive industries indigenous groups public vilification Read more
LGBTI activist attacked; female journalists face rape and death threats on social media Published at 24.08.2020 Country North Macedonia Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD minority groups intimidation harassment LGBTI women protest Read more
Activist groups in Japan call for end to racism, police abuse and passage of equality law Published at 27.08.2020 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI torture/ill-treatment minority groups Read more
Black Lives Matter protests continue despite escalating tensions as federal troops deployed Published at 31.08.2020 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: protest killing of protestors violent protest positive court ruling protest disruption refugees and migrants enabling law minority groups surveillance positive CS development time,place restrictions attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protestor(s) detained Read more
USA: Assaults, harassment and arrests of journalists covering protests Published at 09.06.2021 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: enabling law labour rights excessive force journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest violent protest protest disruption women restrictive law minority groups surveillance attack on journalist Read more
Despite re-election to Human Rights Council, civic space concerns persist in Nepal Published at 21.10.2020 Country Nepal Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups torture/ill-treatment minority groups restrictive law killing of journalist attack on journalist Read more
Honduras: land rights defender Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo and journalist Luis Almendares killed Published at 30.10.2020 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: killing of journalist extractive industries minority groups intimidation HRD killing environmental rights non state actors Read more
