UAE passes laws to further restrict civic space Published at 22.12.2016 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained negative court ruling Read more
Ethiopian court lays fresh criminal charges against two Zone 9 bloggers Published at 13.04.2017 Country Ethiopia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling public vilification Read more
Free expression on Twitter carries a heavy penalty in Bahrain Published at 21.11.2016 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment prevention of protest time,place restrictions HRD detained negative court ruling censorship Read more
Journalists and writer convicted as clampdown on free expression continues Published at 13.12.2016 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling Read more
Worrying use of judicial system to prosecute activists in Armenia Published at 06.02.2017 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women intimidation harassment HRD detained attack on journalist negative court ruling Read more
Conflict over mining on indigenous lands leads to widespread civic space abuses Published at 08.02.2017 Country Ecuador Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid CSO closure extractive industries indigenous groups private sector negative court ruling criminal defamation Read more
Journalists taking great risks to report on sensitive issues in Brazil Published at 02.03.2017 Country Brazil Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment intimidation attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation non state actors Read more
Growing concern over the continuous persecution of civil society, journalists and activists Published at 13.03.2017 Country Bahrain Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption CSO closure HRD detained negative court ruling protest internet restriction prevention of protest Read more
Media freedom threatened in Georgia Published at 08.03.2017 Country Georgia Category Latest Developments Tags: women access to info. law negative court ruling protest Read more
Special series on threats to civic space in Kazakhstan - Part 2: Expression Published at 14.02.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law Read more
Journalist sentenced to death in a trial marred by a non-transparent judicial process Published at 10.05.2017 Country Yemen Category Latest Developments Tags: protest attack on journalist journalist detained negative court ruling non state actors Read more
Journalist arrested and charged for expressing political views Published at 27.04.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: torture/ill-treatment journalist detained intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling non state actors Read more
Kyrgyz president slams HRDs' efforts Published at 03.07.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened environmental rights protest disruption harassment travel ban excessive force criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest censorship surveillance minority groups attack on journalist negative court ruling internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation Published at 06.04.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction office raid religious groups Read more
Repression of civic freedoms in Azerbaijan only worsens Published at 07.04.2017 Country Azerbaijan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment violent protest Read more
Arrest of activist in UAE marks a new low in state repression of civic freedoms Published at 07.04.2017 Country United Arab Emirates Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment censorship HRD detained negative court ruling Read more
Canadian police orders and court decision endanger freedom of expression Published at 07.04.2017 Country Canada Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law censorship negative court ruling Read more
Journalist and trade unionist charged with defamation for criticising an arbitrary arrest Published at 25.07.2017 Country Gabon Category Latest Developments Tags: labour rights criminal defamation protest prevention of protest censorship protest disruption attack on journalist negative court ruling journalist detained Read more
Offshore oil rig employees prohibited from protesting over working conditions Published at 07.06.2017 Country Trinidad and Tobago Category Latest Developments Tags: extractive industries negative court ruling labour rights protest disruption protest Read more
Court upholds sentencing of 11 campesinos for defending their land rights Published at 24.07.2017 Country Paraguay Category Latest Developments Tags: land rights indigenous groups attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force LGBTI public vilification Read more
Omani authorities restrict free expression through censorship and arrests of activists Published at 09.06.2017 Country Oman Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction journalist detained censorship HRD detained negative court ruling HRD prosecuted Read more
