Civil society speaks out against new draft bills targeting NGOs Published at 31.07.2017 Country Ukraine Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained restrictive law Read more
Three journalists arbitrarily arrested in Somaliland and Puntland Published at 15.08.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained Read more
Crisis escalates in Venezuela as human rights violations increase Published at 04.08.2017 Country Venezuela Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Congolese police disrupt and disperse civil society meeting on human rights Published at 07.08.2017 Country Republic of the Congo Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained protestor(s) detained protest disruption intimidation time,place restrictions negative court ruling Read more
Government withdraws controversial media bill for further consideration Published at 20.09.2017 Country Côte d'Ivoire Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development journalist detained prevention of protest excessive force restrictive law Read more
Wave of arrests in Saudia Arabia Published at 05.10.2017 Country Saudi Arabia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship women religious groups minority groups positive CS development HRD detained enforced disappearance journalist detained Read more
Burundi's continuing crisis takes a heavy toll on citizens' lives and freedoms Published at 14.07.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained non state actors Read more
Two journalists face ongoing judicial harassment in Niger Published at 22.08.2017 Country Niger Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment journalist detained Read more
Georgian civil society concerned over threats to democracy in election law changes Published at 23.08.2017 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: women refugees and migrants violent protest political interference journalist detained protest Read more
Singer and journalist arrested for insulting the president Published at 25.08.2017 Country Senegal Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law intimidation censorship excessive force journalist detained protest time,place restrictions internet restriction prevention of protest protest disruption Read more
Armed gunmen abduct journalist as Yemen conflict rages on Published at 30.08.2017 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban attack on journalist journalist detained non state actors Read more
Journalist detained for questioning the Minister of Health Published at 21.06.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained non state actors Read more
Criminalisation of citizen journalism continues: Sol García Basulto under house arrest Published at 29.08.2017 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: women prevention of protest journalist detained religious groups harassment HRD detained Read more
Palestine’s cyber-crime law infringing on civic space Published at 07.09.2017 Country Occupied Palestinian Territories Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained political interference restrictive law censorship attack on journalist Read more
President promises the passage of the long-awaited Right to Information Bill Published at 31.08.2017 Country Ghana Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law violent protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
Intimidation, prosecution and detention: closing spaces for dissent in Thailand Published at 29.09.2017 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights intimidation release of HRDs criminal defamation HRD detained private sector extractive industries protest enforced disappearance censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights non state actors Read more
Imprisoned women HRD Atena Daemi faces new charges Published at 07.09.2017 Country Iran Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women harassment journalist detained protestor(s) detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted 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
Civic space restricted as age limit debate continues Published at 29.09.2017 Country Uganda Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest political interference journalist detained Read more
Future of democracy hangs in the balance as Kenya prepares for election rerun Published at 02.10.2017 Country Kenya Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest public vilification killing of protestors political interference positive court ruling journalist 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
