Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy? Published at 21.12.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
2017 - "a bad year for journalists" in Lebanon and 2018 already cause for concern Published at 21.02.2018 Country Lebanon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
Fears of further crackdown in deepening Anglophone crisis Published at 31.01.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest political interference harassment journalist detained criminal defamation non state actors Read more
Civil society welcomes repeal of potentially restrictive Criminal Code Published at 23.02.2018 Country Bolivia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment positive CS development excessive force criminal defamation protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Court rules in favour of locked out airport workers Published at 27.02.2018 Country Fiji Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation private sector positive court ruling protest labour rights Read more
Deadly anti-Kabila protests followed by wave of arrests of social movement activists Published at 11.05.2018 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted killing of protestors non state actors journalist detained women protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained protest HRD killing excessive force internet restriction criminal defamation enforced disappearance prevention of protest sexual assault HRD prosecuted Read more
Artists and social media users impacted by Spain's legal restrictions on free expression Published at 06.03.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling censorship negative court ruling criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
Attacks on fundamental freedoms continue in the lead up to elections Published at 09.02.2018 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law HRD prosecuted women attack on HRD environmental rights HRD killing negative court ruling criminal defamation land rights Read more
New law censuring certain online content could restrict free expression Published at 09.02.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups protest attack on HRD attack on journalist internet restriction excessive force censorship criminal defamation restrictive law environmental rights land rights 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
Military junta violates and restricts citizens' rights to peaceful assembly Published at 22.02.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance restrictive law HRD detained criminal defamation prevention of protest HRD prosecuted time,place restrictions environmental rights extractive industries protestor(s) detained protest disruption Read more
Activist convicted for satirical caricature of prime minister Published at 14.03.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth restrictive law travel ban negative court ruling HRD prosecuted criminal defamation Read more
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar concerned over shrinking civic space Published at 29.03.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained excessive force protestor(s) detained criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law LGBTI minority groups journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Court jails anti-mining activist for "spreading Communist ideology" Published at 03.04.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law negative court ruling criminal defamation HRD prosecuted intimidation protest environmental rights harassment non state actors HRD detained land rights Read more
Crackdown escalates on peaceful assembly in West Papua Published at 02.10.2018 Country Indonesia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption protest excessive force criminal defamation youth censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Human rights defenders face threats and judicial harassment Published at 01.06.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship LGBTI harassment excessive force criminal defamation non state actors censorship HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights land rights Read more
Multiple reports of threats made by government officials and police against journalists Published at 05.04.2018 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist criminal defamation protest killing of journalist violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors women intimidation harassment Read more
State continues to constrict civic space but Polish civil society pushes back Published at 12.04.2018 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women religious groups restrictive law protest censorship criminal defamation Read more
Thai junta continues repression nearly four years after coup Published at 17.05.2018 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship environmental rights private sector protest positive CS development HRD detained criminal defamation Read more
Thousands of tear gas canisters fired as police clear anti-capitalist community Published at 01.05.2018 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: excessive force criminal defamation violent protest political interference restrictive law private sector censorship environmental rights attack on journalist negative court ruling land rights Read more
