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Civic freedoms continue to deteriorate in the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Published at
28.04.2022
Country
Russia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- protest
- internet restriction
- political interference
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
New government formed amid concerns over declining civic space
Published at
03.02.2022
Country
Czech Republic
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- LGBTI
- negative court ruling
- minority groups
Venezuela: censorship of independent media online and detention of elderly woman for satirical video
Published at
28.04.2022
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- censorship
- private sector
Two activists released despite authorities' complete intolerance of online activism and dissent
Published at
10.05.2022
Country
Saudi Arabia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- negative court ruling
- release of HRDs
Lieutenant Fouad Youssouf Ali sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking out on corruption
Published at
28.01.2022
Country
Djibouti
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
RSF index signals decline in press freedom as journalists continue to come under attack
Published at
25.04.2022
Country
Germany
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- extractive industries
- harassment
- environmental rights
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
Associations push back as Separatism law comes into effect; CSO tackling Islamophobia dissolved
Published at
21.04.2022
Country
France
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- refugees and migrants
- CSO closure
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- surveillance
CSOs face attack; Podcast hosts critical of government face intimidation
Published at
16.11.2021
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- protest
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
USA: Massive protests erupt over leaked Supreme Court opinion affecting legal abortion rights
Published at
06.06.2022
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- prevention of protest
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- LGBTI
- women
- refugees and migrants
- minority groups
- release of HRDs
- positive CS development
- negative court ruling
- protest
- extractive industries
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Smear campaigns against CSOs, opposition and independent journalists continue
Published at
31.03.2022
Country
Serbia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- public vilification
- political interference
- environmental rights
Censuran en Internet a medios independientes y detienen a una mujer mayor por un video satírico
Published at
17.05.2022
Country
Venezuela
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- youth
- women
- indigenous groups
- intimidation
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- censorship
- private sector
Dix ans de prison pour le lieutenant Fouad Youssouf pour avoir dénoncé des actes de corruption
Published at
16.05.2022
Country
Djibouti
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
USA: workers expose anti-unionisation efforts by private companies
Published at
05.09.2022
Country
United States of America
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- restrictive law
- private sector
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- non state actors
HRDs face life sentences & death penalty for their peaceful human rights work
Published at
19.05.2022
Country
Qatar
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- HRD prosecuted
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
Chile three years on from social uprising
Published at
23.02.2023
Country
Chile
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- positive CS development
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enabling law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
Protests for academic freedom met with excessive force, journalist under surveillance
Published at
30.06.2022
Country
Greece
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- youth
- refugees and migrants
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- surveillance
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Arrests, jailing of activists and silencing of dissent in Hong Kong persists despite UN review
Published at
26.07.2022
Country
Hong Kong
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Lawyers representing death row prisoners, activists and journalists face harassment in Singapore
Published at
18.08.2022
Country
Singapore
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
Brazil: Anger at government inaction after Indigenous advocate and international correspondent are killed in the Amazon
Published at
13.07.2022
Country
Brazil
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- killing of journalist
- censorship
- access to info. law
- non state actors
- positive court ruling
- LGBTI
- women
- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- protest
- extractive industries
- political interference
- journalist detained
- environmental rights
- land rights
CSOs report new wave of oppression against human rights defenders and civil society
Published at
08.08.2022
Country
Iran
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- LGBTI
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- harassment
- HRD detained
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted