Social media and internet disruption in an attempt to prevent opposition protest Published at 06.09.2017 Country Togo Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest political interference protest Read more
20 people killed as Iranian authorities crack down on protesters Published at 10.01.2018 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women excessive force internet restriction killing of protestors censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
More than 100 detained during protests, including 15 journalists Published at 07.09.2017 Country Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained internet restriction prevention of protest violent protest bureaucratic restriction journalist detained non state actors Read more
Tensions remain high as internet is restored in Angolphone areas Published at 23.03.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest labour rights political interference positive CS development protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Deadly repression of protests amid partial internet shutdown in Anglophone Cameroon Published at 10.10.2017 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption self censorship harassment HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest killing of protestors violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Tajikistan: Fundamental freedoms continue to be restricted Published at 21.03.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction surveillance political interference restrictive law Read more
Crackdown on activists, critical media, dissident voices intensifies in Tanzania Published at 23.10.2017 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI CSO closure intimidation HRD detained HRD killing internet restriction restrictive law censorship surveillance non state actors Read more
No end to repression after the Asian Games Published at 27.11.2017 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD religious groups intimidation censorship harassment refusal of registration protest internet restriction restrictive law surveillance Read more
Fundamental rights remain under siege in the shadow of the economic crisis Published at 18.01.2018 Country Turkmenistan Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on HRD intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
Controversy over NetzDG law continues with tech companies beginning to censor social media accounts Published at 25.01.2018 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship internet restriction Read more
Uzbekistan: Some positive developments but critics and journalists still face reprisals Published at 20.12.2017 Country Uzbekistan Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained internet restriction torture/ill-treatment political interference protestor(s) detained Read more
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression Published at 31.01.2018 Country Bangladesh Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship censorship restrictive law internet restriction Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Civic freedoms under threat from new laws in UK Published at 08.01.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction positive CS development internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance private sector Read more
Tajikistan: LGBT CSO forced to close and state restricts online communications Published at 09.01.2018 Country Tajikistan Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI censorship internet restriction torture/ill-treatment CSO closure journalist detained Read more
Fears of further crackdown in deepening Anglophone crisis Published at 31.01.2018 Country Cameroon Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest political interference harassment journalist detained criminal defamation non state actors Read more
Qatar praised for human rights reforms as deported human rights defender sentenced to jail Published at 05.02.2018 Country Qatar Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction HRD prosecuted Read more
CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning Yemeni WHRD Published at 24.01.2018 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction women office raid HRD detained release of HRDs attack on journalist Read more
Activists detained and prosecuted in Vietnam Published at 15.01.2018 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted internet restriction restrictive law release of HRDs HRD detained surveillance environmental rights Read more
Banned anti-austerity protests met with arrests and police violence Published at 05.02.2018 Country Chad Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force labour rights violent protest protest internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
