Protest action results in arrests, looting and killing Published at 20.07.2021 Country South Africa Category Latest Developments Tags: violent protest political interference protestor(s) detained negative court ruling excessive force protest Read more
President & Prime Minister attack the media; repeated attempts to intimidate journalists Published at 15.06.2021 Country Croatia Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference intimidation harassment labour rights protest public vilification Read more
Peru: serious decline in freedom of expression and the press Published at 20.06.2022 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained women land rights violent protest intimidation indigenous groups harassment HRD killing HRD threatened excessive force criminal defamation attack on journalist political interference public vilification surveillance labour rights private sector non state actors environmental rights extractive industries Read more
Attacks, pressure on dissent and opposition unrelenting Published at 20.09.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid political interference censorship harassment time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained protest Read more
Guatemalan civic space continues to shrink during Giammattei’s government Published at 29.09.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest political interference restrictive law LGBTI women HRD acquitted indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment protestor(s) detained HRD killing excessive force protest public vilification land rights Read more
El espacio cívico guatemalteco ha seguido reduciéndose bajo el Gobierno de Giammattei Published at 06.10.2021 Country Guatemala Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women restrictive law indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment HRD acquitted HRD killing excessive force protest protestor(s) detained public vilification prevention of protest political interference land rights Read more
New proposals for restrictive #PolicingBill aim to curb protests further Published at 02.11.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment protest prevention of protest political interference restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Trade unionists targeted; Centralised agency to control media relations Published at 01.11.2021 Country Albania Category Latest Developments Tags: women intimidation harassment negative court ruling labour rights protest political interference environmental rights land rights Read more
Peru: polarised elections lead to protests and attacks on journalists Published at 05.08.2021 Country Peru Category Latest Developments Tags: women indigenous groups intimidation environmental rights harassment positive CS development attack on journalist HRD killing protest public vilification political interference enabling law access to info. law HRD threatened non state actors Read more
Violations on civic freedoms continue amid President Saïed’s power grab Published at 22.06.2022 Country Tunisia Category Latest Developments Tags: women political interference harassment journalist detained labour rights protest Read more
Government cements further power over media; effects of anti-LGBTQI law seen Published at 06.12.2021 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship positive court ruling LGBTI funding restriction harassment protest internet restriction political interference surveillance Read more
Peaceful Assembly under attack: Policing bill proposes up to 51 weeks’ jail time for protesting Published at 14.12.2021 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights refugees and migrants intimidation harassment excessive force protest public vilification internet restriction political interference Read more
Independence of RTV Slovenija under threat; culture and environmental CSOs face funding cuts Published at 11.01.2022 Country Slovenia Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction harassment environmental rights Read more
systematic crackdown on dissent continues Published at 30.11.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference release of HRDs harassment censorship journalist detained women HRD prosecuted Read more
Concern as authorities continue systematic retaliation against civil society Published at 04.02.2022 Country Belarus Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure harassment negative court ruling internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Ongoing violations on civic freedoms at Poland/Belarus border; further threats to LGBTQI+ rights Published at 21.01.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law surveillance youth protest disruption office raid non state actors women intimidation harassment criminal defamation positive court ruling refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Civic space continues to be regularly violated in Nigeria Published at 18.03.2022 Country Nigeria Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained excessive force attack on journalist protestor(s) detained public vilification protest prevention of protest censorship political interference protest disruption office raid women intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained Read more
Despite UN rights review, attacks on press freedom continue in PNG with suspension of journalist Published at 15.02.2022 Country Papua New Guinea Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment women political interference Read more
Nieustające naruszenia wolności obywatelskich na granicy polsko-białoruskiej Published at 08.02.2022 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid access to info. law intimidation bureaucratic restriction harassment youth protest disruption criminal defamation surveillance censorship non state actors positive court ruling women LGBTI refugees and migrants positive CS development attack on journalist negative court ruling protest political interference restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
USA: bills restrict freedom of expression in the classroom; massive protests in Puerto Rico Published at 10.03.2022 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI minority groups intimidation surveillance labour rights protest political interference restrictive law enabling law censorship protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
Orbán government secures landslide victory spelling further concerns for civic freedoms Published at 07.04.2022 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment negative court ruling protest prevention of protest political interference bureaucratic restriction Read more
