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Omani authorities restrict free expression through censorship and arrests of activists
- Published at
- 09.06.2017
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- censorship
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
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
Concern as government punishes free expression
- Published at
- 30.06.2020
- Country
- Zambia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
- youth
Authorities embark on major crackdown on expression amid COVID-19 and ahead of elections
- Published at
- 08.09.2020
- Country
- Tanzania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
Singapore ramping up use of ‘fake news’ law against critics ahead of elections
- Published at
- 24.02.2020
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- negative court ruling
- LGBTI
Human rights defenders and online activists targeted ahead of elections
- Published at
- 14.11.2016
- Country
- Kuwait
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- HRD detained
Concern for violations against journalists in South Sudan ahead of the 2021 election
- Published at
- 10.02.2021
- Country
- South Sudan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- environmental rights
- journalist detained
- labour rights
- extractive industries
- attack on HRD
- torture/ill-treatment
- protest
Summary: Opposition activists face pressure ahead of presidential elections, bloggers targeted
- Published at
- 05.11.2021
- Country
- Uzbekistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- journalist detained
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
Rights violations intensify ahead of August elections
- Published at
- 06.07.2017
- Country
- Angola
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
Dominican Republic: HRD detained for filming raid on migrants; new bills impacting free expression
- Published at
- 30.06.2022
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- attack on HRD
- refugees and migrants
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
Commission of inquiry slams human rights abuses ahead of elections
- Published at
- 04.11.2019
- Country
- Burundi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- CSO closure
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- political interference
- censorship
- non state actors
Ahead of Sri Lanka elections, lawyers, journalists and activists arrested, threatened and harassed
- Published at
- 17.07.2020
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- harassment
- surveillance
- journalist detained
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
Opposition rallies ahead of early presidential election
- Published at
- 28.03.2018
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- religious groups
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction
ECHR rules in favour of Lithuanian NGO's case on free expression
- Published at
- 08.03.2018
- Country
- Lithuania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- LGBTI
Opposition protests come to an end ahead of elections
- Published at
- 07.07.2017
- Country
- Albania
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- LGBTI
- criminal defamation
- protest
UN urges Somalia to ensure peaceful elections and guarantee freedom of expression
- Published at
- 19.09.2018
- Country
- Somalia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- killing of journalist
- restrictive law
- positive CS development
Opposition party members, activists and CSOs intimidated ahead of the general elections
- Published at
- 19.09.2018
- Country
- Malawi
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- political interference
- intimidation
Media censored, activists silenced and opposition weakened ahead of Thai elections
- Published at
- 21.03.2019
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
- positive court ruling
- youth
- protest disruption
Civil society decries snap presidential election as not free and fair
- Published at
- 28.05.2018
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- political interference
- protest