President Weah submits bill to repeal certain limitations on free expression Published at 14.06.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: women enabling law criminal defamation harassment labour rights protest land rights Read more
State restricts protest on disability benefits Published at 14.06.2018 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction time,place restrictions youth positive CS development attack on journalist protest criminal defamation people with disabilities Read more
Gag Law reform stalled as civil society calls on government to "uphold freedom of expression" Published at 19.06.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation positive court ruling censorship political interference positive CS development Read more
Ahead of elections, abuse of laws crippling Maldives’ nascent democracy says rights group Published at 27.08.2018 Country Maldives Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference criminal defamation enforced disappearance protest restrictive law Read more
Trade union leader arrested for insulting royals on social media Published at 13.08.2018 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling internet restriction censorship positive CS development labour rights criminal defamation Read more
Anti-corruption journalist Rafael Marques and Mariano Bras acquitted Published at 09.07.2018 Country Angola Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation prevention of protest protestor(s) detained excessive force protest positive court ruling criminal defamation 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
Slow progress on human rights reforms as new government approaches 100-day mark Published at 10.08.2018 Country Malaysia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation positive CS development criminal defamation restrictive law censorship land rights 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
Government of Liberia Suspends Media Licences Published at 21.08.2018 Country Liberia Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship criminal defamation positive CS development youth prevention of protest protest Read more
Opposition voices muzzled, as activists are arrested Published at 06.08.2018 Country Zambia Category Latest Developments Tags: criminal defamation internet restriction censorship violent protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption labour rights protest time,place restrictions 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
Attacks on journalists continue, as new law threatens expression Published at 02.08.2018 Country Syria Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist criminal defamation internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained 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
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests Published at 10.09.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force criminal defamation protest enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Bhutanese journalist exposing child abuse convicted for defamation Published at 17.09.2018 Country Bhutan Category Latest Developments Tags: women criminal defamation Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Follow up on promises Published at 18.09.2018 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment censorship criminal defamation positive CS development labour rights protest 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
Civic Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018 Published at 02.10.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest self censorship positive CS development funding restriction protest disruption minority groups HRD detained LGBTI bureaucratic restriction excessive force women release of HRDs time,place restrictions criminal defamation attack on journalist public vilification labour rights refugees and migrants protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
