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 Read more
Investigative journalism under attack: CIVICUS Monitor speaks to award-winning journalist Published at 17.08.2017 Country Serbia Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD threatened self censorship women Read more
International civil society puts pressure on Sudanese authorities to respect human rights Published at 05.12.2017 Country Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship bureaucratic restriction political interference release of HRDs censorship HRD detained Read more
Death knell for democracy as political opposition dissolved Published at 20.11.2017 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD threatened political interference private sector intimidation environmental rights negative court ruling protest Read more
Pernicious threats against journalists hamper political and investigative reporting Published at 20.11.2017 Country Montenegro Category Latest Developments Tags: access to info. law HRD threatened environmental rights LGBTI women intimidation attack on journalist protest political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Regional tensions spur militarisation of Japan, sparking citizen protests Published at 12.12.2017 Country Japan Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest political interference environmental rights Read more
Court finds Bulgarian politician guilty of anti-Roma rhetoric Published at 15.12.2017 Country Bulgaria Category Latest Developments Tags: protest political interference labour rights minority groups Read more
Environmental rights defender killed as authorities label activists as ‘terrorists’ Published at 27.03.2018 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups youth women attack on HRD harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest political interference private sector censorship surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Burundi: President silences critics and “illegally” taxes citizens in lead up to referendum Published at 22.02.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD detained political interference HRD prosecuted protest Read more
State continues relentless targeting of opposition leaders Published at 19.12.2017 Country Rwanda Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling political interference Read more
Outcry over jamming and hacking of radio stations and blocking of online news outlet Published at 20.12.2017 Country Benin Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference censorship positive CS development labour rights protest non state actors Read more
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 Read more
Nationalistic feelings surge during large Independence Day march Published at 19.12.2017 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference restrictive law refugees and migrants violent protest negative court ruling protest Read more
Civic space violations continue during post-electoral crisis Published at 30.01.2018 Country Honduras Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD positive CS development attack on journalist protest disruption HRD killing HRD detained excessive force protest killing of protestors political interference censorship Read more
Catalonia: tensions remain high as Madrid asserts control Published at 21.12.2017 Country Spain Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship negative court ruling political interference protest Read more
Crackdown on journalists and protests in the run-up to and after Somaliland election Published at 21.12.2017 Country Somalia Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of journalist internet restriction killing of protestors political interference censorship journalist detained non state actors Read more
Kyrgyzstan: Will the new president break with his predecessor’s troubling human rights legacy? Published at 21.12.2017 Country Kyrgyzstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation travel ban negative court ruling protest criminal defamation public vilification prevention of protest political interference restrictive law time,place restrictions surveillance Read more
Civil society considers proposed "Stop Soros" laws "deceitful" Published at 09.02.2018 Country Hungary Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction refugees and migrants political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protest public vilification Read more
Opposition-led protests against the government's changes to the electoral law continue Published at 22.12.2017 Country Moldova Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling political interference protest Read more
Civic freedoms under threat from new laws in UK Published at 08.01.2018 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction positive CS development internet restriction political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction access to info. law surveillance private sector Read more
Danish government cuts funding to CSOs operating in Palestine Published at 16.01.2018 Country Denmark Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction political interference Read more
