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Opposition youth protest prevented by excessive police presence
Published at
27.09.2017
Country
Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained

Chilling attacks on freedom of expression ahead of APEC
Published at
03.11.2017
Country
Vietnam
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- censorship
- HRD detained
- women
- torture/ill-treatment

Civic space for journalists and protesters shrinking
Published at
13.11.2017
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- refugees and migrants
- attack on journalist
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- political interference
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Freedom of expression violations reported during regional elections
Published at
01.11.2017
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- journalist detained
- political interference
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest

Journalist released, declares Azerbaijan "one big jail"
Published at
17.10.2017
Country
Azerbaijan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- refugees and migrants
- travel ban

4 LUCHA activists released, while 4 HRDs sentenced to prison
Published at
18.10.2017
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Despite reported decrease in level of violence, civic space in Syria under severe threat
Published at
10.11.2017
Country
Syria
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- non state actors

Journalist stabbed to death and TV stations attacked in northern Iraq
Published at
07.11.2017
Country
Iraq
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained
- killing of journalist

Freedoms of Expression and Assembly Narrow in Troubling Ways
Published at
13.10.2017
Country
Mexico
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- killing of journalist
- women
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- protest

Media workers blocked from recording in Republika Srpska National Assembly
Published at
15.11.2017
Country
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- minority groups
- environmental rights
- positive CS development
- journalist detained
- censorship

Military takeover: civil society calls for peaceful, inclusive political transition
Published at
17.11.2017
Country
Zimbabwe
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- intimidation
- HRD acquitted
- attack on journalist
- surveillance
- journalist detained
- HRD prosecuted

International spotlight on continuous abuse and intimidation of human rights defenders
Published at
17.11.2017
Country
Libya
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- release of HRDs
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- non state actors

Media report numbers of protesters declining by end of 2017
Published at
29.01.2018
Country
Belarus
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained
- protest

Opposing voices and views on presidential age limit removal not tolerated
Published at
07.11.2017
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- environmental rights
- non state actors
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- extractive industries
- killing of protestors
- private sector
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- HRD prosecuted

Economic crisis triggers social protest and freedom of expression constantly undermined
Published at
21.03.2018
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- censorship
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
- journalist detained

Blogger remains in UAE jail seven months after completing his sentence
Published at
29.11.2017
Country
United Arab Emirates
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- journalist detained

Authorities target land and indigenous rights activism
Published at
19.12.2017
Country
Guatemala
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- HRD detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- extractive industries
- restrictive law
- private sector
- journalist detained
- environmental rights

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

Museveni signs controversial bill as crackdown on civic space continues
Published at
23.01.2018
Country
Uganda
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- office raid
- killing of protestors
- women
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- protest disruption

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