CSOs challenge unjustified restrictions on expression amid COVID-19 outbreak Published at 15.05.2020 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship protest positive CS development Read more
Civil society speaks out against new draft bills targeting NGOs Published at 31.07.2017 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight Published at 01.08.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups intimidation HRD detained torture/ill-treatment labour rights internet restriction restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Tightening the screws on dissent: harassment, coercion and censorship Published at 07.08.2017 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment travel ban HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship non state actors Read more
Government withdraws controversial media bill for further consideration Published at 20.09.2017 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development journalist detained prevention of protest excessive force restrictive law Read more
HRD Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli released after being imprisoned for peaceful protest Published at 22.08.2017 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups restrictive law release of HRDs Read more
UN interviews find widespread use of excessive force by security forces to quell protests Published at 23.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship intimidation harassment excessive force protest sexual assault killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Debate over draft law's potential impact on the right to freedom of expression Published at 24.08.2017 Country El Salvador Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist women attack on HRD restrictive law environmental rights Read more
Pressure on critical voices mounts ahead of October presidential election Published at 24.08.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment restrictive law surveillance negative court ruling criminal defamation censorship prevention of protest political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Singer and journalist arrested for insulting the president Published at 25.08.2017 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation censorship excessive force journalist detained protest time,place restrictions internet restriction prevention of protest protest disruption Read more
"Sound the alarm; take an interest in Poland" says NGO after raid Published at 17.10.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation funding restriction women office raid restrictive law protest Read more
Brazilians´rights at risk by new bills under review in Congress Published at 30.08.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship bureaucratic restriction Read more
UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations Published at 19.09.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption protest criminal defamation internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Prior police permission needed for joggers on Sierra Leone's streets Published at 30.08.2017 Country Sierra Leone Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society concerned over proposed Informatics Crimes Law Published at 14.09.2017 Country Iraq Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship restrictive law protest harassment intimidation Read more
Palestine’s cyber-crime law infringing on civic space Published at 07.09.2017 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained political interference restrictive law censorship attack on journalist Read more
Civil society continues to monitor potential changes to NGO law Published at 01.09.2017 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: protest political interference restrictive law Read more
Greenpeace Arctic protest "unlawfully" stopped by Norwegian Authorities Published at 12.09.2017 Country Norway Category Latest Developments Tags: protest restrictive law protest disruption extractive industries environmental rights Read more
Russian authorities continue to curtail freedom of religion Published at 14.09.2017 Country Russia Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups political interference restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption prevention of protest Read more
Environment for civil society in Egypt: “among the darker and more dangerous” Published at 02.10.2017 Country Egypt Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment travel ban HRD detained negative court ruling enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment women restrictive law Read more
Lèse-majesté laws used to silence dissidents Published at 31.10.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD prosecuted criminal defamation restrictive law Read more
