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Secret whistle-blower hearings, overreach of security laws and arrest of protesters in Australia
- Published at
- 12.10.2020
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
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
Civil society remains concerned over chilling effect of gag law on free speech
- Published at
- 27.04.2018
- Country
- Spain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- women
- protest
New anti-corruption laws protecting whistle blowers and the media passed
- Published at
- 04.10.2018
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- access to info. law
- enabling law
Civil society calls upon President Sisi to reject restrictive NGO law in Egypt
- Published at
- 02.12.2016
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- travel ban
- funding restriction
Civil society concerned over proposed changes to NGO-related laws
- Published at
- 10.07.2017
- Country
- Montenegro
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- women
- time,place restrictions
- access to info. law
- labour rights
- protest
Protests and civil society advocacy efforts put restrictive law on hold
- Published at
- 07.06.2017
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- protest
Suppression of civil society continues in Bahrain
- Published at
- 29.07.2016
- Country
- Bahrain
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- CSO closure
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- funding restriction
- protest
UN experts alarmed over systematic targeting of civil society
- Published at
- 06.11.2018
- Country
- Egypt
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- release of HRDs
- HRD detained
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
More challenges for civil society as war escalates
- Published at
- 25.06.2022
- Country
- Ukraine
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
Defamation laws being used to silence criticism in Samoa
- Published at
- 27.09.2019
- Country
- Samoa
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- LGBTI
Civil society alarmed over blocking of critical websites
- Published at
- 08.02.2018
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- environmental rights
Protests in Indonesia against weakening of labour laws as activists and critics are silenced
- Published at
- 16.04.2020
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- labour rights
- excessive force
- LGBTI
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- women
- indigenous groups
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest
- restrictive law
- land rights
July 2021: Black weeks for Belarusian Civil Society
- Published at
- 26.08.2021
- Country
- Belarus
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- CSO closure
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- internet restriction
- censorship
Conditions worsen for Tunisian civil society
- Published at
- 06.03.2017
- Country
- Tunisia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
Bleak outlook for Chinese civil society in 2017
- Published at
- 15.02.2017
- Country
- China
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- private sector
- protest
More protests against rising inflation, proposed law could regulate misinformation
- Published at
- 20.10.2022
- Country
- Moldova
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- protest
Proposed Foreign Agents Law would expand government control over civil society in Nicaragua
- Published at
- 28.09.2020
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- funding restriction
- women
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- protest
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD threatened
Civil society disappointed by Fiji’s rejection of UN recommendations to revise repressive laws
- Published at
- 25.03.2020
- Country
- Fiji
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- time,place restrictions
- protest
- bureaucratic restriction