Activists alarmed by protest restrictions in Tokyo Published at 11.09.2018 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI women minority groups time,place restrictions Read more
UN and rights group findings show systematic repression of Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur region Published at 14.09.2018 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation journalist detained harassment HRD detained labour rights surveillance enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
UN fact-finding mission finds serious crimes fuelled by the silencing of critical voices Published at 19.09.2018 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups HRD detained protest criminal defamation prevention of protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Civic Space in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2018 Published at 02.10.2018 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship prevention of protest self censorship positive CS development funding restriction protest disruption minority groups HRD detained LGBTI bureaucratic restriction excessive force women release of HRDs time,place restrictions criminal defamation attack on journalist public vilification labour rights refugees and migrants protest violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil society says shutting down of international NGOs an ‘attack on civic freedoms’ Published at 17.10.2018 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship women CSO closure minority groups travel ban attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation killing of journalist censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
NGOs highlight suppression around virus outbreak in China while persecution of activists continue Published at 07.02.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained youth protest disruption minority groups harassment HRD threatened travel ban HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
CSOs react to sustained vilification of civil society in Bulgaria Published at 07.02.2020 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI minority groups public vilification Read more
Coarsening online debates stoke concern Published at 20.11.2019 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: women minority groups positive CS development HRD threatened HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Public sector employees vow to protest restrictive legislation in Canada Published at 03.02.2020 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups minority groups positive CS development labour rights protest restrictive law time,place restrictions environmental rights Read more
Activists criminalised and continuous delegitimisation of press in Brazil Published at 07.01.2020 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups attack on HRD office raid HRD prosecuted minority groups intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained public vilification political interference positive court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction environmental rights Read more
Measures to combat "fake news" used to silence journalists Published at 18.02.2020 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained religious groups minority groups political interference attack on journalist excessive force protest Read more
Worrying depictions of LGBTI community spark concern Published at 29.01.2020 Country Bosnia & Herzegovina Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups labour rights LGBTI protest disruption excessive force protest Read more
Civil society calls on authorities to address police inaction and hate speech around Delhi violence Published at 28.02.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Police violence towards minorities sparks protests; gender identity handbook faces criticism Published at 27.03.2020 Country Portugal Category Latest Developments Tags: protest LGBTI excessive force minority groups Read more
Pashtun activists targeted amid pandemic while press increasingly muzzled in Pakistan Published at 12.05.2020 Country Pakistan Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups harassment journalist detained HRD killing protest political interference protest disruption women censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Online debate on Dong Tam incident followed by pandemic silenced by Vietnam authorities Published at 07.04.2020 Country Vietnam Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained minority groups excessive force criminal defamation killing of protestors restrictive law censorship land rights Read more
Myanmar authorities prosecuting activists and critics despite the COVID-19 pandemic Published at 28.04.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted environmental rights youth HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment non state actors women minority groups attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
HRDs, journalists face a sustained campaign of interrogation and detention Published at 11.05.2020 Country Kuwait Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling release of HRDs minority groups intimidation censorship HRD detained HRD prosecuted Read more
China silences reporting on COVID-19, expands surveillance and arrests Hong Kong protest leaders Published at 20.05.2020 Country China Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups release of HRDs harassment surveillance HRD detained travel ban negative court ruling censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue Published at 20.05.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest excessive force protestor(s) detained prevention of protest political interference censorship HRD threatened women restrictive law protest disruption office raid intimidation minority groups journalist detained release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
Targeting of LGBT+ people, anti-Chinese racism and privacy concerns in South Korea amid COVID-19 Published at 03.06.2020 Country South Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI surveillance minority groups Read more
