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Calls for newly elected government to repeal the so- called ‘Gag Law'
- Published at
- 06.04.2020
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- excessive force
- restrictive law
- censorship
- labour rights
- protest
Coronavirus Act gives government unprecedented power; concerns over attempts to erode media freedom
- Published at
- 22.04.2020
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
- labour rights
- protest
States call on Timor-Leste government at UN to ensure laws do not restrict freedoms
- Published at
- 31.03.2022
- Country
- Timor-Leste
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
Dominican Republic: new media law under consideration
- Published at
- 13.04.2023
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enabling law
New law seeks to threaten media freedom as journalists face attacks
- Published at
- 16.09.2020
- Country
- Montenegro
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protest
- LGBTI
- violent protest
- harassment
Mongolian media goes dark to protest restrictive law
- Published at
- 28.06.2017
- Country
- Mongolia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- restrictive law
- intimidation
Pro-government group storms Law Association of Zambia's office
- Published at
- 27.04.2017
- Country
- Zambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- office raid
- intimidation
Papua New Guinea: Cybercrime law used to criminalise expression while concerns remain around proposed media law
- Published at
- 12.03.2024
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
EU court finds that NGO foreign funding law violates EU law, independent media under threat
- Published at
- 02.07.2020
- Country
- Hungary
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- political interference
- intimidation
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Spanish musician jailed for anti-government lyrics as CoE calls for changes to so-callled "Gag Law"
- Published at
- 12.04.2021
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- protest
- women
- violent protest
- environmental rights
- criminal defamation
Tajikistan: International bodies alarmed at pressure on media and civil society
- Published at
- 30.08.2019
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- harassment
- positive CS development
- censorship
Civil society concerned over proposed changes to anti-terrorism law
- Published at
- 23.03.2018
- Country
- Armenia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
Janša’s government continues its attack on media freedom; spreads misinformation about CSOs
- Published at
- 13.05.2021
- Country
- Slovenia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- protest
- public vilification
- non state actors
PM orders implementation of access to information law
- Published at
- 08.08.2017
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- access to info. law
Arbitrary arrests, excessive force, attacks on media in mass protests in Indonesia against jobs law
- Published at
- 12.10.2020
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- harassment
- torture/ill-treatment
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- public vilification
- protestor(s) detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- excessive force
Escalation of attacks against independent media and civil society organisations in Venezuela
- Published at
- 05.02.2021
- Country
- Venezuela
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- HRD detained
- protest
- public vilification
- internet restriction
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- surveillance
- HRD prosecuted
- women
Government Amends Contentious CSO law as human rights actors return to the country
- Published at
- 05.03.2019
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- positive CS development
- killing of protestors
- enabling law
Civil society considers proposed "Stop Soros" laws "deceitful"
- Published at
- 09.02.2018
- Country
- Hungary
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- funding restriction
- refugees and migrants
- political interference
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protest
- public vilification
Nepali government muzzling critical voices and introducing new restrictive laws
- Published at
- 27.02.2019
- Country
- Nepal
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- criminal defamation
European Commission takes Hungarian government to court over NGO law
- Published at
- 18.12.2017
- Country
- Hungary
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- public vilification