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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
Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed
- Published at
- 10.09.2019
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- environmental rights
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- extractive industries
- time,place restrictions
- non state actors
- HRD threatened
- office raid
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- minority groups
- land rights
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 boycotts public broadcaster after 1,000+ lawsuits
- Published at
- 16.04.2019
- Country
- Croatia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- intimidation
- censorship
- protest
West Papuan protests met with internet shutdown, arrests of activists and excessive force
- Published at
- 11.09.2019
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- minority groups
- killing of protestors
- intimidation
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- prevention of protest
- protestor(s) detained
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- violent protest
Activists, lawyers and critics continue to face harassment and defamation charges in Thailand
- Published at
- 29.11.2019
- Country
- Thailand
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- positive court ruling
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
Civil society space narrowing in Austria as CSOs face smear campaign and restrictions
- Published at
- 25.04.2019
- Country
- Austria
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- environmental rights
- censorship
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
Two journalists killed in Mexico and several facing attacks and harassment
- Published at
- 20.05.2019
- Country
- Mexico
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- environmental rights
- intimidation
- killing of journalist
- non state actors
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protest
Finnish investigative journalist found guilty for criminal defamation
- Published at
- 23.08.2019
- Country
- Finland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
EU signs trade deal with Vietnam despite ongoing suppression of civic freedoms
- Published at
- 15.07.2019
- Country
- Vietnam
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
Singapore parliament passes ‘Online Falsehoods Bill’ despite civil society concerns
- Published at
- 09.05.2019
- Country
- Singapore
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
Arbitrary arrests, judicial harassment and attacks on activists and critics in India persist
- Published at
- 13.05.2019
- Country
- India
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- extractive industries
- torture/ill-treatment
- youth
- women
- attack on HRD
- restrictive law
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- HRD threatened
- criminal defamation
- environmental rights
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- land rights
UK anti-terror legislative and judicial steps threaten civil rights and freedom
- Published at
- 16.05.2019
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- environmental rights
- restrictive law
- non state actors
Ruling party steps up harassment to silence critical journalists and media outlets
- Published at
- 27.05.2019
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- political interference
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- funding restriction
- protest
- women
- censorship
- religious groups
- harassment
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- non state actors
Media rights CSOs warn of growing legal pressure on independent journalists in Poland
- Published at
- 25.02.2019
- Country
- Poland
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- environmental rights
- criminal defamation
- harassment
- time,place restrictions
- protest
Ongoing harassment and attacks on Cambodian opposition, while peaceful marches restricted
- Published at
- 23.05.2019
- Country
- Cambodia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- prevention of protest
- harassment
- censorship
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
Intimidation of activists and journalists in El Salvador
- Published at
- 06.07.2019
- Country
- El Salvador
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- criminal defamation
- intimidation
- attack on journalist
- self censorship
- protest
Indonesian civil society finds human rights violations during deadly post-election protests
- Published at
- 28.05.2019
- Country
- Indonesia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- protestor(s) detained
- killing of protestors
- HRD prosecuted
- torture/ill-treatment
- LGBTI
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- violent protest
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- censorship
- non state actors
Bhutan urged to repeal criminal defamation laws during Human Right Council review
- Published at
- 17.07.2019
- Country
- Bhutan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- LGBTI
- self censorship
- criminal defamation
- positive CS development
Tunisia civic space under threat by emergency bill and attempts to undermine transitional justice
- Published at
- 05.06.2019
- Country
- Tunisia
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- CSO closure
- harassment
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- self censorship
- protest disruption
- office raid
- positive court ruling
- censorship
- LGBTI
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- protest
- sexual assault
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained